{"id":906,"date":"2015-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/3-great-benefits-of-private-house-sales\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:33:57","slug":"3-great-benefits-of-private-house-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/3-great-benefits-of-private-house-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Great Benefits Of Private House Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land lot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-lot\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_lot;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gs32y;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_lot\" >lots<\/a> of great benefits to selling your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >home<\/a> privately.\u00a0 Rather than employing an <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.038t85;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_(law)\" >estate<\/a> agent to handle your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> sale, you can now <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Market (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >market<\/a> your home online easily and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to discover three great reasons why you should consider bypassing your local <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-agent\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_agent;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02dzpr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_agent\" >estate agent<\/a> and selling your home privately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can save money<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons that many people choose to market their home privately is that it can offer a significant cost saving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/compare-estate-agents\" title=\"estate agents\">Estate agents<\/a> in the UK typically charge around 1-1.5 per cent of the sale price of your home as their commission.\u00a0 So, on an average \u00a3160,000 <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> this can amount to between \u00a31,600 and \u00a32,400.\u00a0 This can be a particular concern if you don\u2019t have a lot of <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Equity (finance)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/equity-finance\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/equity_finance;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Equity_(finance);http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0hz8s;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Equity_(finance)\" >equity<\/a> in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing your home privately can cost a fraction of this.\u00a0 Some websites charge between \u00a350 and \u00a3100 to market your home, whilst others like The House Shop let you advertise your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wide exposure for your home online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.org\/library\/library\/fg006\">Recent figures from the American National Association of Realtors<\/a> found that almost three quarters of people now look for their new home online.<\/p>\n<p>With more and more people using the internet to buy homes then it makes sense to get maximum exposure for your property by marketing it online.\u00a0 Private house sale websites let you market your property to millions of potential buyers both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You have more control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you hire an estate agent to look after the sale of your home, you are never entirely sure how proactive they are being in marketing your property.<\/p>\n<p>If you market your home yourself you can keep control of the transaction.\u00a0 You know exactly how much interest there is in your home and how many viewings you have had.\u00a0 Whilst this may result in more work for you, you don\u2019t have to hassle an estate agent every week for information on what they are doing to help you sell your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are lots of great benefits to selling your home privately.\u00a0 Rather than employing an estate agent to handle your property sale, you can now market your home online easily and effectively. 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