Assess a home and prepare your offer
An asking price is the seller's number. These guides help you test it against the evidence, decide what to offer and handle what follows: surveys, mortgage valuations, chains and competing bids.
This is an estimate from comparable sales, not a RICS or mortgage valuation, and not a survey.
How Much Should You Offer on a House?
A practical method for making a house offer based on evidence, affordability and your position as a buyer.
How to Tell If a House Is Overpriced
Use comparable sales, property differences and market context to test an asking price without guessing at a discount.
What Does a House Price Reduction Mean for Buyers?
Interpret house price reductions without assuming the seller is desperate or the revised asking price is a bargain.
A House Has Been on the Market for Months: What Now?
Use a property’s marketing timeline carefully, separating genuine inactivity from relaunches, failed sales and missing information.
How to Compare Several Houses Before Buying
Build a useful three-home comparison that weighs property evidence, ownership costs and the compromises you can live with.
Before making an offer: the checks worth doing
Use this pre-offer checklist to identify pricing evidence, funding questions, property information and specialist checks before committing.
Questions to ask when viewing a house
A room-by-room viewing guide that separates observations, seller answers and issues for later professional investigation.
Does being chain-free make your house offer stronger?
Understand how to present a credible offer using funding readiness, chain status and a realistic timetable.
Can you renegotiate after a house survey?
A practical approach to post-survey decisions, specialist evidence, repair estimates and a clear request to the seller.
What happens when a mortgage valuation is lower?
Understand the lending gap, illustrative numbers and the questions to ask before changing your deposit, mortgage or agreed price.
Buying in a New Area: Research the Local Market
Learn to compare local sold prices, neighbourhood differences and practical daily journeys before buying in an unfamiliar area.
Best and Final Offers: How Buyers Should Decide
A buyer-focused guide to best and final offers, financial limits, bidding terms and what to do after submitting an offer.
Is a Leasehold Flat Worth Its Asking Price?
Learn why lease terms, charges and building obligations matter when comparing the asking prices of leasehold flats.
Is a New-Build House Worth the Asking Price?
Check new-build asking prices against resale alternatives, incentives, specification and future running costs before buying.
How do you assess a fair price when buying a home from family?
Research a family purchase price while giving the buyer, seller, lender and advisers distinct questions about property evidence and the actual transaction terms.