Make informed decisions when selling your home
Selling a home is a run of decisions: the first asking price, what to do when viewings are thin, which offer to accept and when to change course. These guides take each decision in turn and say what evidence to ask for.
How to Set the Asking Price for Your House
A practical framework for setting an initial asking price, testing comparable sales and agreeing when to review the strategy.
Your House Is Getting No Viewings: What to Check
Diagnose missing house viewings by tracing visibility, listing engagement, enquiries, buyer response and practical appointment arrangements.
Viewings but No Offers: How to Diagnose the Problem
Understand what repeated viewings without offers reveal about expectations, property condition, competing alternatives and asking price.
When Should You Reduce Your House Price?
A decision framework for reviewing an asking price and choosing a defensible new figure without arbitrary percentages.
How to Present Your Home Before Selling
Practical home presentation advice covering maintenance, room layout, light, photographs and the difference between tidying and hiding defects.
Renovate Before Selling or Sell As It Is?
Decide whether to renovate before selling by comparing costs, delays, buyer preferences and the uncertainty of resale value.
Should You Accept an Offer Below Asking Price?
Assess an offer below asking price using market evidence, buyer readiness, likely proceeds and the uncertainty of waiting.
How Long Does It Take to Sell a House?
Understand the distinct stages of selling a home, where delays arise and how to build a workable moving timetable.
How to Compare Buyers When You Have Several Offers
A seller’s framework for comparing multiple offers by price, funding, chain, conditions and ability to proceed.
What Should Your Property Photos and Listing Show?
Check photographs, floor plans and listing details for clarity, accuracy and the information buyers need before viewing.
How to Use Viewing Feedback to Improve a House Sale
Turn viewing feedback into useful evidence by identifying repeated objections, checking buyer suitability and testing changes.
Relaunching an Unsold Property: What Needs to Change?
A seller’s guide to diagnosing a stalled listing and planning a genuine relaunch with measurable improvements.
Should you reassess your home’s value after a sale falls through?
Identify why a sale failed, distinguish chain events from supported property concerns and decide what evidence or marketing information now needs changing.
How do you compare home values when planning to downsize?
Compare the current home, intended purchase and moving costs with visible assumptions, rather than treating the gap between asking prices as available funds.
How should you assess prices when buying and selling at the same time?
Keep sale and purchase evidence separate within one moving plan, with checks for price assumptions, funding dependencies and changes on either side.
How should you set a selling price for an inherited home?
Set an inherited home sale strategy using present condition and current evidence, while keeping estate reporting and the authority to act with appropriate advisers.
How does a tenant in place affect a property price assessment?
Define occupation assumptions and the intended buyer before assessing a tenanted home, keeping residential sale evidence separate from rental performance and legal questions.