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After a recent death in the family the family home is empty.
I'm not ready to part with the house and dispose of its contents right away.
I was considering putting it on the market in Spring which would give me time to say goodbye to the house and the memories it holds. But reading posts here I see that it can easily take a year to move a house....
My fear with putting it on the market right away is that it might be sold very quickly... sounds LUDICROUS given the current market and what I've read here about taking almost a year to sell a house!!! But, the estate agent was so enthusiastic about the house, its position and the fact that there are v. few houses for sale in the area together with the EA saying that she has a client list of people wanting similar houses. On top of that I got a private call from someone in the area asking was the house going to be sell as he'd be interested in buying it!
I don't live in the house but I'd like to spend some weekends there in the next few months to go through stuff.
Not sure what to do - whether to put it on the market and withdraw it if it's going to fast for me or whether to wait until after Xmas - to the next market season (spring) and til people are more at ease about entering the market.
Another issue - I asked two EA's to view it. One asks 1.75% the other 1.25%. The 1st I liked the business-like approach, the 2nd much more sloppy but have heard v. good reports about her. I told the 1st upfront that the % was v. high but they wouldn't budge. I remember when I sold my house about 5 yrs ago that % was negotiable but is that not the case now? It's a well known national EA.
I'm not ready to part with the house and dispose of its contents right away.
I was considering putting it on the market in Spring which would give me time to say goodbye to the house and the memories it holds. But reading posts here I see that it can easily take a year to move a house....
My fear with putting it on the market right away is that it might be sold very quickly... sounds LUDICROUS given the current market and what I've read here about taking almost a year to sell a house!!! But, the estate agent was so enthusiastic about the house, its position and the fact that there are v. few houses for sale in the area together with the EA saying that she has a client list of people wanting similar houses. On top of that I got a private call from someone in the area asking was the house going to be sell as he'd be interested in buying it!
I don't live in the house but I'd like to spend some weekends there in the next few months to go through stuff.
Not sure what to do - whether to put it on the market and withdraw it if it's going to fast for me or whether to wait until after Xmas - to the next market season (spring) and til people are more at ease about entering the market.
Another issue - I asked two EA's to view it. One asks 1.75% the other 1.25%. The 1st I liked the business-like approach, the 2nd much more sloppy but have heard v. good reports about her. I told the 1st upfront that the % was v. high but they wouldn't budge. I remember when I sold my house about 5 yrs ago that % was negotiable but is that not the case now? It's a well known national EA.