Sales

A guide to what you should expect when using our services

Our Services

We take pride in our comprehensive approach to property sales. Our services are tailored to ensure a seamless and successful selling experience.

Strategic Marketing
‍Benefit from our proven marketing strategies that showcase your property to a wide and targeted audience, maximising visibility and potential buyers.

Professional Staging & Photography
‍Present your property in the best light with our professional staging and photography services, capturing attention and highlighting its unique features.
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Negotiation Expertise
‍Our experienced negotiators work on your behalf to secure the best possible deal, ensuring you receive optimal value for your property.

Sales Commission Fee
‍We charge a 2.5% fee on the final sale price. This all-inclusive fee covers our strategic marketing, professional services, and expert negotiation. Our comprehensive approach to property sales. Our services are tailored to ensure a seamless and successful selling experience.

Why choose Freder ?

Proven Track Record
‍Benefit from our extensive experience and successful track record in property sales. We've helped numerous clients achieve their selling goals with efficiency and satisfaction.
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Personalised Approach
‍We understand that every property is unique, and so is every seller. Our personalised approach ensures that your specific needs and goals are at the forefront of our strategy.

Dedicated Team
Our dedicated team is committed to going the extra mile. From the initial consultation to the closing process, we provide attentive and responsive service, keeping you informed and confident throughout the entire selling journey.

Expertise & Experience 
‍Benefit from a team with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the real estate market, ensuring a smooth and successful sales process.
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Transparent and Fair Fees
‍Our fee reflects our commitment to fair and transparent pricing, providing you with excellent value for our top-notch services.

Step-by-step guide to sales

Valuation
The sale process begins with a free market appraisal of your property. 
Properties are all different, and prices are constantly moving; it is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.In order to accurately ascertain the value, it is important to get an up-to-date market report from a few local agents. The most reliable tool to value this is comparing it with similar properties recently sold.

Preparation
‍Choose an estate agent and a solicitor, and let your estate agent know if there is a particular timeline you wish for the sale to complete, especially if your property has a mortgage provider and a fixed mortgage period. It is advisable to set a completion date at the end of any fixed bank repayment periods if you wish to avoid any additional exit costs that might incur.

Marketing
‍Get your property ready for marketing; it would be worthwhile to get your property in the most presentable condition. Present your property in the best light with our professional staging and photography services, capturing attention and highlighting its unique features.

Certificates & Documents
‍You are required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for your property. These are valid for ten years, so if you have bought the property within that time, it is possible that the EPC is still valid. If not, we would be able to commission one for you.Full details of your mortgage loan will need to be provided to your solicitor; you are likely to have to complete forms in relation to title deeds.

Viewings
‍Preparing your properties for viewings; it is handy to allocate a particular slot within a day in the week and on the weekend for viewings along with any other arrangements that you may wish to make.

Receiving an offer
‍Your estate agent is obliged to present all offers, no matter how low, to the seller. Other details you should consider include the buyer's financial position, if there are any chains, timescale of completion, and if the buyer wants to include any furniture or have any other additional requests.

Accepting an offer
‍Once you accept an offer, your agent will notify the purchaser (and any unsuccessful bidder) and instruct all parties to proceed. At this point, you will need to inform and instruct your solicitor to formally act on your behalf and let them know the details of your agent. Who will then connect your solicitor with the buyer's solicitors to start the conveyancing process.

Buyer’s Mortgage Valuation & Surveys
‍If the buyer is financing the purchase with a mortgage, their lender is likely to send a surveyor to value the property to confirm the value the bank is willing to lend. If the survey comes back lower than the price you have marketed it for, they are likely to want to renegotiate the offer or be willing to make up the shortfall in funding themselves.

The buyer may also send a third-party surveyor to check the condition of the property more in-depth, to see if there are any areas of concern where it may need funding for works. This may also lead to them wanting a renegotiation. So it is important to raise any building issues with your agent beforehand so these factors can be considered in the initial offer.

Exchanging Contracts
‍Once the buyer's solicitor has done their due diligence, and the buyer has confirmed they are happy to proceed, a contract of sale will be signed by the buyer and seller, at which point the sale will be legally binding. Usually, this will include 10% of the sales price to be paid as a deposit. If anyone wishes to withdraw from the transaction at this point, you will be in breach of the contract and liable for penalties and legal action; the buyer will also likely lose their 10%.

Completion
‍The date at which the transaction formally completes, and the ownership of the property is transferred to the buyer, a completion date will be stated in the contract of the sale and agreed upon by both parties. On this date, the buyer pays the remaining monies and fees. And the seller must leave the property in the condition with the items agreed upon in the offer and prepare keys ready to be handed over. Completion dates are almost always on a weekday as this allows the solicitors and banks to arrange monies and other necessary legal and financial actions to be done.

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