WHY PART EXCHANGE?


As banks are tightening up their lending policies and asking for larger deposits from first time buyers, there are fewer people entering the market place at the bottom to create upward movement. Clearly there are plenty of people who do want to move house judging from the number of properties listed on all the web portals. Speaking to our vendors, some want to move to a larger house and others need to downsize so there are opportunities for everyone to find a house swap.


The procedure is as follows:

1) Tell us the sort of house you are looking for with an idea of
price.

2) View some houses you think may be suitable.
3) Tell us the one you would like to offer on.
4) We will then ask them if they would like to view your house.
5) If they are also happy with your house, we would negotiate prices between you both.
6) Deduct your outstanding mortgage balance from the sale price you have agreed. This will give you your equity.
7) Decide how much of this to use as the deposit on the property that you are part exchanging for.
8) Arrange a mortgage for the remainder (we can help with this)
9) Decide on a moving date that suits you both (within reason)!


The advantage of doing this is that you don't have to wait for a first time buyer or investor to kick start the first house in a chain. There is no chain so there are less people involved.

For this to work, we need a large number of people wanting to part exchange so even if you are for sale with another estate agent, talk to us, there is no reason why you can't part exchange with one of our vendors.