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To sell your house urgently focus on marketing through effective channels with effective material and an attractive price relative to the current market value and local supply/demand dynamics, prepping your house to be photographed and viewed, and lining up a conveyancer to do out the paperwork. This will require research of comparable properties in the area which have recently been sold, and which are on the market simultaneously to yours.
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I want to Sell your House Urgently in South Africa
Email lawyer@capetownlawyer.co.za or 
click here if you prefer WhatsApp, for customised and immediate assistance with the sale of your property; with a free consultation. Appoint your conveyancing attorneys for standard conveyancing fees (payable when the sale takes place, not upfront), and at no additional charge you will receive free guidance on the process of a private sale (or assisting with appointing legitimate estate agents) and setting up the legal documents required:
- What price to charge
- What photos to take
- What platforms to advertise on
- Whether to use estate agents and which ones
- How to prepare your house
- Negotiating the sale
- Drafting the offer to purchase / deed of sale
Traditionally you'd only involve conveyancing attorneys at the end of the sale process, to effect the transfer of the property and register it in the buyer's name. However, when an urgent sale is paramount, start at the end (!) and appoint a conveyancing attorney first, but it is critical that they have a property sales capability. Once the sale is lined up, the conveyancing attorneys will help you draft the offer to purchase, and the property can very quickly be transferred given that the conveyancers are well familiar with the details of the property, and will have already progressed other sales-related tasks with you (see further below). Fill in the below form to get the urgent sale of your house started (or scroll past it, if you'd like to understand more).
Property Buy/Sell/Transfer/Usufruct
"I want to sell my house urgently" is a sentiment we understand and know how to action.
Understanding the urgency
The urgent need to sell a residential house often arises from the owner finding a new property she/he wants to move to, and has put in an offer to purchase which is subject to the sale of the house he/she is currently staying at; in order to lock in the deal the owner needs to sell the house he/she resides at. It sometimes happens that the owner finds a buyer who also puts in an offer subject to their house getting sold, and so a ladder of conditional offers is formed until somebody breaks it by having the ability to pay cash for a house, and the payment of the cash is not subject to anything.Emigration
In Cape Town, the urgent sale is often sparked by the owner emigrating from South Africa, or relocating elsewhere due to work.
Preparing your house for sale
We will advise you on how to prepare your house for an urgent sale, bearing in mind what is possible in the timeframe; and what needs to be done versus the cost of doing so and how long it would take. This will include:the outside of the house
the garden as well as
the inside of the house
Setting a price which will facilitate a quick sale
We will assist in understanding what houses in the area have been selling for, the fair range in which to sell the property, and where in the range is optimum, given the need for an urgent sale. If you overprice your house it will take longer to sell, and when it does sell you'll usually sell it only at the fair market value.
Marketing your property widely
We will ensure that your property is marketed not just via traditional property sales channels like Property24, but also via the conveyancing attorney's marketing channels.
Show prospective buyers the house
To avoid strangers continuously walking through your house, only show it to well vetted buyers.
Negotiate a quick transaction with buyers
Once prospective buyers have been identified, we will assist in negotiating a sale price, bearing in mind how quickly the property needs to be sold.
Property transfer & sale Info
Sellers of property & buyers, speak to a property lawyer before you hire an estate agent!
- The property transfer process in South Africa - protect your interests.
- Conveyancing lawyers in Cape Town.
- Transfer costs calculator for property anywhere in South Africa.
- Can I negotiate transfer costs?
- Transfer attorney fees
- Fixed fee conveyancing in South Africa. Possible?
- Understanding the various conveyancing costs.
- Conveyancing quote
- New conveyancing fees from 27 May 2024
- Deeds office fees 29 Feb 2024.
- Law Society conveyancing fees 2023
- Law Society conveyancing fees 2024
- Conveyancing fees 2025
- Conveyancing fees 2026
- Bond attorney fees
- Transfer Duty calculator
- Deceased estate property transfer costs
- Deeds Registeries Act.
- Servitudes
- Usufruct Agreement on Property in South African law.
- Usufruct value calculator (only one in South Africa)
- Usufruct Agreement on Property in South African law.
- Land conveyancing
- Transfer attorney vs bond attorney.
- Commercial Property:
- Marriage/Divorce-related:
- How to transfer property from husband to wife (or vice versa); whilst still married (ie not getting divorced).
- "Protection" of fixed property using a trust.
- Conveyancers conduct the transfer of property ownership from one spouse to another (or to a third party, if relevant).
- Liquidator to sell property & divide proceeds as part of divorce.
- Property sales
- Use conveyancer to guide your private property sale.
- Instead of using real estate agents rather use professional lawyers to sell your property.
- Urgent house sale.
- How to check whether an estate agent is licensed.
- Example of a property sales agreement.
- FLISP Housing subsidies.
- Property practitioner's Act.
- Code to guide conduct of property practitioners.
- Property purchases
- Scams property purchasers should watch out for.
- Home loan repayments calculator, with an estimate of the adjustment to prime to reflect the borrower's credit risk profile.
- Terminology
- Arranging lodgement
- Compliance certificates
- Conveyancer's certificate
- Deed of Sale
- Deeds officer examiner
- Existing bonds
- FICA documents
- Levy clearance certificate
- Offer to purchase
- Property sale agreement
- Property search
- Rates clearance certificate
- Statement of account
- Suspensive condition
- Title deed
- Transfer documents
Conveyancing & property transfer discussion forum
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