Sales

You’ve found your dream home, and your offer has been accepted. Congratulations! Your journey to owning your new property has officially begun. But before you start looking for a removal company, you'll need to progress the house sale to completion day, and in an ideal world, do it stress-free!

If you’re wondering what happens after your offer is accepted by the seller and you start the conveyancing process, here are five immediate things you need to do to get things moving towards a time when you can exchange contracts and get a completion date.

It is one of the most unusual property phenomena but the Boxing Day bounce is real and potential sellers can prepare for it now.

Here at Fortis we often get asked this question. And we can categorically say no, don’t take your house off the market just because it is December!

Now is an ideal time to have your property listed for sale, and you really ought to be instructing a pro-active estate agency just like Fortis to get things moving.

We think now is a great time, and here are our five reasons why...

Data held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government estimates there are almost 5 million leasehold homes in England alone. As a result, many people buy, and subsequently sell, a leasehold property.  

Relocating For Any Reason Can Be A Stressful Experience

Relocating for your job can be a stressful experience, but the good news is that there are several things you can do to smooth the process. Our team at Fortis have some expert advice for anyone who is relocating to Cardiff so that you have the best possible experience

There is a dance we do when it comes to buying and selling a property! In most cases, you’ll want to sell your property first and then buy another property second because this means having a greater deposit to work with and enough funds to cover all your moving costs.

If you sell at the right time, then you can potentially sell your house fast and for the asking price or, if you can start a bidding war between multiple interested parties, in some cases, greater than the asking price.

Are you a Cardiff homeowner with an 'empty nest' wondering if it's time to move? Perhaps your home is challenging to maintain or simply too large for you. These thoughts may have crossed your mind, but how do you know when you are ready to downsize?

The term downsizing means selling your home to buy a smaller one. But while the definition is easy to understand, the decision isn’t an easy one to make. Choosing to sell your home is a huge, often emotional, decision. And downsizing can feel like an even more significant decision.

People sell their homes and move to smaller properties for many different reasons. But it’s most often because the space just isn’t right for them anymore. 

When people sell their homes with us at Fortis , they often ask whether there are any common improvements they should make before they welcome viewers.

Our advice is that if you are looking to sell your home in Cardiff, then it is definitely important to prep it beforehand. Small improvements can go a long way and, depending on the market, you might profit from renovating different spaces in your home.

Knowing which rooms and which areas of your home to focus on first is going to help you stretch your budget and get the most value added to your home.

There have been multiple surveys of prospective buyers, asking them what would put them off buying a property, and one thing crops up time and time again – clutter.

There are very few instances where you’ll need a five- or even six-figure sum to proceed with your plans but buying a property is one of them. It’s not the amount you can usually find down the back of the sofa so what are the options if you need to lay your hands on a substantial amount of cash quickly?

Before you lament about the amount of rain we’ve had this summer, remember the old adage ‘it’s good for the garden’. In fact, the wet conditions may help budgets as well as flower beds, if new research is anything to go by.