The selling process

To sell a shared ownership home you normally have to tell your housing association first, get a RICS valuation, and give them a nomination period to find a buyer. After that you can usually sell on the open market or staircase to 100% and sell outright.

Gazumping is when a seller accepts an offer, then accepts a higher one from someone else before contracts are exchanged. It is legal in England and Wales because nothing is binding until exchange.

A TR1 form is the HM Land Registry deed that transfers ownership of a whole registered property from seller to buyer. Both parties sign it, it is witnessed, and the buyer's solicitor sends it to the Land Registry after completion.

Why sales collapse in England and Wales, what you can recover, and the three routes back to a completion date without losing another four months.

Sold prices, not asking prices. How to use Land Registry data, adjust for condition, and spot an agent valuation that is really a listing pitch.

Swansea market timings, the areas that sell quickly, common survey issues across the city, and every route to a fast sale compared.

RICS Level 1, 2 and 3 survey costs in 2026, what each one actually covers, when to pay for which, and how much a survey typically knocks off the sale price.

Discover what 'no onward chain' means, why buyers and sellers love it, and how selling to a cash buyer like Quick Sales UK guarantees a chain-free sale.

Every route to a quick sale explained — cash buyers, auction, estate agent price cuts and part-exchange — with realistic timeframes.

Genuine cash buyers pay roughly 75–85% of market value. Here is the honest maths — and why, after agent fees, mortgage payments and 4–6 months of holding costs, the real gap is usually 8–12%, not 25%.

A realistic week-by-week timeline for a UK cash sale, and the five things that most often slow it down.