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October 2026 · 2 min read

Chain management: how sales fall apart and how to stop it

A chain is a line of dependent sales that all must exchange together, and it is the single biggest source of risk in an English house sale: roughly one agreed sale in three fails before exchange, and chains cause most of the failures. A…

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Sellers and buyers
October 2026 · 2 min read
From offer to completion: what actually happens and when
An accepted offer is the middle of a sale, not the end. Between the handshake and the keys sit conveyancing, searches, the survey, the mortgage offer and exchange of contracts, and in England either side can walk away without penalty…
Sellers and buyers
October 2026 · 2 min read
Divorce and separation sales: selling when the household is dividing
Selling a home in a divorce or separation is a normal sale wrapped in an abnormal situation: two instructing clients who may not be speaking, a price that one party may want high and the other fast, and a completion that has to fit a…
Sellers and buyers
October 2026 · 2 min read
Probate and executor sales: a plain guide
Selling a property as an executor is a job with legal duties attached: you cannot usually complete a sale until the grant of probate has issued, you owe the estate the best reasonably obtainable price, and the beneficiaries are entitled…
Sellers and buyers
October 2026 · 2 min read
The modern method of auction: the costs, included honestly
The modern method of auction, properly called conditional auction, gives the winning bidder a reservation period, commonly 28 days to exchange contracts and a further 28 to complete, in return for a non-refundable reservation fee. It…
Sellers and buyers
October 2026 · 2 min read
Pricing to sell in a price-sensitive market
The asking price is the single biggest decision in a sale, and the market punishes getting it wrong in either direction. Price high and the property sits, viewings thin out, and the eventual reduction sells it for less than an honest…
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