I'm trying to sell my shared ownership flat in SE London. It's been on the market for 2 months now. The agents that the housing association use have drummed up some interest in it but I've not yet had a sale. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to market it as I really want to sell it ASAP?

The trouble your having could do with the fact that its a joint ownership and therefore your selling only half the flat and not all of it. The potential buyer may not like the fact that if they want to do something with it they would have to consult somebody else.

That's true although the agents that have been used are specifically for buyers looking for shared ownership properties.
They only have until this coming Friday to allocate a buyer and if they don't then it's up to me to market it independently so I just wondered if anyone else had done this and what the best way of doing it is.

To be honest, I would have thought it would generate a lot of interest, especially as people can't afford to buy on their own any more (in a lot of areas, especially London I imagine).

I don't know anything about the best way to market it, but would have thought that if you marketed it yourself, your market would be wider through an estate agent that via the housing association.

nominate it as a property to be offered to Key Workers (no idea how to do this. Try looking up a contact via the Net?)... they have a huge waiting list, so hopefully you would find a buyer quicksmart

Ary.

I live way up north in yorkshire, but it's true people are trying there hardest to get on the property ladder and this is a good way for many people. This is a link for the shared ownership forum I found, it's a pretty new site and doen't have many member but if you do a post it may help.

Homebuy Chatroom


Good luck

Thanks, I'll give these ideas a try!