Initiative aims to ‘demystify’ home-sale process
The Law Society has teamed up with property website MyHome to provide advice to homeowners on the sale of their homes.
A new six-part podcast series, ‘How to sell your home’, was launched today (26 January), alongside regular online articles.
The first two episodes of the podcast are now available.
The Law Society says that the initiative is designed to help owners to sell their homes with more confidence and fewer delays.
Key questions
There are currently 11,228 properties for sale in Ireland, and hundreds more are expected to come to market over the next few months.
The podcast explores key questions facing homeowners looking to sell up, including:
- When is a good time to sell?
- How should I best prepare for the sale?
- How can I avoid delays when selling my home? and
- How to navigate probate and inheritance?
“A house purchase is one of the largest financial decisions you can make – and selling it can be just as important,” said President of the Law Society Rosemarie Loftus.
“With legal insights and informative articles, we are aiming to demystify and simplify the selling process, by answering the legal questions you don’t want to ask – and you didn’t know you needed to ask,” she stated.
Informed choices
The president said that the new partnership aimed to help consumers to make informed choices about the current property market.
Joanne Geary (managing director, MyHome) said that delays and obstacles during the sale of a property could make the process feel “overwhelming” for many homeowners.
“By combining our experience with the Law Society’s legal expertise, we want to help sellers approach the process with a greater confidence in making informed decisions from the very start,” she said.