Why smart investors use off-market property sales channels

You might think you know how to buy and sell a property: through an estate agent, by using websites like Rightmove and Zoopla, or maybe even at auction.

But a new channel is emerging as the new favourite of savvy investors.

Whether you’re selling and want your property to be seen by landlords ready and waiting to buy, or you’re a buyer looking for properties that aren’t available on the open market, it pays to investigate off-market property sales.

That means no public listing, no photo in the estate agent’s window – just the right connections being made by experts in property matchmaking!

Here’s why it works:

• Targeted approach: Property details will be seen by investors who have expressed an interest in buying properties of that type, reducing the chance of time-wasters.
• Discretion: Properties don’t appear on agents’ websites or property portals. If you are happy to wait for the right offer, you can “test the water” without the stigma that comes with having a property showing up as unsold. For landlords selling larger portfolios, this is particularly beneficial, as it avoids flooding the market.
• It’s quicker: Selling off-market is ideally suited to keeping tenants in place. That means no waiting for the property to become vacant before marketing it. You can avoid months of stress and loss of income –  and the danger of tenants refusing to leave.

• Less competition: Off-market properties are not advertised to the wider market. If you’ve got your eye on a particular area and property type, you can be among the first to hear about new opportunities.
• Lower uncertainty, lower risk: If a property is not being advertised openly, there is less chance of losing out to another buyer. And if you’re buying a tenanted property, you also have a guaranteed income from day one, with no need to find and vet new tenants.
• Easier searching: By registering with an expert like Landlord Property Exchange, you can be alerted to properties that fit your exact criteria, without wasting time filtering hundreds of property listings.

• Maintaining the rental sector. By transferring directly from one landlord to another, you will be helping to preserve the supply of rented property.