'Cash buyers', as we will explain, is a catch-all term. It can be used to cover property traders, investors and developers.

A cash property buyer may be able to help you if selling your house quickly means selling within three months. Or with a high degree of certainty.

Sometimes speed and/or certainty are essential to a house sale. Hard to imagine? There are many reasons why you may want a quick sale.
Also, for some people, cash buyers come into their own in a slow property market.

Read on to find essential information about:

# how traders work
# when not to use a trader
# the different types of buyers
# how to find a buyer in your area
# how to work with a trader
# how to assess and choose a buyer
# what sort of process is involved
# how to get the best price for your house – quickly

What can I expect from a cash buyer?

Broadly speaking a cash buyer is typically a property investor or property trader. Not heard of a property trader? Property traders usually make a living out of buying and selling properties - much like a motor trader. Property traders are often (but not always) developers and/or investors too.

What's involved? You can anticipate a three or four stage process when selling to a cash home buyer.

It is also true there are different types of property buyers. So its worth taking time to find out about the different kinds of cash buyers.
To stick with the car analogy for a moment: Property traders tend to buy property at 'trade' rather than retail prices - although not always. Car dealers, if you think about it, operate in much the same way: Buying cars at trade prices then marking up the price before selling them on.