What options do you have when selling your buy-to-let investment?

What options do you have when selling your buy-to-let investment?

When a landlord is looking to sell a buy-to-let property, quite often the biggest worry they have is an empty property.

Over the past few years we have come across many landlords looking to sell a property that they have been successfully letting. In nearly every transaction, the landlords biggest concern was having to give notice to a tenant to start the marketing and then find a buyer. Realistically, this could mean the property is empty for several weeks, possibly months - costing the landlord money.

At Newboulds & Co we have acted for several clients with this dilemma. With a large database of landlords looking to add properties to their portfolio, complimented by our revolutionary Heads Up Property Search we can target potential buyers that would want to buy a property WITH a tenant.

The current landlord can secure a sale with the property occupied throughout the sale. The tenant isn't uprooted from their home and the new landlord has immediate rental income on their new investment.

If you are looking to sell a rented property or find one, please feel free to contact directors, Leah Newbould and David Long who will personally assist with your plans.





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