What is a genuine cash house buyer
A true cash house buyer is a company or individual that purchases property outright with their own cash funds.
Unlike many other cash house buyers, we have the funds available to buy directly. That’s how we can offer a quick, guaranteed house sale.
The benefits of selling directly to a cash buyer like us are speed, ease and certainty.
Once an offer has been accepted, the sale is guaranteed, and there is no uncertainty that your house sale may fall through.
For more than 100 years, the process of buying a home in the UK has remained largely unchanged.
When in need of selling a property quickly, many people feel they have little choice but to list their property on the open market.
In 1998, we began offering a cash home buying service. Buying properties with our own cash funds, we were able to offer a quick, simple and easier way to sell a property.
Benefits of selling to a cash home buyer
From the initial enquiry to the sale completing, and the money being in your bank, we can complete the entire process in as little as 7 days if needed.
Quick Move Now offers you a guaranteed, quick property sale. We can tie-in with your onward property purchase for a smooth, hassle-free move.
Once you’ve accepted our formal cash offer, the sale is guaranteed (subject to an independent RICS survey). This means you don’t have to worry about property chain collapses, or your house sale falling through. It also puts you in a strong position to negotiate on the price you pay for your next home.
All fees associated with a ‘traditional house sale’ are eradicated. You’ll have no estate agent fees or EPC costs to pay. We will even cover your legal fees.
Selling your house quickly to Quick Move Now takes away the normal anxieties and delays associated with a traditional house sale.
We can buy any house in any condition, so there’s no need to pay for expensive repairs or redecorating before you sell.
How our cash home buying process works
Step 1: Get in touch
Contact our professional house buying team. We’ll discuss your property and provide an indicative offer within hours.
Step 2: Get a formal offer
After an independent valuation, we make a free, no-obligation formal cash offer to purchase your property.
Step 3: Choose completion date
If you accept, you are in control of the completion date. If you need a fast house sale, this can be as quick as 7 days!
Step 4: Completion
Money is transferred to your bank account on your chosen completion date.
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How much does Quick Move Now pay?
As a business, we cannot pay 100% of the market value. A genuine property buying company will typically pay between 80% and 85% of market value.
Quick Move Now’s current average cash offer rate is 82.5% of market value. In exchange for buying at a discount, Quick Move Now offer you a guaranteed house sale to complete on the date of your choice. This level of certainty, flexibility and control cannot be matched on the open market.
The discount we apply is not fixed. We assess each property individually and always offer the highest possible price.
We know how much we can pay for your property is an important part of your decision-making process, which is why we guarantee that our cash offer is made with no cost, obligation, or ‘hard-sell’.
Our house buying discounts explained
As a genuine home buying company, there are many overhead costs we need to take into consideration, which is why we buy at a discount:
Every company must pay an additional 5% stamp duty on top of the current rates for each band. Cash property buyer businesses are included in this. For example, on a £230,000 property, we pay £11,500 to the government.
We cover all legal fees. This includes conveyancing for both parties. There are no fees or contracts for using our cash home buyer service. Any cash home buyers that charge you a fee or ask you to sign a contract is a red flag you are not dealing with a genuine home buying company.
Business overheads – as a genuine house buying company, Quick Move Now has an office, staff, and advertising costs.
Once we have purchased your property, we take on the risk of market fluctuation. If prices fall due to the economic or political situation, it is our issue.
All ongoing costs relating to ownership of the property are paid by Quick Move Now, including maintenance, utilities, council tax, estate agent fees to re-sell the property, insurance and bank interest.
Quick Move Now will manage and pay for any work that is required on the property.
3 ways to spot a genuine cash buying company
Not every company promising to “buy your house for cash” is a direct buyer. Many are lead‑generation sites or brokers who simply pass your details to third parties.
Despite our best efforts, the cash house buying industry remains unregulated. In order to avoid falling victim to any rogue traders, here are our top three red flags to look out for:
- They claim they can pay 90% of market value or higher
- They ask you to pay a fee for any of their services
- They ask you to sign a contract
To help you navigate the market safely, we’ve gathered information on some of the UK’s cash house buying companies.
Why thousands chose Quick Move Now
- Certainty: We have purchased over 6,500 properties across England and Wales.
- Funds: We have £12m available to buy property direct. You can ask for proof of funds at any time.
- Experience: As the UK’s original and largest cash house buyer, Quick Move Now has been the leading expert in the industry since 1998.
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Selling to a cash house buyer vs. an estate agent
Selling via the open market with a traditional estate agent will typically achieve the highest price, but the process can be slow and cumbersome, particularly when you consider that 30% of house sales fall through before completion.
Using a professional cash house buyer like Quick Move Now gets you a guaranteed, hassle‑free sale with none of the usual market risks or delays.
Comparison: cash house buyer vs. traditional open market
| Open market | Quick Move Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to sell | 6–7 months on average | 7–60 days (you choose) |
| Sale certainty | 60% — 1 in 3 houses fall through before completion | 100% guaranteed house sale |
| Estate agency fees | 1–3% of sale price + VAT | £0 |
| Conveyancing fees | £1,800 | £0 (we pay these) |
| Ongoing costs | Mortgage costs, council tax and utilities to pay until sale completes | Outgoing holding costs end immediately |
Why use a cash house buyer?
When you need to sell your property, the selling method you choose often depends on your needs and situation.
Choosing to sell your house for cash is often less about the price and more about the speed and certainty.
There are many reasons sellers choose to use cash buying companies rather than sell the traditional way. These include:
House Sale Fallen Through
Unfortunately, around one in three property sales will fall through before completion. If you have experienced the heartbreak of a property chain break, a reputable house buying company can provide a guaranteed quick house sale and get you moving.
Read MoreSelling a rental property
If you’re worried about the costly vacant periods associated with selling a former buy-to-let property on the open market, a property buying company can help by providing a fast house sale. Being in control of the timescales means you can choose for the sale to complete on the day your tenant moves out.
Read MoreInherited property
If you’ve inherited a property, you may not feel you have the time or energy to embark on the lengthy process of selling it on the open market. This is made even more challenging if you don’t live near the inherited property. A home buying company can remove the stress and buy your property in as little as 7 days.
Read MoreFinancial difficulty
If you are facing financial difficulties and considering selling your house to pay off debt, a company that buys houses may be able to help. A formal cash offer from a property buying company may even be used to halt a repossession order.
Read MoreDownsizing
If you’re considering downsizing in order to release some of the money tied up in your property, a house buying company can offer you a quick and stress-free sale to tie in with the purchase of your next home.
Read MoreDivorce
Selling your house after a divorce or relationship breakdown can be incredibly stressful. A fast house sale service can give you the freedom to move on much more quickly than a sale on the open market.
Read MoreRelocation
Whether you’re relocating for work, to be closer to family, or to embark on a new adventure, a genuine property buying company can offer a quick house sale that fits around your plans. Able to complete the house sale on a date of your choice, you can time your move with your onward plans.
Read MoreIllness
If you’re having to move due to illness, you may be looking for an easy alternative to selling your house on the open market. A fast house sale service can offer you a private, stress-free sale on a date of your choice.
Read MoreDon’t want the hassle
It currently takes an average of 10 viewings to sell a property. If you simply don’t want the hassle of property viewings, estate agent negotiations and a lengthy conveyancing process, a quick house sale to a company that buys houses could be the stress-free route you’re looking for.
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Our cash buyer service offers you amazing flexibility. Whether you need to complete in 7 days because a previous sale has fallen through, or you are moving to a new build home that will be ready in 8 weeks, we will work to your timescales and have the money in your account when you need it.
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We pride ourselves on being transparent and honest
As the UK’s original and largest cash house buying company, we pride ourselves on being totally transparent about what we do and how much we pay.
Every one of the 6,500 properties we have purchased has been paid for using our own cash funds. As a genuine cash buyer, we give you the speed and certainty that no other house buyer can.
There is no miss‑selling, no cash home buyer tie‑in agreements, no brokering deals, and no selling of your personal information to third‑party house buyers.
Quick Move Now can, therefore, guarantee service levels that no one else can, and we have real customer reviews to prove it!
The best way to find out how much Quick Move Now could pay is to speak to our team and provide us with some basic information.
Our cash offers for homes are fair and supported by a sample of independent local estate agents, as well as a RICS‑qualified surveyor.
Over 6,500 properties bought quickly.
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"Their cash buying service worked seamlessly for me!"
When David Westwood and his partner made the decision to purchase a home together, they each had a property to sell before making the move. His partner’s home sold very quickly, but David’s property struggled to attract any serious buyers. His estate agent soon began talking about dropping the asking price, which is when he started exploring his other selling options.
Speaking about his experience with Quick Move Now, Mr Westwood says:
“If you are looking for a quick and easy way to sell your house it is well worth having a chat to these guys. Don’t forget you will be dealing with a business and they need to make a profit so you won’t get full market value but if you stay with an estate agent you may have to drop your price anyway!”
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Cash house buyer FAQs
Cash home buyers are companies that can purchase your property with their own cash funds. The benefits of cash home buyers are speed, simplicity and certainty. A genuine cash house buyer will be able to purchase your property in as little as 7 days. The sale will be guaranteed, which means there’s no danger of your buyer pulling out of the sale, and the whole process is designed to be a lot less stressful than selling your property on the open market.
One of the key benefits of selling a house to a cash buyer is how quick and easy we can make the process.
Step 1: call our friendly team on 0800 069 8648 or enter your details on our website to get an indicative offer, based on some basic information about your property.
Step 2: We will ask local, independent estate agents to carry out a full assessment and property valuation before making you a formal cash offer. There is no cost or obligation at any stage of the process.
Step 3: Once you’ve accepted our formal offer, you can choose the date you would like your property sale to complete.
Step 4: The sale will complete on your chosen date and the money will be paid into your bank account.
You can read more about our quick, simple, and stress-free process here.
When you sell your house to Quick Move Now, you are in complete control of the timescales. We can buy your property in as little as 7 days, but most of our customers choose a completion date around 3-4 weeks after accepting our formal offer. This means they have plenty of time to organise removal services and tie the sale in with their onward move.
Any company that is able to buy your home for cash will need to buy at a discount. We incur significant costs that a buyer on the open market would not have to pay, so are unable to buy your property at full market value.
Our additional costs include:
- Addition 5% stamp duty – Any company purchasing a property is required to pay an additional 5% stamp duty on top of the usual stamp duty rates.
- Legal fees – We pay all legal fees associated with the purchase of your property.
- Business overheads – We are a genuine, reputable business. We have an office, staff and other business costs to cover.
- Resale risk – The property market can be unpredictable. When we purchase your property, we are always taking a risk that market conditions will change.
- Property maintenance and management after purchase – Once we own your property, we are responsible for all maintenance costs. This includes things like utility bills, council tax and garden upkeep. We will also need to cover the costs associated with reselling your property on the open market.
Before we make you a formal cash offer, we work with local estate agents to carry out a full assessment of your property and the local market. This assessment will include an independent property valuation, which we will use to assess your property’s saleability. We can pay up to 85% of market value, but will always make you the best offer we can.
Any formal cash offer we make is valid for 7 days. If those 7 days elapse, we would need to do a re-appraisal of your property and the local market conditions. If there haven’t been any significant changes to your property or the local market, your original offer would still be available.
Any property we buy will undergo a full survey before exchange of contracts. The only time we may be forced to alter the price we offer would be if a serious structural issue was flagged as part of the survey. However, as the survey takes place very early on in the sale process, if it does show a significant structural issue that would affect the value of the property, you would be free to walk away without incurring any cost.
Honesty and integrity are at the core of our company values. As a founding member of the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB), we are committed to offering our customers a transparent and convenient alternative to selling on the open market. All of our company processes follow the Code of Practice for Residential Property Buying Companies, as set out by The Property Ombudsman.
All of our formal cash offers are based on independent valuations carried out by local estate agents and we are always happy to talk through the process with you, explaining how we calculated our formal offer.
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