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Selling your home remotely: here's how and what to do
Selling your home remotely happens much more often than you might think, for many different reasons. It could be a property that has become superfluous after a move abroad, or an apartment inherited in a city other than your own.
Whatever the reason, if you too find yourself in this situation and want to know how to sell your house remotely, in this Casavo article you will find some useful advice on how to get rid of your property without having to travel constantly to reach it.
How to sell your house remotely
The need to sell a house remotely often depends on a sudden event that doesn't leave you time to organize yourself to get rid of the property more calmly.
It can happen, for example, that you have to seize a job opportunity that can't wait, or you decide overnight to change your life and don't want to waste even a minute before leaving. Whatever your reasons, you'll need support to handle the actual sale for you.
The first thing you might think of to sell your house quickly is to rely on a good real estate agency. The brokerage firm will take care of putting the home on the market, arranging viewings, and talking to potential buyers. Apparently, the only task you have in this case is to do your research on which agent to choose and verify that they have experience with cases similar to yours. Knowing how to proceed to sell the property of an absent owner remotely is in fact an essential requirement for the agency to avoid wasting your time and money.
Once you've identified the right person to sell your house remotely to, you still need to figure out how to organize the actual sales process without being present. Who will take care of the signatures? Who will physically participate in the closing of the contract if you are unable to return?
Perhaps this scenario seems too complex to manage without hassle, but don't worry: here are Casavo's 5 tips on how to sell your house remotely!
1. What not to do: Think about doing the selling yourself
If what you've read so far hasn't convinced you, we reiterate once again that it's better to avoid trying to sell remotely yourself
You might think that an online ad and a few emails, photos, and videos are enough to close the deal. In reality, that's never the case, and you run the risk of embarking on a series of wasted trips to meet people who have shown interest and then back out, or even worse, falling for a scam.
2. First of all, check the documentation
Before you even start figuring out who to trust with a remote sale, we recommend that you verify that you have all the documents needed to sell ready.
For this preliminary operation, it may be useful to have legal advice to review the documentation and perhaps the help of someone you trust (a relative or friend) who is still in the city you left and who can recover any missing deeds or certificates.
3. Trust those with experience in distance selling
After checking that you have all the documents ready, it's time to understand how to publish and manage the ad.
We've already recommended choosing agencies that have direct experience in distance selling. The Casavo's ad platform, for example, is active in several European countries and offers you a series of advantages for managing the sale wherever you are, such as the possibility of virtual visits from your smartphone or computer.
4. Sell your house remotely by proxy
If you're wondering how to delegate the final closing of the deal to someone, the Italian civil code provides a series of articles dedicated to representation for the conclusion of contracts and other legal transactions.
You therefore have every right to identify a trusted person to take care of the signature on your behalf after receiving the official power of attorney. You can then grant the delegation to whoever you prefer – a relative, friend, or legal representative – to handle the deal.
In the text governing the power of attorney, you will indicate all the details of the assignment and the scope of the representation. It's up to you to decide whether you want to entrust this person with all the phases, from the evaluation to the deed, or just the final signature. Once the assignment is concluded, the delegation ceases to have any value and the person involved can no longer intervene.
5. Sign the contract via digital notarial deed
If you don't want or can't find a proxy to sign the contract on your behalf, and you can't appear before the notary, you have the option of proceeding remotely via a digital notarial deed.
The notary draws up the deed of sale using software owned by the National Council of Notaries, and then you and the other party can sign it digitally or in person, depending on what's most convenient for you.
With these five tips on how to sell your house remotely, you have all the information you need to sell your property without wasting time. To get started, try our online valuation tool. In a short time, you will receive a free estimate of the value of your home and, if it meets certain characteristics, also an offer for the direct purchase of the property from Casavo. An excellent way to speed up and simplify the negotiation even further.