A collapsed chain can leave your sale uncertain while an onward purchase is still waiting. Before starting again, it helps to understand the price and timing of an alternative offer.
SellHouseFaster makes cash offers for homes across Greater Manchester. Tell us where your sale and purchase stand. If you choose to proceed, a direct buyer purchases your property, with the buyer and solicitors assessing whether the timing can work.
- 24 hoursTo receive an offer after sharing your property details
- Share your deadlineTell us about your onward purchase
- Free offerNo obligation to accept
- Legal costs coveredSeller’s conveyancing fees and disbursements on completion
What needs resolving after a chain breaks
Your buyer has withdrawn
Tell us why the sale fell through, if you know, and whether any survey or title issues were raised. That information helps assess a new offer.
Your mortgage offer has a deadline
Check the expiry date with your lender or broker. Share it when enquiring, but do not assume a new sale will complete before it.
Your onward seller is waiting
Ask your agent or solicitor where the purchase stands and whether the seller can allow more time. The position of every party matters.
Legal work is already underway
Let us know which documents and searches are available. Your solicitor can explain what may be reused and what further work is needed.
An alternative offer to help you decide
- A price within 24 hours. We’ll review the property details and explain the cash offer and conditions.
- A review of your timing. The buyer and solicitors can assess the available time if you want to proceed.
- Your existing information considered. Share surveys, title queries and the reason the previous buyer withdrew.
- Coordination with your purchase. Your preferred completion date can be discussed with the parties involved, subject to agreement.
- No obligation to accept. Compare the offer with finding another buyer through your agent.
- Seller’s sale legal costs covered. On completion, we cover the conveyancing fees and disbursements for your sale, with no selling fee payable to us.
Compare the price with the wider cost of moving
A cash offer may be lower than your previous buyer’s offer. Consider whether the proceeds still support your onward purchase, along with mortgage repayment, moving costs and any additional legal work. An offer cannot guarantee that the onward purchase will remain available.
How a new offer could move your sale forward
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Step 1Share the property and purchase positionEnquire online or call 0161 806 1235. Include the property condition, deadlines and any issues raised in the previous sale.
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Step 2Receive your offer within 24 hoursWe’ll explain the cash offer, its conditions and the information needed to proceed.
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Step 3Assess the sale and purchase timetableIf you proceed, the direct buyer and solicitors carry out checks and discuss coordination with your onward purchase.
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Step 4Complete when all parties are readyExchange and completion arrangements are agreed through the solicitors once the necessary work is complete.
