When you are budgeting for a house move, it is important to work out how much your house is worth. There are quite a few options to check out the value of your house. Indeed, our pre-sale valuation service is one of the most popular pages on our website. It is used by clients and others alike to work out what their house is worth. But let’s look at the options.

Using ScotLIS to check how much your house is worth

Over the years we have seen a proliferation of online sale price checkers. These tend to mostly come from one source – the Registers of Scotland. You can check out house sale prices on the ScotLIS website. The ScotLIS website allows you to search for property prices across Scotland. Simply enter the postcode of your property. This will give you a list of sale prices of the properties in your postcode over time. To widen your search you can omit the last character from your postcode.

The problem with this type of search is that it does not give you any information on the type of property or the number of rooms or features. However, if does give you a baseline of the likely price of properties in your locality. You also need to remember that there is a delay between the registration of the title and the availability of property price information on the ScotLIS system.

If you are looking for more information on a specific property, you can order up the Title Sheet. This will tell you the owner’s name, the when the property was purchased and for how much. It will also provide a title plan of the property and provide details of any lender holding a mortgage over the property.

Using online property portals

You can use a range of online property portals to get an indication of how much your house is worth. Of course, you can use the ESPC property portal to check sold house prices. You can search for price information by street, town or district and can see the results either in a list or on a map. You will also find the date on which the property was purchased.

Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket also have sold price information which you can check. In some instances, you will also find details of the type of house and the accommodation.

What is your best option to find out how much your house is worth?

Perhaps the best option to find out how much your house is worth is to speak to our dedicated estate agency team. Our expert estate agency team have the most up to date information on house sales in your area. As you would expect, we always aim to get the best price possible for our clients. We have our finger on the pulse every day, reviewing offers received and advising clients. This knowledge is priceless and you will not find this on any property portal.

Estate agency experts in Dunfermline, Fife

Here at maloco mowat parker, we have a highly experienced, dedicated estate agency team geared up to ensuring you get the best price possible when you sell your house. So, if you want to now how much your house is worth, just get in touch with us today.