Quite simply, two vendors (homeowners) agree to buy each others homes having arranged viewings through their homeswapshop.com registered estate agent. The 'home swap' eliminates the chain and allows any home owner an upward, downward or sideways move for any number of reasons such as financial, retirement, relocation or aspirational..

Again this is quite simple and the swapping process can involve properties in all price ranges, i.e. the two homes being swapped do not have to be the same price. Once you have agreed a selling price for your home and a purchase price for the one you wish to move to, you arrange your finances, and then instruct your solicitor to deal with the transaction in the usual way.

Yes, in almost every case you will have to pay stamp duty at the standard rate based on the value of the property you are purchasing. Your solicitor or homeswapshop.com agent will advise you on the rate of stamp duty you will have to pay.

Yes, in most circumstances you will require a HIP, although certain types of property are exempt. In the vast number of cases it is a legal requirement that you have a HIP and again we advise that you speak to your estate agent or solicitor regarding this matter. However it is not necessary for you to have a HIP to start viewing properties.

Yes, once again you simply instruct your solicitor to act for you in the normal way once you have agreed a sale and purchase price with the vendor you intend to swap with.

No, homeswapshop.com only works for estate agents across the country who register their properties on our site, therefore massively increasing the amount of properties available to swap - this in turn improves your own chances of successfully swapping your home.

Please contact a homeswapshop.com agent (Find Agent) who will then arrange to visit your property, carry out a valuation and with your permission, take measurements, full details, then place your home on the market in the usual way.

No, normally your estate agent will charge their standard fees for their services and then include your property on homeswapshop.com.

For as long as you want it too. If you have your property on the market with a member estate agent they will register your home on the site and it will remain there until you have sold or swapped your property for another.

Please contact us - we will be delighted to speak to agents in your area to offer them membership to our site in order for them to feature your property. Please see the 'contact us' section on our website and we will deal with your enquiry as quickly as possible.

Quite simply, the conveyancing and legal process is exactly the same as if you were selling and purchasing a property in the traditional way. Once a home swap has been agreed both parties will need to instruct their solicitors with the usual information relating to the sale and purchase. The solicitor will then commence the legal/conveyancing process in the standard manner.

There are numerous benefits but the main advantage to most homeowners is simplifying the sale process by dealing with only one other party. This means the 'dreaded chains' commonly associated with many property sales is eliminated. This in turn allows most transactions to proceed to a speedier completion with less chance of the sale falling through - a win win situation!

Homeswapshop.com is a site which offers unique matching technology. Our matching system matches your property haves and wants with another homeowners haves and wants to create a number of potential homeswaps via participating estate agents which is unique to homeswapshop.com.