Part of our guide to selling your house for cash, fast.
Adverts promising to buy your house for cash in 7 days are everywhere. Some of that is possible in a week; some of it isn’t, and it helps to know which is which before you rely on a date. Our main guide on how to sell my house cash fast covers every route, the timescales and the trade-offs.
What can happen in 7 days
- A cash buyer can look at the property and make an offer.
- You can accept an offer in writing and instruct a solicitor.
- Your solicitor can request your title and start the property forms.
- If you’re selling to a company, they can confirm how they’ll fund the purchase.
What usually takes longer
Completion — when the money arrives and the keys change hands — depends on the legal work. The buyer’s solicitor needs searches, answers to their enquiries and your signed transfer. The government estimates it takes around 120 days on average from an accepted offer to completion across all sales. Without a mortgage valuation or mortgage offer, a cash sale skips two of the slowest stages, which is why it can be much quicker — but a week from first contact to completion is rare.
What speeds a cash sale up
- Having your paperwork ready: ID, title, lease (if any), planning papers and an energy certificate.
- A solicitor instructed on the day you accept.
- Freehold rather than leasehold — leasehold packs from a managing agent can take weeks.
- No probate still to come through, and no one else who needs to agree the sale.
Our guides to how long conveyancing takes and selling during probate explain the common delays.
Selling quickly for cash in Merseyside and Cheshire
We buy houses for cash across Merseyside — Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens — and nearby Cheshire, within easy reach of Liverpool and the Wirral: Halton, Chester, Ellesmere Port and Warrington. Each local page has sold prices for the area and what a fast cash sale looks like there.
Next steps
If you need a date you can rely on, tell us about your property. We’ll agree a realistic completion date with you in writing rather than promising a number of days.
Common questions
Can I sell my house for cash in 7 days?
You can usually get an offer and agree a sale within a week. Completing in 7 days is rare, because the legal work — searches, enquiries and the transfer — still has to happen.
What is the fastest a cash house sale can complete?
It depends on the paperwork and both solicitors. A straightforward freehold sale with everything ready can move far faster than average; leasehold, probate or missing documents add time.
Is a 7-day cash sale a scam?
Not necessarily, but check what the promise means. Ask whether day 7 is an offer, exchange or completion, ask for proof of funds, and never pay an upfront fee.