Louw Lochner

How It Works

Learn About How We Buy Homes Buys Houses

Our process is fair, works on your timeline, and is easy to follow.

Selling Your Port-Elizabeth Home Can Be A Quick & Easy Process

We Buy Homes buys houses in and around Port-Elizabeth (and other areas, too!). We’re not listing your house, we’re actually the ones buying your home. Because we pay cash and are buying your Port-Elizabeth home directly from you, we’re able to finalize quickly (or on your schedule).

When you work with us there are no fees and no commissions like there are when you list your house with a traditional agent. You never have to worry about any extra costs to sell your house fast coming out of your pocket or even getting your house “market-ready” to sell. We want to buy your house as-is.

No matter how ugly or pretty it is and no matter the location, we buy houses in Port-Elizabeth in any condition.

From offer to finalization and cash in your hand in as little as 7 days.

You can get rid of the headache of that property fast and avoid paying one more utility payment, tax payment, insurance payment, mortgage bond payment, or any of the other costs associated with a home. If you list your house and wait 90+ days to transfer, you have to figure in all of the costs of holding that property during the time you have it listed and are waiting for the property to transfer.

Don’t worry about fixing anything or cleaning your house again and again for buyer after buyer.

We don’t care how dirty your house is (we’ve seen worse!) or how many repairs are needed. Is it a complete fixer? Great! We love projects. We want to make an offer on your house today. Let us save you time and put more money in your pocket.

How The
Process Works

1

Tell us about your property.

It’s quick, easy, and free!

2

If it meets our buying criteria…

We will contact you to setup a quick appointment.

3

We present you with a fair all-cash offer…

Or discuss the best method to proceed.

4

We finalize at a local transfer Attorney.

Have cash in your hands in as little as 7 days!

Timeframe:  Once we get your information, we’re usually able to make you a fair all-cash offer within 24 hours. From there, we can close as quickly as 7 days… or on your schedule.

FAQ

We buy your Port-Elizabeth home as-is, meaning you don’t have to worry about doing repairs, fixing your home up, or getting it ready for showings. We’ll handle all repairs, inspections, and more after we purchase your home. We factor this into our offer, of course, but it saves you the money and the headache associated with getting your home ready to sell.

“All-cash” means exactly that – all cash for your Port-Elizabeth home! Because we are real estate investors who are purchasing your home directly, we don’t rely on traditional financing like retail homebuyers. When you sell to us, there’s no risk of the financing falling through, or the transfer being delayed. When we make you an offer, that’s the full amount you’ll receive at transfer.

After you send us information about your home, we can make you a no-obligation, fair all-cash offer in as little as 24 hours. Once you accept, we will finalize at a local, reputable transferring attorney in as little as 7 days. Compare that to the 30+ days it can take to finalize when listing your house the traditional way, and the benefits are obvious!

Great question. We’re not agents, and we don’t list houses. Here at We Buy Homes , we are professional home buyers: We buy houses Port-Elizabeth that meet our purchasing criteria, and we don’t use bank financing so you don’t have to worry about our ability to finalize a deal. After purchasing, we may repair the house and resell it to another homeowner or keep it as a rental ourselves.

Many of the houses we purchase are below market value. We do this so we can resell it at a profit to another homeowner. We are looking to get a fair discount on a property. In our experience, many sellers aren’t necessarily expecting a large “windfall” on the property. Instead, they appreciate that we can offer cash, we transfer very quickly (no waiting for financing), and no time, effort, or expense is required on your part to fix up the property or pay agent fees. If that’s what you’re looking for and you see the value in getting your house sold fast, let’s see if we can come to a win-win price for both parties. Our no-obligation pricing commitment means that you don’t have to move forward with the offer we give… but it’s good to know what we’re offering!

There is absolutely zero obligation for you. Once you tell us a bit about your property, we’ll take a look at things, maybe set up a call with you to find out a bit more, and make you an all-cash offer that’s fair for you and fair for us. From there, it’s 100% your decision on whether or not you’d like to sell your house to us. We’ll let you decide what’s right for you.

At We Buy Homes , we work on your time frame. If you don’t need a fast transfer due to the need to make arrangements, explore your future options, etc., we will schedule the transfer on the day that works best for you!

Our goal is to provide you with the fairest offer possible. Unlike other buyers or big giants, we’re transparent with how we arrive at an offer amount. What we offer is based on what the value of the property may be once we make the necessary improvements and upgrades. We’re entirely transparent with this offer process and happy to walk you through how it works.

Yes, it is! The real estate industry is rapidly changing, and thousands of homeowners are exploring their options when it comes to selling their house in the fastest, easiest, and most transparent way. That’s where we come in. We offer an alternative for those homeowners who may not have the time or ability to list their house on the market for top dollar. We’ll work with you to assess your situation, make you a transparent all-cash offer, and close on your timeline.

Real estate agents list properties and hope that someone will buy them. The agent shows the properties to prospective buyers if there are any (the average time to sell a property in many markets right now is 4-6 months) and then takes a percentage of the sale price if they find a buyer. Oftentimes, the agent’s commission is 3 to 6% of the sale price of your house. If it’s a R1000,000 house, you’ll pay between R30,000 to R60,000 in commissions to an agent.

Agents provide a great service for those that can wait 4+ months to sell and who don’t mind giving up some of that sale price to pay for the commissions. But that’s where we’re different. We’re not agents, we’re home buyers. Our company buys the house directly from you. Since we pay with all cash and purchase the house from you, we can make a decision to buy your house within a couple of days (sometimes even the same day). Again, we make our living by taking the risk to buy the house with our own cash, repair the house, and market it ourselves to find a buyer.

 Great question, and we’re an open book. Our process is very straightforward. We look at the location of the property, what repairs are needed, the current condition of the property, and the value of comparable houses sold in the area recently. Taking the many pieces of information into consideration, we come up with a fair price that works for us and works for you, too.

This is what makes us stand out from the traditional method of selling your house: there are NO fees or commissions when you sell your house directly to us compared to listing fees, where up to 6% comes out of your pocket. We’ll make you an offer and, if it’s a fit, then we’ll buy your house with no hassles and no fees. We’ll often pay for the transfer costs, too! We make our money after we pay for repairs on the house and sell it for a profit. We’re taking the risks here on whether we can sell it for a profit or not. Once we buy the house from you, the responsibility is ours and you walk away without the burden of the property and its payments, as well as cash in your hand.