Some schemes offer no fault title insurance to protect the transaction. A sellers survey means that both buyer and seller know about the condition of the property, enabling an informed offer to be made. The seller can carry out any repairs before marketing. Prevents inflated or unrealistic offers being made, as full information about the property is available. The seller survey negates the need for a valuation inspection by the lender.
Transactions are more likely to go ahead, and less likely to be aborted.
Time spent in smaller chains can be reduced. Professionals like to keep the consumer up to date with regular progress reports, independent legal advisers being helpful for buyers to guide them through the pack. The possible lack of choice of professional practitioners in some schemes, especially the vertically integrated schemes where expertise is in-house. The buyer may be suspicious of the independence of the seller's survey, whether or not it is validated. This particularly applies to the integrated schemes.