International Trade

Tenants who live in a council house or housing association property can move house by a council house exchange swap. To move they must do a mutual transfer with another tenant who is looking for a mutual exchange.

The hardest part is finding a property that is suitable and a person to swap with. Most tenants will be looking to move to a local property. In some cases tenants will be looking to move to a different town or county. This is called a national council house exchange. Most tenants will be looking for a property with equal or better conditions to the property they have. In some cases the tenant will be looking to downsize and move into a smaller property.

If you want to swap your property you will need to find a swapping partner. Many people all over the United kingdom, Scotland and Wales are looking for a mutual exchange partner. The two ways of finding a swap is to apply through the local council exchange service or using a council house exchange website that lists properties available.

Applying through the local council service is a slow process. They will need to take your details and add them to the lists of people wanting to move home. You will need to wait until they do this and then you will need to wait until a tenant who likes your property contacts you.

For this reason many people use a council house exchange website. By using a home swap website you will be able to view properties available to swap and also contact tenants who are looking for a swap online.

Using a exchange website will save you time in finding a mutual exchange and has become the popular way of exchanging home in the UK.

If you are looking for a council house exchange, councilexchangesite.co.uk is a mutual exchange website allowing tenants to find an exchange.