For sellers
Sell your house without a realtor in Canada
List your home directly to buyers, deal with them yourself, and avoid paying a listing agent's commission on your sale.
Selling your home privately, often called For Sale By Owner, or FSBO, is legal everywhere in Canada. Instead of hiring a listing agent, you handle the sale yourself: you set the price, market the home, deal directly with buyers, and bring in a real-estate lawyer or notary to close. The payoff is control and the listing commission you keep.
HouseUp is built for exactly this. Your home gets its own search-friendly listing page, appears in our Canada-wide browse and search, and buyers contact you directly through the platform. You decide how hands-on to be, and you can bring in vetted home-service professionals for the parts you'd rather not do alone.
What you're responsible for in a private sale
- Pricing your home using real comparable sales
- Preparing and photographing the property
- Responding to buyer inquiries and running showings
- Reviewing offers and negotiating terms
- Engaging a lawyer or notary to complete the closing
Our seller resource centre walks through each of these in detail, and the calculator below shows what avoiding commission could be worth to you.
Want a sign on the lawn? The optional signage package ($200) ships two For Sale signs and QR stickers printed with your listing's code, so a passer-by can scan it and book a showing on the spot.
Estimate your savings
Adjust every number to match your situation.
Real-estate commissions are negotiable and vary by agent, brokerage, and province. This is an illustration, not a mandated rate.
What you expect to spend selling on your own, e.g. lawyer/notary, photos, and listing costs.
Illustrative estimate
Commission you could avoid paying a listing/selling agent
$36,875
after subtracting your estimated private-sale costs of $2,500
- Assumed agent commission
- $37,500
- Est. GST on commission
- $1,875
- Total you'd pay an agent
- $39,375
- Your private-sale costs
- − $2,500
Estimate only. Actual commissions, taxes, and closing costs vary by province, brokerage, and negotiation. This tool does not include every cost of a sale.
Start where you live
The process differs by province. Choose yours for local guidance and homes for sale.
Your home. Your listing. Your sale.
Create your listing in a few guided steps and start hearing from buyers.