WHY YOU NO LONGER REQUIRE AN ESTATE AGENT
With over 1 million of the 1.4 million homes sold in the UK each year being viewed online. The IMRG forecast that at least 700,000 homes will be sold in the UK each year without a traditional estate agent by 2010.
The internet is already well on the way to transforming the way houses are bought and sold. According to Rightmove's research, over 75% of successful home movers use the internet to search for property and therefore already the internet is used to view over 1,050,000 of all the properties sold each year in the UK. This % will undoubtedly increase further.
How much longer will the agents dominance continue when it is clear that agents do have a conflict of interest in that they only get paid if they secure a sale irrespective of whether the price represents fair value or not, and the more quickly the sale occurs the better. The owner on the other hand only achieves real success if he secures the proper market value for the property however long this takes.
The advantage of using us, is not only are you in complete control you will save thousands of pounds in estate agency commission, but also you will not be at risk of losing thousands more pounds if an agent tries to encourage a sale to go ahead at below the market value. Clearly not all agents will act in this way but how do you know whether the agent advising you as to whether you should accept a particular offer needs desperately to secure your sale to pay his mortgage this month?
Instructing an agent was seen as the only way to ensure that a property could be effectively marketed to as many potential buyers as possible. The internet is now changing this perception and the realization that home owners can just as readily sell their homes themselves if they are given the right marketing tools and full back up support to do this.
Currently over 1 million of the 1.4 million homes sold in the UK each year are viewed online although over 90% of the buyers and sellers are then tied in to negotiating through the estate agent. This change in perception will break the mould as to how people buy and sell their homes such that by 2010, at least 50% of all homes sold each year will not involve a traditional estate agent.