Death Of An Estate Agent

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DEATH OF AN ESTATE AGENT
The findings of a recent NOP survey show that estate agents are not overwhelmingly popular. Fractionally over half of all adults would expect to find a home through an estate agent - suggesting that half would seek to bypass an agent, if they were thinking of buying a home.Only one in seven people think that staff in estate agents are knowledgeable and fewer than one in 20 think that estate agents' fees are good value for money. Key Note's survey finding, that people are not wildly enthusiastic about estate agents, fits in with previous research. The estate agency sector still has a big task ahead of it, to convince the public that staff are knowledgeable and efficient, and provide a service that is well worth the fees charged.
Enter the full service online agencies .A plethora of FSBO sites(For sale by owner) has sprung up in the UK.
Most of these websites however have very little to offer the private seller.
Either through bad design, poor marketing or lack of any support to the seller or buyer.
Now there is a small company based in Kent aiming to change all that.
Welcome to Kent real Estate.co.uk
The first anomaly here is that two former Hong based estate agents run the site.
Husband and wife team Wayne and Jane Atherton.
During a recent interview, they likened themselves to the poacher turned gamekeeper.
We are acutely aware of the dim view that the public has of estate agents in the UK, brought about by poor service and extortionate prices.
We want to bring a professional service to buyers and sellers that is stress free and cheap. There is no commission to pay and the full service is only £175 pounds
We started with the website design, utilizing the latest technology, anyone can produce a stunning online brochure of their property in minutes.
Next we spoon feed clients with detailed insights into the valuation and negotiating secrets of estate agents .Armed with this valuable knowledge the average homeowner can comfortably go forth and conclude a sale without an estate agent.
Kent Real estate
Its clear then that Estate agents will have to evolve in order to compete with savvy property owners, keen to save commissions, or will the chapter end as in Millers play where the world simply stops buying from them?


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