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News Story

Agents slow to take up free portals

Monday 10th November 2008

A straw poll of 35 agents has shown that over half have not signed up to list their properties free on Globrix, while a significant number are undecided whether to use Propertylive, the free portal launched by their own professional body, the National Federation of Property Professionals.

The poll was carried out in the second half of September by Charlie Wright, of estate agency supplier The Bu2iness. While numbers were very small, the sample quality was high, with virtually all at top level in their firms and belonging to a professional body.

Of those who took part, 82.8% were members of NFOPP, which encompasses the NAEA and ARLA, and 17.2% belonged to the RICS.

When asked if they had registered free with Globrix, only 12 of the sample had done so. Asked if they would be uploading their properties to PropertyLive, 13 replied ‘yes’, six said ‘no, and 15 said they had not made up their minds (one respondent did not answer the question).

The survey asked a number of questions about estate agents and their relationship with technology and the internet.

The agents felt their use of technology is important in helping them survive the downturn – 44% saw it as significant, 14% as very important and 26% as absolutely essential – while around 14% thought it either irrelevant or of minor importance.

They also largely felt more agents would be running their businesses from home in the future: 56% agreed with this, leaving 26% in disagreement and 18% unsure.

Asked which property portals they currently pay to list their properties, Rightmove came top with 24, followed equally by Primelocation and FindaProperty with 19 subscribers each, Propertyfinder with 16, and Fish4 with just nine.

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Posted By Rich on Tuesday 11th November 2008 11:12:28

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SSSh dont tell anyone but 15 years ago we did nt have internet and people bought houses. wow.

All the internet does is let weak agents keep up with the jones's. Internet wont sell houses it s just what vendors want.
Choose one good site and stop panicking.

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Posted By brightmove on Tuesday 11th November 2008 09:09:58

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A survey of the house buying public and how they search for property on the internet would be informative.

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Posted By Diane McMeeking . Keswick Estates on Tuesday 11th November 2008 08:54:37

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I applied to join the free portal known as Property Live months ago and thats the last I heard from them. I am sure I am not on my own here.

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Posted By Stop the Noise on Tuesday 11th November 2008 04:29:44

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Brightmove is back with an inane comment! His website looks like it was designed by Zippy, Bungle and Geoffrey - but he's got a comment on everything ... be quiet please.

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Posted By Stop the Noise on Tuesday 11th November 2008 04:26:59

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Brightmove is back with an inane comment! His website looks like it was designed by Zippy, Bungle and Geoffrey - but he's got a comment on everything ... be quiet please.

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