Below is Rightmoves latest report showing that the site is playing a huge part in lead generation.
Despite costing a fair amount to advertise on it, its clear its doing what it should do, and that's get the property marketed to the largest audience that it can.
Their update (which cant be shared in full) reads:
January 2010 sees highest ever lettings leads!
We have just had our busiest month ever for lettings leads with January 2010 seeing 947,127 phone and email leads delivered to our members. That's a 125% increase between January 2008 - January 2010!
Monday 22 February 2010
Sunday 21 February 2010
The decade of 2010 is the rise of the Mumtrepreneur
In the 70's we wanted it all, In the 80s Maggie said we could have it all, in the 90's we started to get it all, but the end of the 90's we had it all and were worn out. 2010 is a new decade. We can have it all - on our Terms.
I thought today I would take a step out from blogging about property and discuss a little about being a woman in Business. Maybe its all the Mothers Days ads I keep seeing!
I grew up a child in the seventies. Not many women worked and most mums stayed at home - in my class at school there were only a couple of working Mums. As a young girl I became very passionate about Women's Rights and was fascinated that it was only earlier in the century woman got the right to vote. Woman seemed to be endlessly trying to say they could be equal to men. In my influential years of the 80's I was awestruck by Mrs Thatcher. She was clearly "doing it for the girls" and the message became clear - if we as women want it - we can have it.
In my early adulthood in the early 90's women started to work more, the economy no longer was made up of a male workforce and rising prices and inflation meant that women needed to work. Headlines were constantly making us aware of the different pay scales and women had to fight hard. Towards the end of the 90's we had it all. We could be at par with a man in the boardroom and the bedroom, we could have our children, with the help of 8-6 daycare we could balance work and home and we could still be a wonderful wife whilst coping with all the family chores. We were exhausted.
In my opinion 2010 starts the rise of a new era. We will have it all, but on our Terms! Laws have changed meaning men can have paternity leave, we can share the early days of childcare and mother / fatherhood. We can take a career break wit no loss of earnings or status, and most workplaces combined with vast technological advancements means we can all work at home.
However, woman still want it all, and women realised that we want to enjoy watching our children grow up to. We don't really want to be the working Mum reliant on Au pairs and nannies. So many woman - and this number is growing in droves, are setting up on their own.
2010 is the rise of the Mumtrepreneur
Its happened to me - and I see it all around happening to a plethora of professional woman. I have blogged many times on "How we do business is changing" and how companies are closed, selective and controlling and how the rise of the entrepreneur is what will change third millennium business forever by going back to good basic principles of business which is doing business with people we know like and trust.
Women are terribly perceptive. We can see that people want to do business with people they have a relationship with, and women are some of the greatest net workers of all time. Look at the likes of Penny Power of Ecademy and the founders of the women's networking group Athena who are now starting to go worldwide such is its popularity.
With Mothers day just around the corner - I hereby raise a glass to all Mothers like me, who are successfully managing their own business, enjoying being an active part of their child's life and have a happy strong marriage and whom are living proof - we can have it all.
I thought today I would take a step out from blogging about property and discuss a little about being a woman in Business. Maybe its all the Mothers Days ads I keep seeing!
I grew up a child in the seventies. Not many women worked and most mums stayed at home - in my class at school there were only a couple of working Mums. As a young girl I became very passionate about Women's Rights and was fascinated that it was only earlier in the century woman got the right to vote. Woman seemed to be endlessly trying to say they could be equal to men. In my influential years of the 80's I was awestruck by Mrs Thatcher. She was clearly "doing it for the girls" and the message became clear - if we as women want it - we can have it.
In my early adulthood in the early 90's women started to work more, the economy no longer was made up of a male workforce and rising prices and inflation meant that women needed to work. Headlines were constantly making us aware of the different pay scales and women had to fight hard. Towards the end of the 90's we had it all. We could be at par with a man in the boardroom and the bedroom, we could have our children, with the help of 8-6 daycare we could balance work and home and we could still be a wonderful wife whilst coping with all the family chores. We were exhausted.
In my opinion 2010 starts the rise of a new era. We will have it all, but on our Terms! Laws have changed meaning men can have paternity leave, we can share the early days of childcare and mother / fatherhood. We can take a career break wit no loss of earnings or status, and most workplaces combined with vast technological advancements means we can all work at home.
However, woman still want it all, and women realised that we want to enjoy watching our children grow up to. We don't really want to be the working Mum reliant on Au pairs and nannies. So many woman - and this number is growing in droves, are setting up on their own.
2010 is the rise of the Mumtrepreneur
Its happened to me - and I see it all around happening to a plethora of professional woman. I have blogged many times on "How we do business is changing" and how companies are closed, selective and controlling and how the rise of the entrepreneur is what will change third millennium business forever by going back to good basic principles of business which is doing business with people we know like and trust.
Women are terribly perceptive. We can see that people want to do business with people they have a relationship with, and women are some of the greatest net workers of all time. Look at the likes of Penny Power of Ecademy and the founders of the women's networking group Athena who are now starting to go worldwide such is its popularity.
With Mothers day just around the corner - I hereby raise a glass to all Mothers like me, who are successfully managing their own business, enjoying being an active part of their child's life and have a happy strong marriage and whom are living proof - we can have it all.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Due to the success of SurreyLets, we are launching SurreySales on 14th February 2010.Our Sales commission until 1st May 2010 is just 0.85% NO VAT
You may ask. “That sounds remarkably good value – how come your fees are so competitive?”
SurreySales is an online property company based in East Horsley. We offer all the services and benefits of an Estate Agency you would see on the High Street, except we don’t have a shop window. This is because statistically reports state up to 80% of people looking to find a home, do so online. Less people rely on local agents windows to source property than ever before. Without shop window overheads we are able to pass our savings directly onto you, the client. So why pay extra for something you don’t need?
SurreySales can offer you:
• The benefit of our experience, so you achieve the best possible price in the best possible time. SurreySales Director has 20 years Estate and Lettings experience.
• Unrivalled advertising on property portals including: www.FindaProperty.com, www.rightmove.co.uk, www.Primelocation.com, www.HomesandProperty.co.uk, ww.FindaNewHome.com,www.globrix.co.uk,www.houseladder.com, www.houserefer.com, www.brightmove.co.uk and our very own site www.surreysalesonline.co.uk which means your property gets the very best coverage
• Modern attractive For Sale boards
• Full online details with a minimum of 10 photos and a floor plan
• Locally based company with locally based staff who know the area and can point out all the amenities and benefits of the property location.
• Members of the Property Ombudsman Scheme for your peace of mind, Full property Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance
I would be delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the marketing of your property with you and to discuss how we are different from other agents. Above all, I would like to be able to demonstrate our service to you personally. Our advice is free and without obligation, our fees are competitive, so for results that will speak for themselves, call us now on 01483 282470
Understanding People, Understanding Property
Friday 15 January 2010
SurreyLets January Newsletter
SurreyLets January Newsletter is now out
Please read it here
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs079/1102643164363/archive/1102938562015.html
Welcome to the SurreyLets January Newsletter.
Happy New Year! Its been off to a rather shaky start with everyone back at work only to find they are once again grounded by the snow. Let's hope today will see the end of the snow and ice and we can all settle back down.
January is one of the busiest ever for enquiries, possibly and this year due to the fact people have had the odd unexpected day off work, we can see they have been browsing the web in their property search and more people than before have registered their details.
Demand is currently very high and is should continue. Lots of changes in the housing market are possible this year, do read my Predictions for 2010 below!
Here's wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year and decade ahead
In the meanwhile, if you are thinking of letting or have a property to let, I would be delighted to help you. Please call me on 01483 282 470
Until we speak,
Sally
Sally L Asling FARLA
Director
Please read it here
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs079/1102643164363/archive/1102938562015.html
Welcome to the SurreyLets January Newsletter.
Happy New Year! Its been off to a rather shaky start with everyone back at work only to find they are once again grounded by the snow. Let's hope today will see the end of the snow and ice and we can all settle back down.
January is one of the busiest ever for enquiries, possibly and this year due to the fact people have had the odd unexpected day off work, we can see they have been browsing the web in their property search and more people than before have registered their details.
Demand is currently very high and is should continue. Lots of changes in the housing market are possible this year, do read my Predictions for 2010 below!
Here's wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year and decade ahead
In the meanwhile, if you are thinking of letting or have a property to let, I would be delighted to help you. Please call me on 01483 282 470
Until we speak,
Sally
Sally L Asling FARLA
Director
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Google announces launch of free property portal
In July 2009 Google launched a property search feature in Australia using its google map technology which allows people to look for property in their area.
In the UK in excess of 90% of homes for sale and to Let are advertised via the website. Some websites claim as many as 80% of people find a home to let or buy via their websites. This is an ever growing figure.
Currently Agents pay between £325 and £500 per site monthly for sites like Rightmove and Findaproperty, though some lesser known sites are free. If Google launches its service free this will be a massive winner for agents who are currently paying for these sites and will give properties an overall larger coverage from a search.
In a blog written last year by Vanessa Warwick of 4Walls on her Property Tribes site, Vanessa pointed out in great detail that the way we market property was changing pointing out that paper advertising and leafleting are becoming less and less effective.
Without doubt the Internet is providing the opportunities for property marketing, and should google fully embrace the UK market, its a step I will certainly welcome
In the UK in excess of 90% of homes for sale and to Let are advertised via the website. Some websites claim as many as 80% of people find a home to let or buy via their websites. This is an ever growing figure.
Currently Agents pay between £325 and £500 per site monthly for sites like Rightmove and Findaproperty, though some lesser known sites are free. If Google launches its service free this will be a massive winner for agents who are currently paying for these sites and will give properties an overall larger coverage from a search.
In a blog written last year by Vanessa Warwick of 4Walls on her Property Tribes site, Vanessa pointed out in great detail that the way we market property was changing pointing out that paper advertising and leafleting are becoming less and less effective.
Without doubt the Internet is providing the opportunities for property marketing, and should google fully embrace the UK market, its a step I will certainly welcome
Tuesday 29 December 2009
Predictions for the 2010 Property Market
At this time of year, every other question I am asked is "So what do you think will happen in the property market 2010?" Like you, I don't have a crystal ball, so my predictions are based on my opinion of the trends I have seen growing in 2009 and looking at the medium to long term changes in the industry.
So, SurreyLets Sally predicts....
1) More sales stock will come onto the Market in spring 2010 inspired by the reports of property price increases in Autumn 2009. Expectations will be high.
2) As more "Reluctant Landlords" reach the break clauses in their Agreements, they will be putting the property on the market for sale. The over supply of properties that forced rentals to drop will be no longer and the lettings market could see a shortage of rental stock pushing the prices up, though not to the peaks of 2007
3)The increases we saw in sales prices in the Autumn of 2009 will show this was a blip in statistics and whilst properties will sell, the prices will increase slowly and steadily from the bottom of the market, but the increases from Autumn that were borne out of a shortage of supply will not achieved.
4) Long Term rentals will continue to grow in popularity and be viewed as a sound long term plan as an alternative to home ownership.
5) The Buy to Let market will be a growth area with many first time Landlords entering the arena. Most first time Landlords will be people in their 40's who having sold their home will plough the equity into a small portfolio and opt themselves for a long term rental as part of a wealth management scheme. This should feed the rental market with much needed stick in the flats and family homes market.
6) The Corporate Lettings Market will continue to see a decline in corporate Lets as several companies are paying home allowances instead. Once in charge of their spending families will be more prudent in negotiation for properties and this will continue to affect rental prices down in the 5 - 8K pcm market. Whilst several companies are now recruiting from overseas, the higher budgets are in short supply.
As mentioned at the beginning of the blog - this is just my opinion based on trends I am seeing in the Surrey Market place.
I would love to hear your comments and predictions for 2010..........
Wednesday 2 December 2009
SurreyLets December Newsletter
Please Click Here for the DDecember Newsletter
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs079/1102643164363/archive/1102860749361.html
RENTALS SET TO RISE
Some good news for Landlords - Its looks like rents are set to rise next year as the number of properties put on the rental market droped to levels not seen since 1998.
Rental prices initially dropped due to the influx of property entering the rental market from "Accidental Landlords" who did not want to sell at the bottom of the market combined with many investors simultaneously holding on to their properties.
However with the late summer and autumn increase of sales with several reported price increases some investors and most reluctant landlords are now selling and therefore the over supply in the rental market that initially pushed rents down, is disappearing.
This, of course, is impacting on prices and tenants no longer have as strong a bargaining power as they did."Here at SurreyLets we keep our finger on the pulse and watch local treads carefully thus enabling us to give you realistic relevant advice when it comes to Letting out your property.
If you are thinking of letting or have a property to let, I would be delighted to help you. Please call SurreyLets on 01483 282 470
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs079/1102643164363/archive/1102860749361.html
RENTALS SET TO RISE
Some good news for Landlords - Its looks like rents are set to rise next year as the number of properties put on the rental market droped to levels not seen since 1998.
Rental prices initially dropped due to the influx of property entering the rental market from "Accidental Landlords" who did not want to sell at the bottom of the market combined with many investors simultaneously holding on to their properties.
However with the late summer and autumn increase of sales with several reported price increases some investors and most reluctant landlords are now selling and therefore the over supply in the rental market that initially pushed rents down, is disappearing.
This, of course, is impacting on prices and tenants no longer have as strong a bargaining power as they did."Here at SurreyLets we keep our finger on the pulse and watch local treads carefully thus enabling us to give you realistic relevant advice when it comes to Letting out your property.
If you are thinking of letting or have a property to let, I would be delighted to help you. Please call SurreyLets on 01483 282 470
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