Online estate agent and self-service letting agent, I Am The Agent has announced record figures ahead of the busy spring sales period. Widely regarded as the fastest growing online agent, the nationwide property professionals have reached a milestone number of properties advertised to let, for sale, registered vendors, managed lets and registered tenants.
Rebecca Peach, managing director said, “Traditionally the run up to Christmas is a quiet time for estate and letting agents as no-one wants to deal with the upheaval of moving and dealing with property marketing around the festive season. However, nothing could have been further from the truth in the I Am The Agent office and we have been inundated with new tenant registrations, enquiries from owners who want to advertise a property online and both professional and private landlord sign-ups. We have been absolutely delighted at how the numbers have increased, how busy we have been and the sheer volume of positive feedback received. We are already building on this success and making plans for a bigger and better 2013.”
As part of its growth announcement, I Am The Agent confirms that is now lists more than 1300 properties around the UK for sale and rent making them the online leader in terms of available property with almost double the stock levels of some of the competitors and more than 75,000 registered tenants and buyers actively looking for a new home. It plans to increase these figures in 2013. As part of its plans to deal with the influx of new business and continue to provide high levels of customer care on both its online estate agent and online letting agent side, as well as its flourishing Greenwich estate agency, a number of new staff have been recruited. Exciting developments are also underway on the web side, with new services and functionality being tested which will see IAmTheAgent.com become a powerful tool for anyone looking to buy, sell, let or manage property around the UK with zero fuss.
I Am The Agent is unique amongst online agencies in that it has a dedicated team of web property experts in place to deal with all digital property marketing, live call handlers, and estate agents on hand to support the website enquiries. It also boasts a separate Greenwich high street office which functions as a traditional agency for those who would rather hand over all responsibility for sales and lettings to an experienced team.
Both its online estate agency and online letting agency packages are built as single fixed fee solutions, where the seller or landlord remains in complete control. There are no commissions upon sale or lease, which makes the process cheaper for the vendor or landlord, meaning savings can be passed on to the buyer or new tenant. In addition to sales and lettings, I Am The Agent also offers a fixed fee property management service and recently launched an overseas property sales package.
~* figures taken at 14 February 2013 from Rightmove, these figures do not include properties listed on www.iamtheagent.com alone which is totals 1,500. The nearest 3 competitors at the time were: Open Rent: 589, Upad: 677, MakeUrMove; 607