‘Fees’ Category

I was asked today what being a new breed of estate agent actually means. Good question, read on.

New pricing –Our selling fees are lower because we have identified & recalculated what the actual cost of selling a property are – this is not about having offices in prominent locations but ensuring we get your property in front of as many prospective buyers as possible, Locally and nationally!  This is achieved through optimum presence on the internet so we do not need to pass on unrealistic … Continue Reading

A new survey has reviled that only one agent in London disclosed its fees on its website. About 20% of agents refused to disclose their fees over the phone or via email. 

The survey, by estate agent comparison website ipostcode, looked at 250 agents’ fees across London and found that it is not necessarily in the most expensive postcodes where agents charge the highest fees. 

The majority of the London estate agencies surveyed quoted 1.5% commission, … Continue Reading

As the local housing market continues to struggle to generate any volume of sales, it may be tempting to believe that another agent’s grass could be greener. And I’m sure they will each tell you that they have people ready and waiting to buy a home just like yours!

When the market is slow, as it is currently, you just have to be patient and wait for that elusive buyer to come along. If your buyer is out there, they will find you through the combination of Rightmove, Zoopla, FindaProperty and all … Continue Reading

Whilst Stella Artois may be able to get away with adverts calling itself “reassuringly expensive”, would you really feel comfortable seeing adverts for estate agents making the same claim?
Ever heard someone say, “I’m glad I paid so much to my estate agent. Thank goodness I picked the most expensive one”? No.
Until House Revolution, all estate agents were expensive and some might say not very reassuring!

Being a great estate agent should not be about the size of the fee, but about the strength of their passion to look after customers. Estate agency is not a difficult process. Yes, it takes time, … Continue Reading

In December, House Revolution concluded the sale of its most expensive property to date; a 6 bedroomed, 5 bathroomed, 3 reception roomed restored Georgian House in Norwich’s Golden Triangle. The property was on the market for just short of £1.2 Million Pounds.

We weren’t the only agent engaged to sell this property, there were two large ‘traditional’ agents involved as well. But we found the buyer and imagine how relieved the owner is that we did.

For … Continue Reading

Or so said French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon during the French Revolution in 1840. It roughly translates as ‘Property is Theft’ !

Personally its the Estate Agents commission that is the current ‘Theft’ in property these days and whilst I cant condone vandalism its interesting to see the recent student anarchist taking up our cause

January will see the increase of VAT from its current 17.5 % to 20% Eeek! ….VAT of course is felt most on big ticket items, like your estate agency bill.

Did you know that, based on the average house price of £167,000 and by using an average estate agents fee of say 1.5% your total estate agency costs are going to be £2943 and £438 pounds of this cost will be the VAT? This might go a little way to explain why nearly all estate agents quote their costs as a percentage adding “oh, plus VAT” at the end

Come January the … Continue Reading

4 years ago I had no option but to pay an estate agent £6000 to sell my house. I simply wanted to understand how my money was going to be spent. No one was able or willing to provide this essential info so I went about building a business that could do the job better, charge the correct fee and allow the consumers to become more involved in whole process.

Today my biggest challenge is not house sales. Whilst the market … Continue Reading

Launched on Bonfire night 4 years ago House Revolution, the Norwich based low cost estate agency group, is preparing to celebrate its Birthday with the fantastic news that a new report has positioned House Revolution as the 6th most successful in the UK .

The report, commissioned by The Big Property List, undertook a comparison of online agents looking at their prices, services, year established and the quality and popularity of their websites.

The quality of each online estate agent’s website was judged using an online tool … Continue Reading

We’ve had some interesting feedback recently from one of our many happy customers, that when she’s talked about House Revolution to her friends, she didn’t get the response she expected. They said that they know about us, they get what we do, but didn’t think we could help them as their houses were of high value. They seemed to think that House Revolution is only for the cheaper end of the market.

That couldn’t be further from the truth -House Revolution is capable of selling any property and the more your home’s worth, the more you stand to save (compared to … Continue Reading