House Revolution Blog

I’m really pleased and very very proud to announce that House Revolution has been judged by a panel of business experts as one of the most successful growing companies in the east and as such represents the Future.

This is great news for all our customers as it really demonstrates that the future of estate agency is the House Revolution concept. A concept which disrupts the traditional, expensive, low service high street model by offering great customer service and amazing value for money.

Being part of the ‘Future 50′ (as its known) is a real honour as we join a … Continue Reading

Whilst you my have put thoughts of moving on the back burner until after Christmas, if you are looking to move next Spring actually now is the time to start the process.   And if you are going to start, then you should take a close look at what House Revolution can do for you. Here’s why:

  Reason One: Selling.  House Revolution only sells property. That is what we do and guess what? We will sell yours!  Consider this, over last four years (of very difficult trading I might add) our business has grown. This could only … Continue Reading

 House Revolution predicted the decline in Estate Agency high street shopping some years ago now new research by Colliers International has shown that whilst all retail sectors are suffering to varying degrees, it is the traditional high street that is experiencing the most pain, since it is being buffeted by a ‘perfect storm’ of stalled national economic growth, accelerating on-line spending, multiple retailer branch consolidation and impact from both in-town shopping centres and out of town retail, including the supermarkets.

Chris Sargisson, House Revolution’s Founder … Continue Reading

The OFT has (yesterday) launched a consultation on draft guidance to estate agents and property developers which aims to help them comply with the law when they handle sales of property and land in the UK.

It follows the OFT’s Home Buying and Selling Study which found that many estate agents said the industry needed more guidance on the law.

The guidance dentifies examples of trading practices that could breach the regulations as well as practical steps that businesses can take to comply with the law when they: advertise for new business, including … Continue Reading

Miles Shipside, director of Rightmove, recently claimed that the state of the global economy is resulting in house prices in the UK being stuck in “limbo-land” ! Indeed, according to the latest figures from Nationwide, the cost of a typical home dropped by 0.6 per cent in the four-week period.

This means that in the last 12 months, there has been a decline of 0.4 per cent in the average cost of a house.

Chief economist at Nationwide Robert Gardner stated that the figures add up with the relative stability of the market … Continue Reading

If you are intending to move home this year, there are a few things that we feel you ought to know. If you’ve been monitoring the press you will have been getting a fairly confusing picture of what the housing marketing is up to – but the reality is that it is very slow.

According to Rightmove, the most important site in house selling, 7 in every 10 homes put on the market in the first 6 months of 2011 are still for sale. We’re sure that other agents will tell you … Continue Reading

Activity in the UK housing market remained flat during July, with house prices slipping further, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey.

Some 22% more chartered surveyors reported that prices fell rather than rose in July. While this represents a slight improvement on June’s net balance of -26, this reading has now remained in negative territory for over a year.

Large deposits required by lenders appear to be a stumbling block for many would-be buyers.

New instructions also fell back in July, with 7% more surveyors reporting falls rather than rises in … Continue Reading

The poor state of the UK economy continues to bite. More well known brands are going to the wall – clothing brands, electronics companies, kitchen manufacturers, even Thornton’s are pulling off the high street. When no-one’s buying chocolate you know things are bad!

All this gloom and doom in the headlines includes news that the housing market has slowed again and yet not a single estate agent seems to have been affected, in fact, they appear to be springing up all over the place. How can this all add up?

According to a … Continue Reading

 
What is the state of the UK housing market?
The following article appeared in an online estate agency magazine:

Publication of the latest report from HM Land Registry on Tuesday brought the final data to provide a summary of the health of the housing market for the first chunk of this year, and with it some pretty important numbers.

• The number of homes sold remains extremely low with just 2,194 selling across the UK every day (Source – HMRC). The long-term average is 3,474 while 5,333 were selling each day in February 2007.

• A total of 5,115 new properties came on to the market … Continue Reading
  

Newspaper advertising for estate agents is a huge cost and many firms splash out large sums each and every week for full page spreads. Vendors expectations then are set very high that big is beautiful and therefore worry that a small advert is underwhelming,

Size and position of adverts all boils down to cost. The more money you spend of course, the bigger the advert and the more often you spend it, the more prominent you will be in … Continue Reading