It’s certainly been interesting reading over the last week; the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are now looking to promote online UK Property Listing services in a bid to drive down the cost of Selling or Letting your home.

Those who are savvy in their search for UK property listings know that there are viable alternatives to the traditionalist ‘list your property with the Estate Agent’ approach.  Statistics continue to point towards the fact we spend more time searching UK property adverts and listings online regardless as to whether you want to buy or rent property.   Therefore, given the recent OFT comments, there is a huge opportunity for alternative property listing services to not only enter the marketplace, but contribute to the goal of reducing the cost of selling or letting your property in the UK.

It’s a refreshing approach by the OFT.  The momentum now has to be with those new property services that look to serve the UK property market consumers.  However, such property listing opportunities need to be grasped now.  There is no doubt that selling or renting a UK property online is convenient and can be hassle free.

In addition to the huge audience of excellent prospective clients, the Internet offers cost effectiveness that traditional media cannot. Websites are more engaging and informative than even the best printed brochures. Emails and the use of social networking sites make it easier and cheaper to keep in touch with existing clients.  You don’t need to have a big marketing budget to create a professional online presence.  Estate agents themselves already have an online presence.  What will be interesting is whether the cost of selling or letting property in the UK does come down and if those new property listing websites can break the mould and become true competitors.

Many people still visit Estate Agents if they are looking for property to rent. This may also prompt them to register their details with them to receive mailings of new property to let.

Consideration should be taken to posting a property wanted advert on the internet. By casting the net wider home seekers may actually find the perfect property they are looking to rent. This option gives potential tenants the ability to test the market. Registering with an Estate Agent is useful if they have the property you are looking for. In many cases potential renters could be missing a huge opportunity by not considering alternative approaches such as listing the property wanted to rent.

If you are looking to rent a property then it is well worth considering such websites, like movingsoon.co.uk, as a potential source.

Whether you are looking at renting your property or seek property wanted to rent we believe our concept works. If you are renting your house or property there are opportunities to either utilise estate agents or you can rent your property privately. Depending on estate agents you can either engage them to manage your property or they will offer to find you a tenant. However, if you are considering the latter why not try and find the tenant for your property yourself. Using our property enquiry service enables you to test the market and see if there is interest in your property listing.

Another big plus is that we do not display your contact details on our site, thus ensuring confidentiality. Interested parties will submit their details and it’s up to you if you want to receive the details or not. It is really that simple. Only then will contact details be shared so you can get in touch with the person (or people) interested in your property listing.

In case you don’t know we are not estate agents, but a property enquiry service putting landlords in touch with people who are looking to rent property and vice versa.

List your property advert for FREE; all you pay for is enquiries to your property advert. Currently we have a promotional offer where you only pay £1 for each property lead you choose to receive.

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