Energy Survey

From the 1st of October all property must have an energy survey report, even if the property was on the market prior to a HIP's being a requirement. Unlike the current HIP's package the responsibility lies with the owner.

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Keywords	September 4, 2008
Estate agents Cleethorpes	107
Estate agents Grimsby	155
Private Sales Grimsby	7
Private sales Cleethorpes	4
Lincolnshire estate agents	189
Grimsby rental	65
Cleethorpes rental	23
Online estate agents	NOT FOUND IN TOP 200
Virtual estate agents	74
property to rent in Grimsby	NOT FOUND IN TOP 200
Houses for sale in Grimsby	189
Houses for sale in Cleethorpes	70
property to rent in Cleethorpes	NOT FOUND IN TOP 200
Property for sale Grimsby	167
Property for sale Cleethorpes	86

The internet is outpacing the agent in the find process.

Written by Mike Carter on August 14, 2008

According to a recent study by US-based ForSalebyOwner.com, consumers are increasingly using the internet to ‘find’ a suitable property rather than relying on suggestions from the agent. It you look at the data compiled it seems like the two methods of finding property (yourself or the agent) will cross-over in a couple years time. Interestingly enough, finding property by seeing a yard sign outperforms newspapers by a factor of 5. It would be interesting to get the NAEA to do a similar study to see where the UK market sits, although with the current trends I would assume it’s very similar.

Homebye Advert In Property Guide 08.08.08

Homebye will show listed property in the Grimsbys telegraph property guide On Friday 8th Aug 2008, we are hopefull even in the present market conditions that the advert can generate extra traffic to the site and find buyers for our listed property.

Homebye Press Release

http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Business/Homebye_-_The_new_way_to_sell_your_home_launches_212934.html

Homebye To List Pictures In property Guide

After numerous discussions with the Eveneing Telegraph, Homebye are able to list pictures of property alongside any ad they decide to place.

We are in the process of creating a new ad which will display the properties on the site, this will hopefully be ready in 2 weeks for the 1st Aug. We will send out a proof to all listed properties for feedback prior to the ad being placed.

Feedback From Seller

We have had no further calls/enquiries since I last spoke to you which is disappointing but it's also relatively early days, we've have 236 hits, only takes one to be genuine and interested and that is without the photos in the paper etc.

If you don't mind honest feedback then read on.....

Firstly, I think the idea/ concept/ format of your product is great you seem to have the customer service side etc sewn up

Have spoken to friends family about it, some have just volunteered their opinions so I think it's fairly reliable feedback, they like the site, agree about floor plans this would be a big plus!

Main feed back was most didn't notice the add in the property guide, have to say I had to really look for it, not my individual house as such, as I already understood this would only be a line in a list, but the actual advert, I think the homebye logo as seen on the boards should be the largest part of the advert as it is a great eye catching graphic with the block bold colour.

Unfortunately 8 out of 10 people surveyed..... sorry if it sounds a bit like that but most people I have asked have said they would look at rightmove and that you need property pictures on the property guide advertisement, even if it is just to get it noticed and while you establish the homebye brand name!

Homebye - The new way to sell your home, launches

North East Lincolnshire, 18^th June 2008 – http://www.Homebye.co.uk the new way to sell property in Grimsby and Cleethorpes launches. Homebye intend to make moving more affordable in the local area, working on a fixed fee non commission basis regardless of the price of the property.

Scott Riches Managing Director of Homebye stated “ Homebye is an alternative to the traditional high street estate agent and the online private sale sites which operate nationally, we are aiming initially at the private seller to list on Homebye, we can give their property exposure through the homebye website plus national sites such as Fish4homes, Nestoria, Channel4homes and ononemap. Our aim is to get the Homebye name into the public domain as an alternative solution to selling property with a traditional agent. The hard work is getting the people of North east Lincolnshire to look at properties on the homebye site and not rely solely on national sites such as righmove, once people recognise there is an alternative and use the homebye site to search for property, then selling your property in the area becomes a lot more affordable”.

To list on Homebye the seller requires an internet connection and must be prepared to do write their own description and take photos of the property, a representative from homebye will then visit the property to take measurements and ensure the description and photos do not infringe the Property misdescription act, the seller signs off to the property descriptions, the board is erected and the listing is made live on the site.

The potential buyer can communicate directly with the seller through email on the site, or the sellers Tel No which is displayed on the Homebye For sale board.

For more information contact Scott@homebye.co.uk or tel 01472 660046