“I think the biggest benefits are really for the consumer and the fact that it guarantees their sale, particularly with the current fall through rates seen in Private Treaty and the uneasiness of the market.”
Whitegates Estate Agents is a Residential Sales and Lettings Agent, that has been operating across the North of England for over 40 years. We spoke with James Lacken, Associate Director of Whitegates Sefton branch, to find out about his experience working with iamproperty and how this has helped to accelerate the success of his business.
“I think the biggest benefits are really for the consumer and the fact that it guarantees their sale, particularly with the current fall through rates seen in Private Treaty and the uneasiness of the market.
“I think a lot of clients are choosing to go down the auction route, knowing that they’ve got some protection when buyers are paying reservation fees to guarantee their sale.
“It just gives that added extra, especially on instructions where you can give vendors the traditional route, but then also offer something different to what competitors might not offer. It’s a lot more cost effective for the sellers, to sell through Modern Method of Auction.”
“We had a property on the market for around £95,000, that wasn’t getting any interest at all, so following conversations with the seller, we were able to list that property for auction, with a starting bid of £75,000. As a result of the live auction, the property sold for £92,500, with the price going right back up to something that we couldn’t even achieve on the market. The seller left both iamproperty and Whitegates a five-star review.”
“The speed of sale really works well for us and it is something that we can promote when we're trying to bring on board new sellers and increase our brand awareness.”
“Through the digital journey we are able to get vendors compliance checks done and get them legally prepared before we go to market, which helps quite a lot when it comes to the transaction times.”
We spoke with Holly Price who is an independent estate agent from York, powered by eXp, to find out about her experience working with iamproperty and how it has helped to accelerate her success.
“iamproperty has a very friendly team with lots of expertise. Having the support network of the iamproperty team, who are prompt to answer emails and phone calls is brilliant.”
