Ben Thompson

Agency comparison site launches

A new agency comparison website that enables sellers in England and Wales to compare the performance of all types of estate agents has been launched. estateagent4me.co.uk, which is owned by UHS, a subsidiary of ULS Technology plc, claims to be the first of its kind to help sellers make an informed choice about which estate agent to sell their property through. Currently available in England and Wales the site will be launching in the rest of the UK shortly. “At present sellers base estate agent performance on instinct, word of mouth and how many boards they see in their local area – this just isn’t enough in today’s marketplace,” said Ben Thompson (right), Managing Director, estateagent4me. Sellers can use estateagent4me to compare estate agents, using a number of different performance criteria, including what the website terms ‘success rate’ based on things like the percentage of properties that the agent has sold, compared to the total houses listed with that agent. Other performance criteria that people will be able to compare are the average time taken to sell a property, how often agents are able to achieve a sale at, or more than, the asking price. Also, the number of properties…