Should Rightmove and the other portals be worried that Google could steal their show?
Google continue to develop the property listing element on Google maps.
On the bigger issue of selling property, the role of the estate agent is going to evolve rapidly over the next 20 years, making them un-recognisable from the animals we all love and adore today.
Already high street estate agent offices are obsolete to buyers who find properties from their computers and not from shop windows.
My vision for the future is the disappearance of the high street local estate agents, replaced with a few big players housed in call centres mediating between buyer and seller, and reps in Ford Mondeos, valuing and photographing.
Estate agent fees will drop to the £700 a sale mark and the world will of lost one of it's most lovable characters.
I wonder if anyone will launch a 'Save our Estate Agents ' campaign?
Free property management software, Free tenancy agreements
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