Recommend someone with a house to sell or rent and get paid £100 CASH

imove estate agents Cornwall have this week launched an easy way to earn £100 cash.  Simply recommend someone who has a property they want to sell or rent and if they instruct imove to sell or let their property, we will pay you £100 cash.  It's that simple.  In addition we will donate £20.00 to Children's Hospice South West.

imove Cornwall is the UK's first and only not-for-profit estate agents.  We cover the whole of Cornwall and offer two fantastic packages that will save your friend, neighbour, family member thousands of pounds.  They can pay £399 upfront to sell or let their property, or pay £1000 no sale, no fee on completion.

All our profits are donated to local charities and good causes. 

We have in excess of 20 years experience, are open much longer than any other estate agent (from 8am to 8pm Monday to Sunday) and we advertise properties right across the Internet to thousands of potential buyers.

Recommend someone today and we will pay you £100 cash.  www.imovecornwall.org

Offer ends 7th August 2011 at 8pm. 

imove Cornwall launches online web chat feature

Not happy with just being the UK's first ever not-for-profit estate agents, imove Cornwall, based in Wadebridge and Truro, has today launched another first.  An online chat feature has been added to their website, www.imovecornwall.org .  Online chat let's customers ask quick questions to imove staff, without the need to pick up the phone!

David Gilmore, from imove explains "We realise the way in which customers use the Internet is changing.  Users tend to visit sites and click-away if they can't find what they are looking for and for many online house hunters the thought of picking up the phone to speak to an agent is the last thing they really want to do.  If the information they are looking for is not obvious they will move on"

 

"This is why we have implemented an online chat feature to our website.  Customers can ask quick questions directly to our staff through a simple chat window.  It's really easy to use and we hope that users find it helpful"

Website chat software has been around for a number of years and is very popular in the US.  Online chat enables web users to initiate conversations with sales or support staff without the need to pick up the telephone or send an e-mail.

New and improved website launched by imove Cornwall

Today we have launched an overhauled version of our website.  It's designed to be clearer and easy to navigate.

Designer, David Gilmore explains the changes.  "Following customer feedback we decided to make some alterations to the way in which the site is navigated.  Pages are now easier to navigate and load times have been significantly reduced".

The new site went live this morning and has already had some positive feedback from visitors.  "The look and feel of the site is modern and fresh" says Gilmore, "and with the addition of some additional information about how selling your property with imove is made so easy, we are sure customers will find the site easier, clearer and more informative".

The newly designed imove Cornwall website can be found at : www.imovecornwall.org

House prices remained stable in June

The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows that house prices were unchanged in June and the price of a typical home in June is just 1.1% lower than one year ago. Demand remains subdued, but so does supply. The average house price is now £168,205.

Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist, said: "Stability remained the theme in June, with house prices flat over the month. This left house prices 1.1% below the level prevailing in June 2010. At 0.3%, the three month on three month measure of house prices was slightly weaker than the 0.6% pace of increase recorded in May.

"The property market has moved sideways over the past six months, and June's data suggest that trend is being maintained through the summer months. Housing market demand has remained subdued of late, as evidenced by the still weak level of mortgage applications in recent months and the sluggish pace of new buyer enquiries reported by surveyors.

"There have been a few encouraging developments for households, but to date this hasn't been enough to reinvigorate the housing market. Employment has been edging up and consumer confidence surged in May - although the latter may have had more to do with unusually warm weather and extra bank holidays, rather than signalling the arrival of any recovery-related feel good factor.

"Ultimately, these positives have not been enough to make up for the ongoing squeeze on households. With debt levels still high, the need to repair household finances is undiminished. However, sluggish economic growth, and wages rising at less than half the rate of inflation, means that consumers are struggling to make progress in repairing their finances.

"Developments on the supply side of the housing market are also failing to drive the market one way or the other. The low rate of building in recent years has limited the flow of new properties available for sale, while low interest rates are helping to support mortgage affordability and reduce the number of distressed sales. This has meant that the market has not become over supplied, despite the weak state of buyer demand.

"It's hard to make the case for prices rising or falling sharply over the remainder of 2011 if the economy develops as we expect. Economic growth looks set to gather pace in the months ahead, but is likely to remain unspectacular. This in turn points to only modest gains in employment and sluggish wage increases, which will continue to keep many potential buyers on the sidelines.

"At the same time, the chances of a near term increase in interest rates appear to have diminished. Ultra-low interest rates should continue to support affordability for some time yet and keep a lid on forced sales. Overall, a combination of low transaction volumes, still tight housing supply and flattish house prices looks set to stay for the remainder of the year."

Mark Green from imove Cornwall, the UK’s first not-for-profit online estate agents based in Cornwall says “Those Vendor’s who do need to sell their property need to take caution in pricing their property.  It’s crucial to get your marketing price just right for the current market”

Imove provides a professional platform for sellers to sell their property and pay a one-off low fee of just £399 (with no VAT to pay).  www.imovecornwall.org

The cost of owning a home by the sea has more that doubled over the past decade

A Halifax report found that property prices in seven out of 10 seaside towns in England and Wales have seen greater increases than the national average since 2001.

Wadebridge in Cornwall, a few miles inland from the coast, saw the biggest rise in average house prices.
Prices in the town have risen from £100,406 to £370,902.

It is followed by Maryport in the Lake District, and Tenby in west Wales.

The Halifax found that six of the 10 seaside towns that have seen the biggest rise in prices since 2001 are in the north of England or Wales, with three in the south west of England, and one in East Anglia.

However, the 10 most expensive seaside towns remain in the south west of England, with property in Sandbanks in Dorset being the most expensive, followed by Padstow in Cornwall.

The average price of a house in Sandbanks is now £532,652, while in Padstow it is £381,916.

Outside of England, the Mumbles in Swansea has the highest average house prices, at £263,494.

Nitesh Patel, housing economist at Halifax, said: "Seaside towns have always been popular places to live, but they have perhaps become even more so in recent years.

"This is certainly true if we take house prices as an indicator of desirability."

Yet not all seaside towns have high house prices.
At Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the average cost of a home is £99,153.
Rhyl on the north Wales coast has the lowest seaside house prices in Wales, with an average of £121,838

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