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App your service Sheila Manchester looks at mobile tools to improve efficiency. A


n estate agent walked into my house and said, “So, I gather you would like to sell your house?.” I replied, “Yes I would, but I don’t know how much it’s worth.”


“Well”, said the agent, “No 6 has one


bedroom more than yours; we sold it three months ago for £450,000. No 21 is for sale now with Bloggs & Co. at £399,000, it has three beds, like yours, but hasn’t had much updating. We sold No 17 last month for £500,000, but it has five beds. “Round the corner, No 11 has been for


sale for 4 months, with another agent, originally on the market at £460,000 but it had a price reduction just this morning to £425,000, it’s a similar size to yours but it doesn’t have such a nice view from the garden.” “Whoa,” I said, “Are you making all this


up? How can you know all that if you aren’t selling them all? It’s amazing!” “Ah”, said the agent, “I have a secret


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sleuth, it tells me everything I need to know to verify my own information and views and provide all the additional information I need, helping me to be sure we market your home properly to sell as soon as possible at the best price.” “Where’s the instruction form, let me


sign it,” I said. As the seller, I wasn’t too bothered about


where and how the agent got his market intelligence, I just liked the demonstration that he knew his patch and would, presumably, be able to make a fair valuation of my home. This agent was actually using an App


from Vizzihome.co.uk, one of several nifty little numbers that provide tangible help for agents who know that they need every bit of help they can get. Others that we believe are worth


investigating for your agency are PropertyPro, which is a clever tool for use when taking on properties, MiProgram, Reports To Go, FieldMarshall and Imfuna Let, which are all for inventory clerks.


Vizzihome The boffins at Vizzihome clearly believe that data is king and they are probably right, the more information you have, the more likely you are to make the right valuation, gain the instruction and, of course, sell the house. To operate this App you need to have a


Vizzihome account, which will allow you access to all properties in the geographic area covered by that account. When you have downloaded the Vizzihome App, you may, using the GPS location facility, search all the properties currently for sale or recently sold in the street or the postcode. You may filter the properties by type


(detached, terrace, etc), by bedroom size, or by how long they have been on the market, or by price. There is also historical data, you can see what homes have sold for. When you have made your selections,


each relevant property will be listed and you can delve even further, what has happened to it week on week – how long on the market, price reductions etc.


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