Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Globrix. Yet another property portal?


I always get a little sceptical when another web portal turns up and the usual sales call arrives pushing the greatness of this portal over another one. The truth is, is the power of the internet drives modern day estate agency with people now no longer touring around agents looking for local property but searching from their computer and the comfort of their desk at anytime of the day or night 24/7 -365.

Most agents harness the power of Rightmove and Findaproperty, whom are like the Coke and Pepsi of the property portals and titans in their respective fields. So when I hear about any new portal, it's met (by me) with a degree of scepticism. i.e "What is this one doing that others arent"?

Globrix says its different. All hail to that I say! (Hijacking some of Globrix content here), Estate agents don't have to come to us (them) with a list of properties that they'd like to promote online, we (they) go to them. Or rather, our (their) ultra-clever software does.

Globrix allows users to sort through results by keywords. Looking for a house with a pool? Or off-street parking? Or even a nuclear bunker? Thats a nice touch, but it's reliant on us, the estate agent getting everything in our blurb right. Which I know aint gonna happen, most agents wont wake up to the obvious power of this newcomer until they are scratching their heads and wondering why they've been left behind. Thats why smart independent agents like us, 1stavenue.co.uk, are racing into the lead and recommeded over and over again by our landlords.

We will be doing Gloxbrix friendly write ups to make sure you can find what you're looking for when you ask for it. Thats us, I cant account for the other thousand or so agents in my area! Happy hunting!

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