Sourcing Property right move and Zoopla

 

 

Sourcing Property right move and Zoopla

Now as everything seems to move online, sourcing property online has become a bigger part of finding per property to live in or for investment. Now nearly all estate agents advertise their properties on Right move and Zoopla , Right move that was established in 2000 and was a joint venture  with Halifax , Countrywide , Royal sun alliance & Connells , it is a huge online portal for advertising property . It has an easy search function were you can put property type, number of bedrooms, location and price range. It is ideal if you are looking for property outside the immediate area it has a great advantage as most local agents only sell properties in a certain catchment area.

It is also very good for comparing property prices in various areas you might be considering and you have most of the properties for sale through estate agents in the UK without leaving your house great currently whilst there is a pandemic also right move offers a rental search so you can look at other properties like the ones you are looking for if buying for investment and can work out the average rent for a property in that area , even surveyors use this as a tool to estimate rent for the mortgage company when lending.  

Zoopla is a brand of ZPG and was found as Zoopla in 2007 Zoopla acquired the Property Finder Group, consisting of the websites Propertyfinder.com, Hotproperty.co.uk and UK Property Shop

Zoopla can be used like Right move as above and allows buyer to look for property UK wide, it has properties for sale , to rent , new homes section , commercial shops etc , overseas agent finder & a really good section for pricing properties , this is something you can use to find out if a property you are trying to buy is in the right price range , or if you are selling a property in conjunction with sold properties on land registry  ,what you property should be worth .

Some agents also offer a virtual tour of the property with access through the above portals so you can do everything via your computer.

Both portals have property guides and lots of other useful tools