The popularity of online property websites has placed the future of
the traditional high street estate agent in doubt, forcing businesses
to adopt a web-focused strategy to ensure their survival.
It's been reported in the past two years, one in four estate agents in
the UK has closed down.
Meanwhile the online property market has been booming with 35 per cent growth this year.
Property search engine Rightmove says that 90 per cent of all homes on the market can be found on their site.
TV presenter and property expert Sarah Beeny said that circumnavigating estate agents and selling your home online independently can be quite straight forward.
She's set up a free website called Tepilo, which helps homeowners to sell their property without having to pay hefty fees.
She says "The internet has empowered the average person to deal with
things and there's no actual reason why they can't deal with selling
their house".
