Testimonials, Awards and Media Quotes
Personal Estates Paul Murphy and Cliff Dunn are pround to announce that the Agency has now been voted "Best Estate Agent in Scotland - Gold Winners" for the 4th successive year. Endorsed by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - this coveted award is achieved by votes received by home sellers and home buyers who have used the Personal Estate Agents within the past 12 months. Paul and Cliff travelled to London again this year to the Annual Awards Ceremony and were presented with their 4th Trophy. "This is a testament to the level of service given to our customers and sets a new standard in Scotland for Customer Service and Care" said Paul.
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"Thank you very much Susan, and again thank you for all your help with selling the flat. It was a pleasure to deal with absolutely everyone in the office.
Kind Regards
Louise Forbes"
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Recent testimonial - customer selling property in Allison Street, Glagsow:
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your help and guidance in what has been a very stressful period of time, however to be honest since leaving the flat I have been a lot more relaxed with the situation.
kind regards
Anthony Stead
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22/12/05 'Mortgage Advisor and Home Buyer Magazine February 2006 issue (due out 20/1/06)
Market view
As with most of England and Wales the housing market in Scotland has slowed down and stabilised. “Christmas has come early for us in the sense that the market already seems to be experiencing the traditional Christmas slowdown,” says Paul Murphy of Paul Murphy Estate Agents in Glasgow. “It’s the quietest November we’ve had for years.”
As occured in England, Glasgow is experiencing the downturn of a market that has peaked, leaving sellers’ expectations high but buyers unwilling to pay the inflated prices of the past few years.
“Property prices have decreased recently, especially for flats,” says Paul. “Certain house types like bungalows are popular but other modern properties are becoming difficult to sell as so many have been built in recent years. There are still some popular areas like the west of the city near the university where buyers are willing to pay high prices for the location, but overall property is moving slowly.”
One of the problems is that like England, Scotland’s property market is suffering from a shortage of first-time buyers. “They’ve gradually been disappearing over the last year,” says Paul. “However, as there isn’t much competition for typical first-time buyer properties it’s now a buyers’ market.”
Unlike in England, Scotland will not be adopting the home information packs (HIPs) that many English estate agents fear will negatively affect the market. “There’s talk of a single survey that will be similar to the HIP,” says Paul. “But the trials haven’t been popular as it’s seen as being biased towards the seller.”
However, Paul remains positive for next year. “I’m generally optimistic and I hope things will pick up by spring,” he says. See the article live at http://www.mortgageadvisormag.co.uk/YfBKPvw.html