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Origin of Kent property Agents
The term originally referred to a person responsible for managing a landed property, while those engaged in the buying and selling of propert were " house agents ", and those selling land were " land agents ". However, sometime during the 20th century "property agent" started to be used as a generic term, perhaps because it was thought to sound more impressive.
In the United Kingdom residential property agents are largely unregulated (although legal provision exists to introduce regulation). Some property agents are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the principal body for UK real property professionals. However, the vast majority of RICS members — known as Chartered Surveyors — who practice property agency do so on commercial property.
For residential property a trade association, the National Association of property Agents (NAEA), exists, but as a non-professional body it has limited scope for disciplining members when appropriate. The Ombudsman for property Agents Scheme[1], which obtained the British Government's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approval for the Code of Practice for Residential Sales in 2005 and, as of November 2006, claims to have 2532 member agencies.
There is no legal requirement to belong to either organisation in order to trade as an property agent. Due to the lack of effective regulation, dishonest and fraudulent practices may exist in the industry.
A handful of national residential property agents chains exist, such as Spicerhaart and Countrywide plc, with the majority being locally or regionally specialised companies.
Several multi-national commercial agencies exist, typically being Anglo-American, pan-European or global. These firms all seek to provide the full range of property advisory services, not just agency.
Only a handful of large firms trade in both commercial and residential property.
Leasing
property agents leasing commercial property normally charge between 7–10% of the first years rent as fees, this is in addition to taking the first month's rent in its entirety. This will be the total fee. If, say, two agents are charging 10%, they split this between them. property agents selling commercial property (known as investment agents) typical charge 1% of the sale price.
Residential letting property agent's fees are extremely variable, depending on whether the agent manages the property or simply arranges new tenants. Charges to prospective tenants can vary from zero to £300 in non-refundable fees usually described as "Application", "Administration" or "Processing" fees (or all three). There are no guidelines for letting property agents on charges except that they are forbidden by law to charge a fee for seeing a list of properties; otherwise, they are free to charge as they please.
The first month's rent in advance plus a refundable bond (usually equal to a month's rent) is also generally required. Most residential lettings in the UK are effected through a particular form of contract known as an "assured shorthold tenancy". Assured shorthold tenancies give less statutory protection in terms of security of tenure than earlier, mostly obsolete, types of residential lease. Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements are standard contracts generally available from legal stationers and the internet for around £1, the average letting agent will charge £30 to provide such a contract.
Selling
property agents selling residential property generally charge between 1/2% to 4% of the sales price plus VAT, depending on the contractual arrangement and whether an individual firm has sole rights to the sale.
Other approaches
Since around 2000, online property agents have provided an alternative to the traditional fee structure, claiming cheaper, fixed fee selling packages. These online property agents claim to give private property sellers the ability to market their property via the major property portals (the preferred medium used by traditional high street property agents) for a fraction of the cost of traditional property agency.
KENT property AGENTS COVERING Canterbury ,Fordwich,Sturry,Lower Hardres,Harbledown,Bekesbourne ,Blean,Bridge,Chartham,Petham,Dunkirk,Herne
,Seasalter,Kingston,Hernehill,Chilham,Chestfield, Wade,Oare,Stowting,Ospringe,Badlesmere,Eastry,
Monkton,Tilmanstone,Boughtonh,Barfreston, areas ,EastStourmouth,Stourmouth,Chillenden, Elvington,Elrington,Greenhill,Broomfield, Wooton Chislet,Goodnestone,Preston,Goodnestone,,ReculversNicholas ,,AulpHalt,Elmsted Brabourne,Brook,Denton, Swalecliff,Whitstable, Godmersham,Beltinge,Sarre,Wootton,
Stelling,Hoath,Ford,BoughtonStreet,Womenswold, Bishopstone,Molash,Shepherdswell,Sibertswold,Wye
,Hastingleigh,Selsted,Selstead,Saint Elham,Knowlton,Regulbium,Reculver,Crundale,
HerneBay,Elmstone,Staple,Graveney
| KENT property AGENTS WEB
SITES |
PHONE |
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| Kent property Agents | www.kent-property-agencies.co.uk | |
WHITSTABLE & HERNE BAY |
| Spicer McColl | www.spicer-mccoll.co.uk | 01227-743300 |
KENT |
| Cooke & Co | www.cookeandco.com | |
KENT |
| County property Agents | www.countypropertyagents.co.uk | 01227-274471 |
KENT |
| Bryant Homes | www.bryant.co.uk | |
KENT |
| Miles & Barr | www.miles-barr.co.uk | |
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| Gibsons | www.homesale.co.uk | |
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| Ward & Partners | http://www.wardandpartners.co.uk/ | 01227-772272 |
KENT |
| J.Harvey Richards | www.j-harveyrichards.co.uk | 01227-771196 |
WHITSTABLE & HERNE BAY |
| Lovetts | www.lovett.co.uk | 1843
861455 |
THANET |
| Thanet Property | www.thanet-property.co.uk |
01843 230022 |
THANET |
| Your Move | www.your-move.co.uk | |
KENT |
| Homes Direct | www.homesdirect.org | |
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| Jacques Allen&Co | www.jacques-alleyne.co.uk | |
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| Christopher Hodgson |
www.christopherhodgson.co.uk |
01227 266441 |
WHITSTABLE |
| Fosters | www.fosterspropertyservices.co.uk |
01227 740840 |
KENT |
| Chatfield & Goodall | www.chatfieldandgoodall.co.uk |
01227 277767 |
KENT |
| Calcutt Maclean Standen | http://www.calcuttmacleanstanden.co.uk/ | 01233
812060 |
KENT |
| castle-hearne | http://www.castle-hearne.co.uk | 01227-741775 |
KENT |
| Colebrook Sturrock | www.colebrooksturrock.co.uk/ | 01304
612197 |
KENT |
| David Clarke | www.davidclarke.fsbusiness.co.uk/ | 01227
362248 |
HERNE BAY |
| Herne Bay property Agents | www.hernebay-property-agents.co.uk/ | 01227
283211 |
HERNE BAY |
| Mann & Co | http://www.mannandco.co.uk | 01227
454125 |
KENT |
| Angela Hirst | www.angela-hirst.co.uk/ |
01227 765533 |
KENT |
| Alaister Stuart | http://www.ascranbrook.co.uk | 01580
720055 |
KENT |
| Herne Bay property Agents | http://www.hernebaypropertyagents.co.uk | 01227
283211/2 |
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| David Clarke property Agents | http://www.davidclarke.fsbusiness.co.uk | 01227
362248 |
HERNE BAY |
| WILBEE & SON | http://www.wilbeeandson.co.uk | 01227
374010 |
HERNE BAY |
| Hobbs Parker | http://www.hobbsparker.co.uk/ | KENT |
KENT property AGENTS WEB
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| Abbey Direct Home Sales | Deal | 01304 - 361800 |
| Accommodation Shop, The | Dover | 01304 - 226666 |
| Alexander Fleming | Hythe | 01303 - 264776 0800 - 9700197 |
| Amos & Dawton | Canterbury | 01227 - 454111 |
| Andrew Beggs & Associates | Folkestone | 01303 - 244343 |
| Angela Hirst Surveyors & Valuers | Canterbury Deal | 01227 - 765533 01304 - 239057 |
| Appletons | New Romney | 01797 - 364600 |
| Bairstow Eves Kent Ltd. | Ashford | 01233 - 624315 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 765527 | |
| Dover | 01304 - 201806 | |
| Folkestone | 01303 - 259211 | |
| Baldwins | Faversham | 01795 - 533544 01795 - 535901 |
| Bank House Property Sales | Deal | 01304 - 360000 |
| Batemans | Lydd | 01797 - 320344 |
| Belmonte Bowmanor Property Services Ltd. | Thanet | 01843 - 861202 01843 - 866606 |
| Benefield & Cornford | Thanet | 01843 - 831010 01843 - 834334 |
| Berrys Canterbury Ltd. | Canterbury | 01227 - 765268 |
| Bishop (John) & Associates | Canterbury | 01227 - 764884 |
| Wye | 01233 - 812333 | |
| Bradford & Bingley Geering & Colyer | Ashford Canterbury | 01233 - 624561 01227 - 457253 |
| Dover | 01304 - 207099 | |
| Dover | 01304 - 823714 | |
| Faversham | 01795 - 538112 | |
| Folkestone | 01303 - 250757 | |
| New Romney | 01797 - 363194 | |
| Branch32.com | 0800 - 242426 | |
| Breading W.H. & Son | Chestfield | 01227 - 794080 |
| Faversham | 01795 - 531622 | |
| Faversham | 01795 - 536925 | |
| Bright & Bright property Agents | Deal | 01304 - 374071 |
| Browns | Elham | 01303 - 840422 |
| Hawkinge | 01303 - 892000 | |
| Calcutt Maclean Standen | Wye | 01233 - 812060 |
| Cranbrook | 01580 - 713250 | |
| Canterbury Properties | Canterbury | 01227 - 478111 |
| Caxtons | Canterbury | 01227 - 788088 |
| Swanley | 01322 - 614771 | |
| Champion & Co | Hythe | 01303 - 260666 |
| Chapman Philip A. | Hythe | 01303 - 264846 |
| Charlton Brooks | Ashford | 01233 - 628628 |
| Child C.R. & Partners | Hythe | 01303 - 267421 |
| Christopher Hodgson | Whitstable | 01227 - 266441 |
| Churchill Holmes Ltd. | Folkestone | 01303 - 220026 |
| Clarke & Crittenden | Thanet | 01843 - 221777 |
| Thanet | 01843 - 296686 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 841123 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 843748 | |
| Clarke, David | Herne Bay | 01227 - 362248 |
| Clive Emson Property Auctioneers | Maidstone | 01622 - 630033 |
| Cluttons Chartered Surveyors | Canterbury | 01227 - 457441 |
| Cockett Henderson & Co | Thanet | 01843 - 861964 |
| Thanet | 01843 - 864458 | |
| Colebrook Sturrock & Co | Deal | 01304 - 381155 |
| Dover | 01304 - 852212 | |
| Sandwich | 01304 - 612197 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 863100 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 823200 | |
| Cooke & Co | Thanet | 01843 - 600911 |
| Thanet | 01843 - 851322 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 231833 | |
| Conrad Ritblat Erdman | Ashford | 01233 - 664800 |
| Collins | Canterbury | 01227 - 459898 |
| County property Agents | Whitstable | 01227 - 274471 01227 - 262721 |
| Challock | 01233 - 740774 | |
| Elgar's | Canterbury | 01227 - 720557 |
| Finn G.W. & Sons | Canterbury | 01227 - 710200 |
| Lyminge Sandwich Sittingbourne | 01303 - 862246 01304 - 612147 01795 - 423147 | |
| Fosters Property Services | Whitstable | 01227 - 277254 |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 740840 | |
| Fell Reynolds | Folkestone | 01303 - 850125 |
| Hythe | 01303 - 266422 | |
| FPD Savills | Cranbrook | 01580 - 720161 |
| Gibsons Property Services | Thanet | 01843 - 853333 |
| Gould & Harrison | Ashford | 01233 - 646411 |
| Haart | Thanet | 01843 - 292321 |
| Halifax New Homes Services Ltd | Canterbury | 01227 - 788015 |
| Halifax Property Services | Ashford | 01233 - 621414 |
| Birchington | 01843 - 845664 | |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 762555 | |
| Deal | 01304 - 363141 | |
| Folkestone | 01303 - 850200 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 362808 | |
| Sandwich | 01304 - 611044 | |
| Tenterden | 01580 - 762241 | |
| Whitstable | 01227 - 770717 | |
| Hambro Countrywide property Agents (FS) Ltd. | Ashford | 01233 - 630608 |
| Harrisons | Gillingham | 01634 - 265900 |
| Harvey Richards J. | Canterbury | 01227 - 455121 |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 740035 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 367225 | |
| Whitstable | 01227 - 771196 | |
| Haxtons Ltd. | Lyminge | 01303 - 863393 |
| Haxtons Town & Country property Agents | Hythe | 01303 - 230044 |
| Herne Bay | Herne Bay | 01227 - 283211 |
| 01227 - 283212 01227 - 283213 | ||
| Homeland Business & Residential Agency Ltd. | Thanet | 01843 - 868881 01843 - 860828 |
| Homelets of Canterbury | Canterbury | 01227 - 763352 01227 - 768012 |
| Homesdirect | Herne Bay | 01227 - 366807 |
| House Martins | Folkestone | 01303 - 223999 |
| Dover | 01304 - 207788 | |
| Jacques Alleyne & Co | Folkestone | 01303 - 250194 |
| Jesse Holness | Thanet | 01843 - 221593 |
| Keith Cameron | Folkestone | 01303 - 248179 |
| Kent property Agencies | Whitstable Whitstable | 01227 - 272302 01227 - 274220 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 463344 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 367441 | |
| Kingfisher propertys | Maidstone | 01622 - 676208 |
| Lambert & Foster | Paddock Wood Tenterden Staplehurst | 01892 - 832325 01580 - 763233 01580 - 891919 |
| Langslow Property Services | Canterbury | 01227 - 720281 |
| Lawrence & Co | Hythe | 01303 - 266022 |
| Lister & Associates | Canterbury | 01227 - 763663 |
| Lovetts Property Services | Thanet | 01843 - 861455 |
| Lovetts Property Services Ltd. | Thanet | 01843 - 230960 |
| Mann & Co (Kent) Ltd. | Canterbury | 01227 - 454125 |
| Ashford | 01233 - 635737 | |
| Ashford | 01233 - 639934 | |
| Marshall & Clarke | Dover Dover | 01304 - 852960 01304 - 827770 |
| Deal | 01304 - 381622 | |
| Martins propertys | Ashford | 01233 - 610444 |
| Mayes & Johnson propertys | Thanet | 01843 - 600801 |
| Thanet | 01843 - 850090 | |
| Mealham propertys | Hythe | 01303 - 268888 |
| Mealham propertys & Letting | Woodchurch | 01233 - 861460 |
| Michaelson propertys | Ashford | 01233 - 646319 |
| Miles & Barr | Thanet | 01843 - 570500 |
| Miles & Barr property Agents | Thanet | 01843 - 231222 |
| Miller & Co | Deal | 01304 - 360203 |
| Deal | 01304 - 360235 | |
| Morris M. | Thanet | 01843 - 850600 |
| Mundays property Agents | Canterbury | 01227 - 760214 |
| New Homes (Whitstable) Ltd. | Whitstable | 01227 - 792667 |
| Nunns R.K. & Co | Whitstable | 01227 - 274620 01227 - 772229 |
| Oakley Prior Partnership | Ashford | 01233 - 622206 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 764720 | |
| Parkland propertys | Thanet | 01843 - 861439 |
| Parkland propertys Ltd. | Thanet | 01843 - 230430 |
| Thanet | 01843 - 847999 | |
| Parsons Consultant Surveyors | Biddenden | 01580 - 291403 |
| Patrick Russell | Charing | 01233 - 714144 |
| Property Shop, The | Hythe | 01303 - 210310 |
| Quealy & Co | Sittingbourne | 01795 - 429836 |
| Regal propertys | Canterbury | 01227 - 763888 |
| Regency Properties | Thanet | 01843 - 297117 01843 - 299886 |
| Richard A. Copland | Ashford | 01233 - 820886 |
| Rogers & Hambidge | Westgate | 01843 - 831268 |
| Secoast Business Transfer | Hythe | 01303 - 267224 |
| Setterfield Kenneth & Co | Thanet | 01843 - 848382 |
| Shaw Rabson & Co | New Romney | 01797 - 366008 |
| Silvesters Property Management | Thanet | 01843 - 846644 |
| Smith-Woolley & Perry | Folkestone | 01303 - 226622 |
| Spicer McColl Ltd. | Ashford | 01233 - 613388 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 454577 | |
| Deal | 01304 - 382277 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 743300 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 743348 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 860180 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 850452 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 844664 | |
| Swale Borough Council | Sittingbourne | 01795 - 417398 |
| TPS Group, The | New Romney | 01797 - 366668 |
| TayloRiley | Ashford | 01233 - 643661 |
| Terence Painter Properties | Westgate-on-Sea | 01843 - 834455 |
| Tersons | Dover | 01304 - 202173 |
| Thanet Property Associates | Thanet | 01843 - 230022 |
| Tonela property Agents | Thanet | 01843 - 869898 |
| Wald H. & Co | Folkestone | 01303 - 212020 |
| Ward & Partners | Ashford | 01233 - 639531 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 766669 | |
| Deal | 01304 - 361420 | |
| Dover | 01304 - 214876 | |
| Faversham | 01795 - 535517 | |
| Folkestone | 01303 - 256505 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 361226 | |
| Hythe | 01303 - 267473 | |
| New Romney | 01797 - 363745 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 602546 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 227447 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 580134 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 842551 | |
| Whitstable | 01227 - 772272 | |
| Warren's property Agents | Folkestone | 01303 - 277251 |
| Waters & Co | Deal | 01304 - 375825 |
| Waters & Co property Agents | Dover | 01304 - 214214 |
| Wilbee & Son | Herne Bay | 01227 - 374010 |
| 01227 - 367930 | ||
| Wright Tanton & Co | Thanet | 01843 - 230456 |
| Your Move | Ashford | 01233 - 639006 |
| Canterbury | 01227 - 454925 | |
| Deal | 01304 - 375642 | |
| Dover | 01304 - 204923 | |
| Faversham | 01795 - 536955 | |
| Folkestone | 01303 - 850085 | |
| Herne Bay | 01227 - 367161 | |
| Hythe | 01303 - 264911 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 863030 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 296681 | |
| Thanet | 01843 - 584848 | |
| Whitstable | 01227 - 770490 | |
