ON THE MOVE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA

Now that we are well into 2012 many of us are thinking of moving home in the spring or renting out spare rooms. Look no further than Facebook then, their new application Property Places will let you find a home or check out your new landlord or tenant. This is all done with no agent in between charging hefty fees. The website uses property feeds similar to many other property sites and you begin your search by typing in a postcode then you narrow down the search until you find what you are looking for. At the moment the properties listed are updated every 12 hours, most of them are supplied by Guardian Media but when the site goes live at the end of January property dealers, landlords and estate agents are expected to register in their droves. Sellers and would be tenants can list properties they are selling or looking for on their own Facebook pages and keep on sharing to friends and friends of friends to get additional help. these posts will then appear in agent-listed properties in searches by postcode. So tenants and landlords can check out the profile of anyone who contacts them and they can use their friends to find contacts. The easiest way to do this however is probably by entering a postcode. This new application could save you a lot of money as it virtually cuts out the middle-men if you let, rent or sell. Now you can find a new home from the comfort of your living room courtesy of good old Facebook. businessgrowthnow.co.uk