Movewithus
Encyclopedia
Move with Us is a British
-based property
company that provides estate agency
, asset management
and corporate property services to estate agents, home builders, financial institutions and consumers. Their headquarters are located in St Ives
in Cambridgeshire
. The company has twice been named on the Sunday Times Fast Track 100
list and in 2008 was named in the Profit Track 100
list.
Move with Us operates a network of estate agent
s across the UK, currently numbering over 1,200. They offer a wide range of property related products including estate agency
referral, conveyancing
and home-utility switching.
Move with Us also offers property
sale services to many UK-based home builders and financial institutions. The properties acquired in such transactions are known as 'corporate properties' and are sold by Move with Us via their network of estate agents and directly to consumers through the brand name, white hot property.
region, the company sought to provide revenue-generating services for independent estate agent
s to enable them to compete with larger corporate agencies. In 2000, the group expanded and began providing managed part-exchange
services for UK home builders, using the agents in their network to value and sell the properties on the home builder's behalf. In 2001 they expanded further, incorporating the valuation and sale of properties acquired by building societies
, mortgage lenders and other financial institutions in repossession
and probate
transactions.
In summer 2008, Move with Us launched their brand, 'whitehot property'. The brand was designed to differentiate properties on the market which come from corporate sellers, as opposed to private sellers. Only properties that have been through a controlled, independent valuation process and have no 'sales chains' are branded as 'white hot properties'.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based property
Property
Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
company that provides estate agency
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...
, asset management
Investment management
Investment management is the professional management of various securities and assets in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors...
and corporate property services to estate agents, home builders, financial institutions and consumers. Their headquarters are located in St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. The company has twice been named on the Sunday Times Fast Track 100
Sunday Times Fast Track 100
A list published annually in December in partnership with The Sunday Times newspaper in the UK.The list ranks Britain's fastest growing privately held companies by sales growth over the last 3 years....
list and in 2008 was named in the Profit Track 100
Profit Track 100
The Profit Track 100 is a list published by British newspaper The Sunday Times each year ranking Britain's fastest growing private companies by their average profit growth over the previous three years....
list.
Move with Us operates a network of estate agent
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...
s across the UK, currently numbering over 1,200. They offer a wide range of property related products including estate agency
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...
referral, conveyancing
Conveyancing
In law, conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of property from one person to another, or the granting of an encumbrance such as a mortgage or a lien....
and home-utility switching.
Move with Us also offers property
Property
Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
sale services to many UK-based home builders and financial institutions. The properties acquired in such transactions are known as 'corporate properties' and are sold by Move with Us via their network of estate agents and directly to consumers through the brand name, white hot property.
History
Formed as Partners in Property in 1997 by four estate agents operating in and around the CambridgeshireCambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
region, the company sought to provide revenue-generating services for independent estate agent
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...
s to enable them to compete with larger corporate agencies. In 2000, the group expanded and began providing managed part-exchange
Part exchange
A part exchange or part exchange deal is a type of contract. In a part exchange, instead of one party to the contract paying money and the other party supplying goods/services, both parties supply goods/services, the first party supplying part money and part goods/services.Whether a part exchange...
services for UK home builders, using the agents in their network to value and sell the properties on the home builder's behalf. In 2001 they expanded further, incorporating the valuation and sale of properties acquired by building societies
Building society
A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization. Building societies offer banking and related financial services, especially mortgage lending. These institutions are found in the United Kingdom and several other countries.The term "building society"...
, mortgage lenders and other financial institutions in repossession
Repossession
Repossession is generally used to refer to a financial institution taking back an object that was either used as collateral or rented or leased in a transaction. Repossession is a "self-help" type of action in which the party having right of ownership of the property in question takes the property...
and probate
Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person by resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person's property under the valid will. A probate court decides the validity of a testator's will...
transactions.