Normandy Advertiser
Directory 17
www.normandyadvertiser.com
April 2012
ADVERTISING FEATURE
Foreign buyers are searching French properties HOUSES on Internet - the marketing and internet company that helps private owners sell their French property without using an estate agent - has been so successful during the past few months that it now desperately needs more houses in order to meet the growing demand from abroad. Richard Kroon, director and founder, said: “It is a bit frustrating to be honest. After a year with new sales records in 2011, the trend continued this year, which means that more houses from our portfolio have now been sold than ‘new’ ones coming in for sale.” The boost in sales is due to the company’s continuous global advertising on Google and the leading French property websites. As a result of the company’s success in sales, Houses on Internet has been
forced, in a number of cases, to disappoint prospective buyers. “While we currently have about 325 properties for sale throughout the country, there are also over 100,000 visitors, literally, from around the world, who browse our website on a daily basis - and most of them are looking to buy within four to six months,” said Richard. “More than half of those visitors live in countries other than the ‘traditional’ ones: France, UK, Holland and Belgium.” Over 50% of people who bought a house through Houses on Internet were either non-European (from countries such as Canada, Australia, Russia and China), or came from parts of Europe that have in the past been less active on the French property market. Examples of those are Finland, Switzerland and Germany.
The group of potential buyers is large and diverse. “They are constantly checking our website for houses that have recently been put on the market - and many of them also contact us directly to tell us what they are looking for, so we have a pretty good idea of what it is they want,” said Richard. According to Richard demand is currently high for relatively new bungalows (for people wanting to downsize), renovated country houses, villas and large properties and estates suitable for keeping horses. Many also want a house to renovate, in any region, that is under €100,000. “What these people search for is, in fact, not so much different from what was sold through us over the past 12 months, when we sold houses from €60,000 to €1.9 million,” he added.
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