Stirling Lettings
Martin & Co confirmed as Best Large Letting Chain!
Letting agency Martin & Co has just been awarded the UK’s “Best Large Letting Chain” at the Estate and Letting Agency Awards (ESTAs) in London on 8th April.
The prestigious award was presented to Ian Wilson Managing Director of Martin & Co by media personality and journalist Phil Spencer of Channel 4’s “Location, Location, Location”, who said “these awards are particularly special, and a true reflection on excellence in customer service as they are the only awards in the industry which are voted for by the landlords themselves. They are not easily won, and require a letting agency to achieve a consistently high level of service to their clients over a 12 month period.” Over 30,000 questionnaires were sent out to customers across the UK
Introduction:
Established in 1986 Martin & Co, the largest independent letting agents, has more than 150 offices across the UK offering property lettings, property management and homes for sale.
Martin & Co Stirling deals primarily with lettings, and can therefore offer a top quality professional service to tenants, property investors and private individuals with property to let.
Tenants
Are you looking for accommodation in Central Scotland? We have a variety of quality properties available for rental in this area. Please see our latest listings for available properties and feel free to email or call with any enquiries. We offer all our tenants a professional and friendly service tailored to their individual needs.
Please be aware that the lettings market moves quickly. It is therefore best to register your contact details with us ASAP before you need to move into your new rented house or flat, to ensure that we can find the best property for you.
Photos are great, but the best way to be sure whether it meets your requirements is to arrange a viewing. We can arrange an appointment for you during working hours, weekday evenings up to 7pm and even on Saturdays.
You can also visit the office at 13-15 Upper Craigs, Stirling City Centre, where you can discuss your requirements with a member of staff, register your details, view full screen photos or book viewings. Our normal office opening hours are Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm.
For more information on Stirling itself, please (click here)
Landlords
Do you have residential property to let in the Stirlingshire area? We give you the backing of a national brand coupled with local knowledge of the Stirling property lettings market.
We are committed to providing a unique lettings service, and a comprehensive and professional property management service.
THERE IS A VERY HIGH TENANT DEMAND FOR ONE & TWO BEDROOM PROPERTIES IN THE STIRLINGSHIRE AREA AT THE MOMENT* Please call us now if you have properties to rent.
Landlords – We offer
- Rent guarantee and legal expenses cover. (Fully managed properties only) (Subject to terms and conditions)
- We will advertise your property on our own website Martinco.com and also on all the biggest and best rental websites such as Rightmove.co.uk, S1homes.com, Lettingweb.com, Citylets.co.uk, Propertyfinder.com. as well as msn, yahoo, AOL, Tiscalli, orange, UpMyStreet, Channel4.com and Orange.
- We specialise only in ‘property lettings’ which ensures a better quality and a much more responsive service to both landlords and tenants.
- We do a full online credit check on all our tenants.
- We are a member of the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) which is backed by the government and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). We are also a member of the Ombudsman for Estate Agents.
- The legal requirements and regulations for letting properties are changing rapidly and becoming more and more arduous for the average landlord, so why take the risk, hand the responsibility over to a full time professional letting agent such as Martin & Co.
So call us now on (01786) 448812 or come in and see us at our new city centre shopfront location at 13/15 Upper Craigs Stirling, for an informal chat about how we can help you in all aspects of letting.
Business Information: Martin and Co is a UK franchise business. Martin and Co (Stirling) is the trading name for RKH Property Management Ltd. Mr Imtiaz Ahmed is the franchisee and Managing Director of Martin and Co (Stirling). Registered Office is 13-15 Upper Craigs, Stirling, FK8 2DG. Registered Office Number: 287456. VAT Number: 866 1285 05.
Office Information
Address:
13/15 Upper Craigs
Stirling
Scotland
FK8 2DG
Tel: 01786 448812
Fax: 01786 479372
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Latest news
Sales slowdown lifts buy-to-let
Martin and Co Stirling Managing Director Mr Imtiaz Ahmed said “After our third record month in a row, we are finding demand for rental property in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire is higher than ever. I would advise prospective tenants to register with us ASAP, and if you are a landlord with a property call now on 01786 448812.”
Sales slowdown lifts buy-to-let – from BBC news
The downturn in property sales is having a positive effect on buy-to-let, a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) suggests.
With people putting off buying a home, demand for rented property rose at its fastest pace since July 2007, it said.
That extra demand has pushed up rents. Gross yields rose at the quickest rate since the survey started in 1999.
However, with property selling more slowly, Rics said that the number of homes up for rental had also jumped.
This could see rents fall over the longer term, should the supply of properties outstrip demand, analysts said.
Rics said it saw instructions to let property rise by 29% in the three months to April. This compared with a 2% fall in the previous three months.
“The sales market’s loss is the lettings market’s gain,” said Rics spokesperson James Scott-Lee.
“Some would-be sellers are retreating from selling and letting or re-letting their properties as they wait for mortgage lenders to offer buyers more favourable lending criteria,” he added.
Rics said 28% more of its surveyors reported an increase in new tenant lettings than a fall, compared with 17% in January.
Rent rises
Rics said 23% more UK surveyors reported a rise in gross yields, compared with 5% in the previous quarter. It added that gross yields were now increasing at their fastest pace since the survey began in April 1999.
This seems to be halting the recent retreat of landlords from the market.
Landlords selling their properties when tenant leases expire fell from 4.6% in the previous quarter to 4.2%, the survey showed.
The problems in the housing market were primarily the result of the credit crunch in the banking system, which caused severe damage to the balance sheets of many of the UK’s lenders.
Subsequently, they have been forced to increase credit repayments and pull many of their better mortgage deals, particularly for those without a significant deposit.
This has weighed on the ability of would-be house buyers to obtain a mortgage and a number of recent housing surveys have shown that lending is on a downward spiral, while house prices are also falling.
Earlier this week, Rics predicted property sales could fall by 40% this year.
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/business/7413849.stm
Published: 2008/05/22 10:36:13 GMT
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Extract from the Financial Times
“We want to be to lettings what Starbucks is to coffee” ‘Renting has shaken off its poor-relation image and specialist lettings agents are giving the old guard a run for its money.’
“It used to be that lettings were the poor relations of the property industry, with estate agents dabbling in a bit of lettings on the side, but that’s not the case now.”
Wilson identifies a number of reasons for the change including the increased level of investment in property (often in preference to the stock market), rising house prices, an increase in the number of single income households and the growth of a transient working population.
Wilson continues, “It’s our intention to introduce the highest professional standards to residential lettings that might be expected from any area of the industry.”
Paterson believes now that landlords want a personalised service, this often proves more difficult when a lettings department is part of a large estate agency business.
Thursday, 07 December 2006
PROPERTIES REQUIRED
THE UKs NUMBER 1 LETTING AGENT.
THERE IS A VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR ALL TYPES OF PROPERTIES IN THE STIRLINGSHIRE AND CLACKMANNANSHIRE AREA Please call us now if you have properties to rent suitable for professionals or students as we have tenants waiting to move.
Thursday, 07 December 2006
- Investor in People
- The National Approved Lettings Scheme (NALS)
