David Clark & Company, Ely
David Clark & Company has evolved from Osbornes Property Services, founded in 1990, via Clark & Stewart Real Estate Agents to the present day, with highly visible and central premises at 20 - 22 Market Place, Ely.
The firm is an independent estate agency owned by David Clark who has been a partner in both of the previous firms. The main focus is on property sales backed up by the presence of independent financial advisers (IFA’s) Bright Mortgage Advice. Bright are a separately owned company.
Memberships are held with the National Association of Estate Agents – David is a Fellow of the association – and with the Ombudsman for Estate Agents whose code of practice is approved by the Office of Fair Trading. We have been members since it’s creation. Few local independent firms have taken up membership of the OEA, although the trend is for government to force this issue in the next few years to protect consumers.
In it’s previous styles the firm built a local reputation as a straightforward, honest and pragmatic estate agency and you will find these qualities still present today. Our statistics show that when we sell a property the ‘fall through’ rate is well below industry averages. We believe that estate agency and selling property is more about people than bricks and mortar. To be a successful estate agency home buyers and sellers need to ‘buy’ the people involved in brokering the transaction before they buy anything else.
Whilst we believe traditional values are important we invest in the latest technology to help home sales. Our office is equipped with the latest in estate agency marketing and sales management software, digital telephone systems, high quality colour printers and 42” plasma wall display linked to video or our web site. We developed our first web site in 1996 – well before most of our competitors – and continue to keep closely in touch with evolving technologies. SMS text messaging to mobiles and e-mail alerts were introduced some time ago and continue to be very effective marketing tools.
More business comes to us by personal recommendation than any other route. If you are thinking about selling your home ask a friend who they got on well with. We’re confident our name will come up!
