Latest McEwan Fraser Legal News
Evening News Coverage Again
April 2011
The Edinburgh Evening News has covered a Skills Development Scotland article which was sent to the Scottish Government regarding the Young Apprenticeship scheme. Featuring Karen Dodds, Practice Manager along with Kerri Kivlin and Sarah Hackland they promote this enterprising scheme for employers.
We now have a further 3 Young Apprentices, giving Melissa Brown, Lewis Cation and Kim Cowan the opportunity under this scheme with the opportunity of further qualifications whilst learning on the job.
Yet more new starts
April 2011
Further expansion to our Property Department brings Scott Webster, formally of the ESPC, as a Sales & Marketing Consultant. Scott's background has been based in Customer Relations & Sales and he will primarily be dealing with MFL existing clients, looking at new and innovative marketing strategies for selling.
Also joining us Kay Anderson, as a Sales & Marketing Consultant. Kay has worked in the sales and marketing industry for over 20 years, with a wealth of experience in this in field as well as running her own business. Kay continually looks to improve our customer service which in turn will give all our customers a first class service when buying or selling their properties.
Staff Expansion
March 2011
Due to increased volumes in business Harley Mitscavitch joins our photography department as a Post Production Administrator his main responsibilities are post production work on the photographs, taken by our professional photographers, floor plan design and general creative design work.
Harley's valuable work enables us to enhance the quality of pictures resulting in excellent quality schedules for our clients, one of the main marketing tools we use to sell our clients properties quickly.
ESPC TOP 5
March 2011
McEwan Fraser Legal (only formed in November 2009) has broken in to the top 5 in the ESPC, for both the number of properties listed and more importantly for the number of sales. Considering that only 57% of the properties we have for sale are registered with the ESPC, this is an even greater achievement.
Photography Departments Expands
Feb 2011
After the busy winter months and due to high demand for professional photo shoots for our client’s properties we have expanded our photography department by employing Lewis Cation as our post production administrator. His main responsibilities are post production work on the photographs, taken by our professional photographers, floor plan design and general creative design work. Lewis's valuable work enables us to enhance the quality of pictures resulting in excellent quality schedules for our clients, one of the main marketing tools we use to sell our clients properties quickly.
We also took on Steven Gallagher, a second professional photographer. Steven joined us after studying professional photography for three years. His passion lies with interiors and architecture and he is inspired by geometry and spaces with a graphic nature. Stevens' expertise and attention to detail ensures that our property schedules are of the highest quality, giving our clients a fantastic marketing tool to aid the sale of their property.
Due to our proactive marketing – more staff taken on
January 2011
Darren Lee joins our Valuers Department as our Glasgow Property Surveyor. Darren has been involved in Estate Agency for the past 23 years in the South East of England. He has worked for a large corporate company and also had his own Estate Agency business for 10 years. Darren's knowledge of the housing market and genuine enthusiasm enable him to help his clients move quickly and efficiently.
Brad Sandidge joined MFL he is a respected web developer and search engine optimization analyst. All the way from Kentucky in the USA, Brad's primary focus is to ensure the effective use of IT to bring fantastic customer service to all of our clients. Brad ensures MFL client's properties are prominently featured on search engines and virtually every property website to ensure our client's properties are seen by a worldwide audience.
Press Coverage
October 2010
McEwan Fraser Legal was featured in the high streets favorite magazine for parents ‘Family Life’ displaying our unique and quality key features which certify our aphorism ‘Doing things differently’. Family life is distributed to most major supermarkets including: Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s.
Family life wasn’t the only publication writing about McEwan Fraser Legal, the famous Evening News wrote eagerly covering our decision in August to take on two modern apprentices, Kerri Kivlin and Sarah Hackland. The article consists of our Practice & Business Development Manager, Karen Dodds expressing MFL’s enthusiasm and the positive impact it will have on the two young apprentices and their journey up the careers ladder.
MFL Expands
August 2010
Due to increased volumes of work since the business opened in November 2009, we have required more staff therefore we decided to take on two modern apprenticeships for our administration team. Kerri Kivlin and Sarah Hackland enthusiastically joined our team, whilst also starting their challenging nation vocational qualification (NVQ) in Business Administration. Their main responsibilities include setting up our new sales files, arranging viewings and keeping our sellers firmly up to date with the progress of their sales via their own private internet login area. Information provided to sellers includes the number of hits for their property from several of the numerous websites MFL advertise client’s properties on; Home Report downloads, viewing details, notes of interest and offers.
MFL gets in house professional photographer
July 2010
Michelle Milnes joins us as our in-house senior professional photographer; she has a passion for architecture and living spaces. No detail escapes her eye when she makes a room come alive in a photograph. Michelle is also a qualified journalist with many years of experience in writing for both the media and the private sector. She combines photographs and text to create distinctive and eye-catching particulars and her expertise in design and presentation enables clients to have their properties presented in the best possible light.
New Property Surveyor joins MFL
June 2010
Ross Good joins McEwan Fraser Legal he brings with him an extensive knowledge of the property market in Edinburgh and Fife. Ross is based in Fife and has been involved in estate agency for the last 15 years, working for several prominent Edinburgh firms. He has a genuine interest in property and a love of selling houses which has helped him achieve excellent results for his clients.
McEwan Fraser Legal appoints Business Development Manager
13 May 2010
Karen Dodds has recently joined McEwan Fraser Legal in the new post of Business Development Manager. Karen has worked in the financial industry for nearly 30 years, previously working for lenders, packagers, brokers and Caesar & Howie. With her vast experience in business development she will be looking to raise the profile of McEwan Fraser Legal to one of the main players in central Scotland. Karen will be responsible for promoting our legal and estate agency services not only to introducers and developers but to companies looking for a new and innovative approach to buying and selling properties, as well as our other services.
McEwan Fraser Legal adds more property portals
22 April 2010
Since it started business in November 2009, McEwan Fraser Legal has advertised its clients' property on not only its own website but a number of other property portals websites, most notably the ESPC, the number one resource for buying and selling property in East Central Scotland, and s1homes.com, one of Scotland's largest property portals. Over the last few months these online advertising options have increased to include the major UK property portal websites. McEwan Fraser Legal now lists properties for sale on market-leading property portals Rightmove and Globrix. The latest additions to the list of property portals where McEwan Fraser Legal can advertise property for sale are Primelocation, FindaProperty, and Zoopla.
McEwan Fraser Legal are recruiting
6 April 2010
Due to the huge success of McEwan Fraser Legal solicitors and estate agents we are now looking to recruit two lawyers with residential conveyancing experience and a Property Adminstration Assistant. Further details of these posts can be found on our recruitment page.
Stamp duty changes in the March 2010 Budget
25 March 2010
From 25 March 2010 first-time buyers purchasing properties worth up to £250,000 will be exempt from stamp duty charges. This will be in effect for two years, with the exemption lasting until 25 March 2012. In addition to this measure there will also be an increase in stamp duty on properties worth more than £1m, but this does not take effect until 6 April 2011. Full details of these changes can be found on the HMRC website, including a summary of the changes to stamp duty.
How to part-exchange your property through McEwan Fraser Legal
23 March 2010
McEwan Fraser Legal offers a unique part-exchange option on each property we market.
If you are interested in buying a property we have available for sale and have your own property to sell we can refer you to McEwan Fraser Investments (who operate independently of McEwan Fraser Legal). McEwan Fraser Investments can make a cash offer for your existing property to help you buy any property advertised on this site.
If you are selling your property through McEwan Fraser Legal, the big attraction of the part-exchange option is that this unique initiative makes your property much more attractive and of huge interest to buyers who have not sold their own property. When any prospective buyers are keen to purchase a property they are far more likely to make an offer if they know that they have a guaranteed offer for their own house. This simply means that McEwan Fraser should help you achieve a lot more interest in your property as anyone who is keen on your property will be able to dispose of their own property to McEwan Fraser Investments. The part-exchange option does not cost you anything. Our normal estate agency fees are only apply if we are successful in achieving a sale of your property.
