These are available to everyone via the Estate Agent's section of www.expertagent.co.uk or direct via www.expertagent.co.uk/stats. The published stats are automatically updated on the 1st of each month to reflect the previous month’s figures.

Mike Griffiths, Expert Agent’s chief exec, comments “we see this as a developing resource for the industry, the public and the press. Our members represent a cross-section of the industry and the statistics therefore show trends long before they reach the Land Registry, building society or other industry resources that lack our "instant live capability".

Expert Agent is a network of 1100 independent estate agent branches all sharing common web-based technology.

Members are starting to work together more effectively, passing Potential Vendors to each other and seeking out repossession, forced sale and house-swap opportunities.

Membership is discreet and has a low impact – no need for branding and changed business models. The cost is £38.50 per month but that includes Expert Agent's web-based replacement for traditional software.