Shop Comparable Evidence Service – feedback 2
19/08/2025Aug 2025 – I’ve been checking Costar UK figures and claims. I daresay someone from C will correct if this is wrong. C’s accounts for y/e 2023, turnover £53,948,605. According to C’s promotion on YouTube it has 9500 agents. I doubt there are 9500 agents in UK. I would think that what C means by ‘agents’ are users. Each user pays £5678.80 which confirms that some firms get volume discounts. I’m thinking that because CBRE and Savills are amongst the >1500 responses, it must be costing them I guess at least £500,000 a year each to equip each of their surveyors with a sub. That’s a lot of wastage if each user doesn’t make use of every scrap of information. Easy to identify C’s big subscribers, an obvious target for my idea. Along with the hundreds of smaller firms.
Amongst C claims is the only company that provides Land Registry leases. I’ve got news for C: I’ve been doing that for years in my database. Someone has suggested I provide redacted third party awards and determinations. Now that would be a first. As would be reports packed with comparables and signed pro-forma. I’m waiting for his detailed advice but my website developer thinks it wouldn’t cost much to set up the site.
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