The chance to sell your house using the same management information system as professional property investors, is now available for the first time in the UK, with hometrack.co.uk

One of the UK's leading online, independent residential property indexes has recently launched a new service that allows users to sell their homes for the best possible price in the quickest possible time.

The Seller's Move Manager is a virtual personal assistant for house-movers, offering a simple design to take vendors through the sales process. It selects the best estate agent, allows the seller to follow the progress of their sale 24 hours a day through an online communications platform, and helps them to organise and track the legal process.

Patrick Currie, of hometrack.co.uk Ltd, said: "Hometrack is not designed to replace the agent but to empower consumers to make the right choices in their move in order to achieve the best sale price in the shortest time at a minimum cost. In effect, hometrack acts as a personal assistant to any busy vendor to help them get it right first time, and acts as an online communications platform between vendor and agent."

The Seller's Move Manager solves many challenges faced by home sellers:

*Hometrack identifies the 'best' estate agent for their property. Hometrack has identified the 'best' agents in each postcode area and the vendor can select two to value their home

*The two chosen agents arrange independent appointments to inspect the property. A summary report is generated by hometrack and both valuations are posted online for the vendor to view. Vendors will be able to see the five best and five worst features of their property and the prices of three 'comparable' properties that have recently sold in the area

*Agents provide regular updates on how the sale is progressing, how often the property is being advertised, the number of viewings and feedback

*The vendor can choose any solicitor and hometrack will help them track the progress by posting information on their personal home page. However, Hometrack recommends legalmove.com, which it believes to be the most advanced online conveyancing service in the UK.

Hometrack helps the vendor negotiate lower commission fees with its recommended agents, keeping one fifth of the negotiated saving as its fee. If hometrack cannot save the user money in the course of the transaction, it will not charge a fee for the service.