Keep Track with KeyTrack

Playing phone tag with lawyers, real estate agents and everyone else involved in buying or selling your home can send you round the bend. But do not fear - KeyTrack is here!

By Gerry Marychurch

Playing phone tag with lawyers, real estate agents and everyone else involved in buying or selling your home can send you round the bend. But do not fear - KeyTrack is here!

KeyTrack's a surprisingly handy web-based tool used by lawyers to keep you (and everyone else you care to nominate) in the loop at every stage of the sale process via email and text alerts.

And when we say every stage, we mean every stage from signing the documents to handing over the keys.

With KeyTrack, you can:

• Check the status of your property deal online 24/7, and add notes, without having to phone your lawyer.
• Get text and email alerts when your agreement goes unconditional, leaving you more time to organise all the things that have to be completed before settlement (e.g. signing loan agreements, organising insurance and removal vans).
• Save valuable time thanks to text and email alerts when your deal is settled (these will also let you know when and where to hand over any keys).
• View transactions from multiple deals you may have on the go with your single login (meaning there's no need to individually chase up the lawyers handling each deal).
• Obtain a marketing report from your real estate agent (who also has access to KeyTrack), so you can keep up-to-date in real time with things like the outcome of your open homes.

Basically, there's nothing else like it on the market to take the stress out of following up solicitors and worrying about settlement.

In case you're wondering, KeyTrack doesn't do any of the conveyancing work itself – that's up to your lawyer. And not every law firm uses KeyTrack.

To find out who does, go to KeyTrack's secure website where you'll find a list of law firms and real estate agencies region by region.

Posted: 17 Mar 2008

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