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2008 Latest News

Always trying to improve our service

  • New Search Added. After much time and data entry we have added a slightly better search facility to help clients fine tune their property requirements. This is still a work in progress but we will try and complete this new feature soon.
     

  • New Search improvements. We are slowly adding our database of properties to a new search facility. We have realised that due to the high number of properties we needed to make it easier to arrange the listings is a way that enabled the visiting clients to easily see all there suitable properties. At this time only a limited number of properties have been added but we are adding every day and hope to see the full property portfolio online soon.
     

  • Sales Position Western Algarve. We are happy to announce that ATP have found 2 new members to join and run the Western Algarve region. David & John will be sharing the area and working together to bring the West in line with the other areas covered.

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Events that happened in 2007

  • New Listings Changed. Due to the high volume of listings coming onto our books, we have felt it necessary to segregate each areas "New Listings" by providing each area with a dedicated page. This should help show more new properties for each of the three areas served.

  • Western Algarve needs a new face. We were sad to hear that Allen was going to move back to Scotland and could no longer work for us, so we need to find a new person to fill the position. We did have the position filled but regrettably this didn't quite work out. ATP will now be actively trying to full fill this position ASAP, until then The central office will deal with all enquiries that come to our attention. We are sorry for this inconvenience.

  • Floods in the UK bring down our server. On Monday the 23rd July severe weather conditions that spread across the UK managed to cause our dedicated server to fail. The hosting companies help line was also effected by the local telephone exchanges lines failing in the Gloucester area. On Tuesday morning the server was brought back up online, BUT the technical service support team failed to re start certain services that allowed internet access by our clients. I was able to re start these myself at midday. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. This is the first time in 5 years ATP has been offline for any length of time and we will try to take further steps to prevent anything like this ever happening again. Thank you for your support.

  • Prestigious Property Website created. ATP has decided to actively promote the selling of high end properties, and has developed a dedicated website for this type of client. This will help visiting clients with a higher budget an easier format and exclusive website to use and hopefully locate their ideal property.

  • Cyprus Team Properties closes. Unfortunately due to a slow start CTP has decided to close. The companies website was slow to get noticed by the search engines (something very hard to achieve in less than 9 months these days) and as CTP adopted the same company policy as ATP it was decided that we should close. One good thing has come from this though, Donna who was running the company over there has now joined us to head up the Eastern area. Having lived in Portugal for over 5 years she will drop straight into the role and provide a professional service to our clients.

  • Easy Search Added. We have added a simple easy search facility that allows clients to easily choose there desired amount of bedrooms with a pool choice by a simple one click option. The normal search facility has been retained for those of you that still wish to have a more selectable search facility.

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Events that happened in 2006

  • Western Algarve Re-Opens. We are very pleased to announce that we have recruited an experienced member of staff to head up the Western Algarve, and help us to start increase our property portfolio in that area. Allen Hutcheon will be responsible for taking any enquiries regarding that area and will be very happy to answer any questions our clients may have. Allen has settled in very well and has increased our property portfolio in this region and has started selling already. So well done Allen and keep up the great work.

  • New Email address in force due to high spamming techniques being used on our large site. Over the last year inbound spam emails have increased to a unacceptable amount so we have instigated touch measures to combat this illegal intrusion. Over a period of time we will be migrating our current email addresses to new accounts that have a much higher protection level. The website has already enforced these new accounts. Where possible we will try and let all our clients know our new account details. As you can imaging we cant display the actual addresses on this site anywhere. This is what causes so much spam. So we have instigated anti spamming techniques in our website design, and hopefully over time will eradicate these intrusions. As a visiting client you will see no change other than being asked for a security number before your email client is opened.

  • New Telephone Numbers. Due to the move of our main office we have upgraded our phone system to allow more calls to be taken by agents and help improve our service to our clients. Therefore we have requested a bank of new numbers. The main number is on 4 lines so nobody should get an engaged signal. Also our Fax number has changed to stay in the same number range. The 0871 number has also changed. The old numbers will run side by side for a few weeks and be diverted at our expense until the new numbers take over permanently.

  • New Office in Albufeira. We have just moved into our new office in Albufeira, Which will soon become our Head Office after all the paperwork has transferred from our Loule Office with IMOPPI and the local authorities. Situated on "The Strip" the new office will serve as our main office and will be open to the public for meetings and general office use. However as ATP are mainly an internet based company we will not be advertising as a typical front line Real Estate agency. We will have on display all the necessary documents licenses and paperwork needed to comply, but will not be advertising properties in the window. We strongly believe that doing business by the internet only, is the best way to serve our clients. Both buyer and seller.

  • Search engine positions improved again. After an upset with the way Google reported their search results a few months ago, we have been able to get back on top of things and have shifted back in the top 1-10 positions on various key phrases. We are constantly trying to keep ahead of the optimisation game.

  • New improved search facility. We have now developed our own in house database driven search facility, which will improve our clients ability to narrow down their property search based on there own property criteria. We also have left the link to the old search page just in case some find it confusing.

  • New advanced contact manager system. Not seen by the visiting clients. This in house designed database application allows agents to keep on top of day to day tasks, such as contacting clients on a specific day and have a record of all communications to date handy as a reference. Once referred to as "A Tool" it soon became apparent to us that this system used after 3 years and with over 5,000 clients on file, has become the backbone of our success.

  • New look for 2005/2006. we have added symbols to each of our listings in both the full lists of properties as well as new listings, golf and below100K pages. This helps browsers quickly see the most fundamental information at a glance without having to read too much into the property description. We hope this helps your navigation around our website.

  • ATP is now hosted on a Dedicated Windows 2003 server , we have gone to considerable expense and have upgraded our service to offer our clients a fast and efficient website, and as such have decided to place our massive site on a dedicated server, this means that ATP website has full bandwidth available to our visitors, offering speed and reliability.

  • We are very pleased to announce that ATP have strived to become a market leader in Internet Real Estate solutions by concentrating on providing our clients with an up to date and current web site that is updated daily. We also promise never to place bogus properties at tempting prices to lure clients to make an enquiry. Above all we can only rely on this website and recommendations by previous clients to keep the business going. So for us this is paramount that every visitor that makes contact with ATP will be treated with respect and honesty.

  • The Algarve is the best place to invest in property That's official click here for details

  • ATP has teamed up with Algarve Home Furnishings who can now provide a full furniture package for all types of property at very competitive prices. For example a T2 apartment for less then 10,000 Euros fully supplied and installed with everything required. That's great value without the hassle. click on the link for details.

"We are doing everything possible to offer a professional and accurate service to both our Vendors and Client's alike"  Managing Director Algarve Team Properties Lda

 

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