Orders are up 50% for this home-based business

Property search specialist X-Press Legal Services has just announced its best ever trading period

In uncertain times, it’s good to know that some things will always stay the same.

As long as there’s a property market, there will be a market for property searches from X-Press Legal Services - and 2020 proved to be a good year for the franchise. The 26 locally-owned franchise offices across England and Wales were fortunate to continue throughout lockdown, announcing its best ever trading period.

X-Press Legal Services delivers over 400,000 property searches and reports every year, helping solicitors and conveyancing professionals to identify any local authority, property and environmental issues. The company is trusted by more than 500 legal practices to perform an essential role in the property buying process in the UK.

An X-Press franchise is low risk, as searches are fundamental to each property sale, development, remortgage and repossession; they’re required as part of every residential and commercial property transaction. X-Press franchisees benefit from regular, repeat business, whatever the state of the property market.

A recent report of orders received across the X-Press franchise network showed that franchisees saw an increase of at least 50 per cent month on month. Homebuyers continued with confidence through all the uncertainty in 2020, further boosted by various incentives provided, including the stamp duty holiday.

Since establishing X-Press Legal Services 22 years ago, co-founders Dave, Lynne and Christian Lister have built a hugely successful business, with a head office operation based in Warrington and a network of 26 franchise offices.

A testament to the success of the business model, over 50 per cent of X-Press franchisees have been part of the company since it became a franchise in 2005.

Lynne Lister, managing director, has this to say on what makes a good franchisee: “It’s much more straightforward than you might think to become an X-Press Legal Services franchise owner. You don’t need any previous legal experience, as your clients will be the legal professionals. It’s a low-risk business that can be easily run from the comfort of your home with minimal overheads.

“The reports we prepare for clients are legal documents, so it helps if you have good attention to detail, excellent communication skills and some computer know-how. We welcome franchisees from many different backgrounds who often want to move from a corporate background to find a better work-life balance.

“We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, supportive franchise and ensure we all work together to make sure our current franchisees continue to see success and new franchisees get off to the best possible start.”

There are currently territories available in the following areas: North East, Lincolnshire, West and East London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Dorset and Wales.