The Company

Rita Fryer and Barbara Wood, who together founded The Property Finders in 2003, have more than 30 years experience in the property market in Spain between them. Both had considerable experience as real estate agents and it was Rita who first spotted that buyers’ interests were never fully taken into account by estate agents who, after all, work for the seller. In 1992 she established Property Network International which was probably the first specialist property search consultancy in Spain, working only and exclusively for the property buyer.

Barbara Wood worked as an estate agent in Marbella from 1983 and managed the Costa del Sol office of Knight Frank from 1989. Returning to the UK in 2000 she noticed that specialist property finding services had become much more common in the UK during the 1990s, as time-poor buyers realised the benefits of employing their own agent to find property. Barbara was sure there would be a demand for a similar service for property buyers in Spain and when she met Rita Fryer, who had always intended to expand her service to other areas, The Property Finders was established.

What are The Property Finders objectives?
The Property Finders is a service company, established to provide property buyers with professional, independent advice for the search and acquisition of exactly the right property.

Our objective is to expand our network within the U.K. and to all the most interesting destinations in Europe and beyond. Many prospective property buyers appreciate that they can achieve more by appointing a property search consultant but don’t know how to find one so we are continually striving to increase public awareness of our name and service. As The Property Finders network grows there will be an increased choice of destinations, each offering a professional, independent property expert to help buyers match their specific needs to the right destination.

Who does what at The Property Finders?
Rita lives in Catalonia and looks after all property searches in an area from the Pyrenees in the north to Tarragona in the south, including Barcelona.

Barbara manages the head office in the U.K. and looks after all searches in Andalucía. She spends about half her time there, searching for properties throughout the province and accompanying buyers on their viewing trips.

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