Estate agents in London are taking advantage of a new service designed to help them convince buyers of the potential of the houses on their books, according to reports.

Economic uncertainty in recent months has helped stoke fears that the housing market will slow down this year and agents are especially keen to ensure that their properties are as saleable as possible.

With growing public interest in developing and renovating properties, the Independent reports that some agents are signing up to a new service that allows them to present potential buyers with a set of guidelines detailing just what could be done to their property to improve its value.

Adam Tarr, the architect behind Upshoot, the firm which provides the information, told the newspaper that 30 agents have already joined the scheme.

"We''ve launched in ten London boroughs and by the end of the year we want to be in all 32 boroughs.

"Our target is to be working with 200 agents in all."

Mr Tarr does not have to visit the house to produce his report, with agents only needing to e-mail a floor plan and four photographs of the property in order to get a feasibility study done.