Posts by Andrew Stanton
DAY IN A LIFE … Heather Staff
What does a day in the life mean? Definition (expr.) a typical day; a normal day. Examples I wonder what a day in the life of a Rock star is like? We continue this series of daily insights with: – Heather Staff, Co-Founder of newly launched Estate Agency CRM street.co.uk and prospecting tool, Spectre. Heather and her brother Tom,…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 04/03/2021
STAMP DUTY HOLIDAY EXTENDED 3-MONTHS As many pundits predicted the cliff edge of the 31st of March, has been replaced by the cliff edge of the 31st of June, thanks to the Chancellor. And for the following three-months, ending on the 31st of September there will be no SDLT payable in the £125,000 to £250,000…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS -top 5 stories 03/03/2021
STARBERRY ACQUIRED BY EPROPSERVICES In the second, of what now looks like a trend technology brands are buying up or into website providers who have cutting edge services which create lead generation for clients. This time it is Ben & Rus Sellers of Starberry being bought out by epropservices headed up by CEO Jon Cooke.…
Read MoreChris May is on a mission to give power back to the agents – join him
Up until the late 1990’s and the arrival of property portals, estate agents were the biggest beasts in the property jungle. Then things changed, and all their housing inventory became diced and sliced onto a big digital billboard, where their natural branding disappeared sacrificed on a search criteria of price, house type and postcode. Quite…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 02/03/2021
IS ONLINER EMOOV PIVOTING INTO BECOMING AN i-BUYER? It has been recently announced that Emoov (2) the assets that were bought from the administrator of Russell Quirke’s original Emoov and merged Sarah Beeny’s Tepilo, are now to offer an i-Buyer service to its vendors who are in distress. Since it started trading under new ownership…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 01/03/2021
THREE LEGAL GROUPS HAVE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION OVER STAMP DUTY An open letter to the Chancellor has been sent in by Beth Rudolf, Director of Delivery, The Conveyancing Association, Mike Ockenden, Head of Secretariat, Society of Licensed Conveyancers and Rob Hailstone, CEO, Bold Legal Group. In it they propose that a hard stop date policy is…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 26/02/2021
BOOMIN STARTS ITS WAR OF WORDS WITH RIGHTMOVE Michael Bruce one of the founders of Boomin has launched a scathing attack on Rightmove, focusing on its strategy of not reinvesting in technology to push the envelope and evolve the portals model, he also drew attention to the upward spike in cost for the agents. Commenting…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 25/02/2021
PROPERTYMARK HIRES AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE AS INTERIM CEO Beleaguered Propertymark, who recently ‘lost’ their CEO new hire Tim Balcon, have now turned to one of their own board members Nathan Emerson to act as interim CEO. On the positive Nathan has a distinguished agency background, but it remains to be seen if any changes will…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 24/02/2021
MARCH BUDGET CAN NOT COME SOON ENOUGH FOR HOUSING MARKET Until Rishi Sunak makes a definitive play on the stamp duty question, nothing is certain, the good thing it is only eight days until certainty washes in. There is now talk of an extension that will mirror the end of pandemic restrictions, a three-month span,…
Read MorePropertymark – Is It Time To Start Again With A New Organization?
Just as Countrywide Plc turned to dust, mainly due to the c-suite disconnect from the grass roots, so too Propertymark with a host of personnel exiting the building seems to be going the same way. There is a vague hope that maybe the new CEO, who hopefully will have some real estate background, will conduct…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 23/02/2021
CONVEYANCING TASK FORCE COMES INTO BEING Two years in the making the ‘Conveyancing Task Force’ a collaboration of; The Bold Legal Group – Rob Hailstone, The Law Society – David Greene, The Society of Licensed Conveyancers, The Conveyancing Association, CILEx, sees the light of day. Chaired by Simon Law, The driver behind the inniative, chaired…
Read MoreProperty Portals What Is The True Value For Estate Agents?
Many are questioning the real return on investment for portals, Homehere have done some deep analytics on the subject and set out below is their findings based on a sample group. New HOMEHERE report reveals disparity in value for money and lead conversion rates from online property portals 1. Research found less than 3% of…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 22/02/2021
GOODLORD GOES ON STRIKE As reported before, a number of employees of the Goodlord, who are also members of the Unite union he gone on a one-day strike. Protesting over the 25% cut in their wages, down from £24,000 to £18,000. The dispute hinges on the fact that due to the pandemic Goodlord do not…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – top 5 stories 19/02/2021
GARY BARKER BECOMES GCTO OF CONNELLS (COUNTRYWIDE) Gary Barker who I am lucky enough to know has been revealed as the Group Chief Technology Officer of Connells, which having acquired Countrywide will mean he will have a large job on his hands. That said he exactly the right man to do that job. I had…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS THURSDAY 18/02/2021
There are a number of stories today but given the number of people exiting NAEA Propertymark in the last eight months, with no explanation – we are running only one item today. NAEA PROPERTYMARK DOES THIS OLD BOYS CLUB NEEDS TO GO? According to a poll conducted, 30% believe that the NAEA Propertymark brand…
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