Posts by Christopher Walkey
Will Covid-19 convert High Street Agencies to Hybrid / Online Agencies?
There are two reasons that the title of this article may be a possibility – One in that some agencies will have to scale back spending for the foreseeable future of which their premises could be one way in which to reduce costs. The second point is that having worked from home some may have…
Read More‘The Waitrose Effect’ – Fact or Fiction?
What exactly is the Waitrose effect? The Waitrose effect is simply the added value put on to local property when one of these supermarkets are located in the immediate vicinity. Property prices are said to be generally higher thanks to a Waitrose being nearby, though many will say that the area itself is what adds…
Read MoreInterview with Ian Waxman founder of PAD Residential
Ian Waxman is founder of PAD Residential, an Estate & Lettings Agent based in Manchester City Centre. He’s been in the property business for over 40 years, so today we asked him 4 key questions to find out a bit more about him and his history… 1. Tell us about yourself and how long you’ve…
Read MoreAmaze your Friends with these 5 Great Movie Props for your Home
We are quite sure that most of you will have either a favourite movie or a character from a movie, from those romantic comedies to the action packed super hero blockbusters. Movies have been around since 1888 and there is apparently a total of 500,000 to choose from the early day silents to black and…
Read MoreEstate Agent Networking – Take advantage of our growing ‘Network’ online
We will soon have been around for ten years starting with offering Estate Agents across the UK video and audio tours in partnership with The Guild to then evolve in to what we are today, one of the biggest dedicated property new channels with an expansive online network. What services do we offer? We give…
Read MoreRunning a Successful Leaflet Distribution Campaign as an Estate Agent
Have you ever thought about running a leaflet distribution campaign? As an estate agent you only make money when you have clients to work with. And finding those clients isn’t always the easiest thing to do. In fact, you likely spend more time marketing for new clients than you do selling their properties. Research shows…
Read More10 Tips For Buying A Bespoke Kitchen
Kitchen is called the heart of a home, it’s where all the family members and friends gather around for meal preparation and connect over food. It seems reasonable for people to invest more money in their kitchens, even during resale, the kitchen becomes an important room in the house. Bespoke kitchens are in demand as…
Read MoreProtect your home with Ring Doorbell
Security, innovation and convenient – The Ring Doorbell 2 is an easy to install and use, modern way of answering the door. So many people have these neat little gadgets for home security that run from apps on the mobile phone and allow them to oversee activity at the property no matter where they are…
Read MoreWhy are Letting Agents such Perfectionists?
Neil Martin popped into the Grantham studios to talk all things Estate and Letting Agency, including the tenant fee ban, Rightmove’s perceived stranglehold on the EA industry, millennials, how to be a successful letting and estate agent over a series of 12 videos.
Read MoreEmbrassing? Temporary Homes Being Built From Shipping Containers Arrive In Cardiff:
Is this where we have arrived at? We are homing people in shipping containers? When house prices over a generation have risen uncontrolled more than double if not more on zero foundations and immigration, both legal and illegal piles in to the country that we are proud to release a news article that we are providing homes…
Read MoreSadiq Kahn – The worst ever London Mayor?
Empty promises, failings, delays, rising crime rates, childish behaviour, anti democratic – Who are we describing? Yes, of course it is London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan or as he is now known, Sadiq Khan’t or even better described by the President of the USA Donald Trump, a #StoneColdLoser. It appears that Khan’s only agenda is to…
Read MoreHome owners – Should you really fear a vote for the Labour Party?
Headline article on The Sun website highlights Labour’s potential attack on home owners should they get in to power. Now of course we now are all very familiar that our media and many others globally are all about politics and many will report purely on stories that will push their agendas and in most cases…
Read MoreSocial Housing – Where are we in 2019?
I think I am correct in saying that there are towards 25 million homes here in the UK of which around 17.5% of those are classed as social homes. From the outside this sounds a good figure in that there are over 4 million homes across the country which helps those with reduced income to…
Read MoreJust how Crap are some Estate Agencies becoming?
Reader please be aware that I write this article in the zone of being the editor of a major property news channel, with the utmost respect for the industry and I am genuinely currently searching for a property to buy with nothing sell and a mortgage sorted with a cash deposit, ie no chain! So…
Read MoreMoney & Power hungry MP’s including Housing Minister join race to become PM
Following from the long awaited resignation speech by the current prime minister Teresa May last week we now have a string of career politicians looking to take over the role of PM and this includes housing minister Kit Malthouse – Yes, everyone and their pet goldfish is in on it! The Conservative Party, who were…
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