Posts by Christopher Walkey
How to make money from being a full time Blogger
It seems to me that I have been blogging for most of my working life and it has in-deed played such a big part of my working life combined with social media, video and photography – I have always loved to grab content and to share it online and this is what has led me…
Read MoreIn the uncertainty and disputes surrounding Brexit, will Property Prices Fall?
Most uncertainty in any market will ignite a subdued response in investment, but will the ongoing effects and yet to be confirmed Brexit and its effects lead to house prices correcting themselves across the UK? Without question the prices of property in the UK are at a premium, from the luxury corners of central London…
Read More13,941 members and growing – Estate Agent Networking on LinkedIn
Firstly, if you have not yet joined and are a user of LinkedIn then I invite you to do so now: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3073629 Why should you bother joining and becoming a member? It is free to join groups on LinkedIn and free to obviously join our group! The group already contains over 13,900 highly responsive and active…
Read MoreApproximately 4 million blog posts are published daily – How will yours stand out?
The internet is awash of past and ever increasing new content from websites to tweets, blog posts to videos which makes it more important than ever that you attempt to make what you share stand out from the crowd. Once your content is published it simply joins the long list of choice people have to…
Read More#PropTechDen April 12th 2018 – Live Pitching for #PropTech Start-ups at Google Campus
Now into its second year, #PropTechDen continues to grow in numbers and locations across the UK helping #PropTech start-ups to pitch live in front of audiences and investors. Already in 2018 London and Manchester #PropTechDen grew in numbers and showcased innovative and industry changing ideas to panels of property professionals and investors that, just like…
Read MoreSecond Hand Car Dealers and Estate Agents – To be Judged as Equal?
OK, so a catchy and slightly anger-producing headline, but hey this type of marketing has been selling newspapers for decades! Who can ever forget ‘Freddie Star ate my Hamster‘ from The Sun back in 1986? Anyway, back to the subject of this breaking news, and we are looking at yet another estate agency review website…
Read More#PropTechDen Manchester February 12th
The best in new #PropTech start-ups will be involved with #PropTechDen in Manchester February 12th with four pitches taking place in front of a panel of respected property professional judges and a live audience: Pitchers: www.canddi.com Tim Langley www.beagel.io Healy Hynes www.edozo.com Marcus Ginn www.chimni.com Nigel Walley Judges: Adams Posner www.kpmg.com Andrew Nicholls www.eyespy360.com Maurice Kilbride…
Read MoreWhat type of homeowner are you?
The way people live, and the way they manage their homes, varies dramatically. Some love nothing more than strapping on the tool belt and tackling DIY while others treat their houses more like giant storage boxes than homes. We all know someone who allows only eco-materials into their property and someone who won’t let a…
Read MoreShallow government continues its drive to ‘push up’ house prices:
Once again, a decision not in the favour of the future of our nation taken by the current government, a trying to show we are doing something action that in fact will have yet again more negative repercussions for the country. Most of us will fully realise that the supposed beneficiaries of this tax break…
Read MoreTraditional Estate Agencies vs Online / Hybrid Agencies.
Christopher Walkey, Founder of Estate Agent Networking, looks in to Traditional vs Online / Hybrid Agencies: We all see that technology is moving forward increasingly quickly these days and along with this the internet is opening up whole new worlds for people and in deed changing the way people think and lead their lives. If it…
Read MoreDIRECTOR’S WHEELIE BIG CHARITY ADVENTURE
6am starts, 40-degree heat and cycling up hills upon hills upon hills. Not your kind of fun? Well for the last 4 days this has been the reality for two of our intrepid directors, all in the name of charity. Nigel Carter and Scott Ayliffe, who both have a history of crazily cycling across the…
Read MoreTwitter lovers everywhere – You now have 280 characters to Tweet with!
A big move by Twitter and a most welcome one for many, they have now increased the amount of characters you can have per tweet from 140 to 280! It has been for a long time a particular annoyance to many avid Twitter users that they were unable to express themselves fully in each tweet…
Read MoreGazing in to the Mirrior – I spy Homerenter:
Call it PropTech, shaking up the industry, entrepreneurial, mad investors, quick buck or simply a brilliant idea though what ever the term you wish to use there is another player on the market in the online / hybrid space – Homerenter. Online property lettings is the service on offer and this team comes with the…
Read More#PropTechDen January 2018
#PropTechDen has grown to be one of the UK’s top events for proptech networking and funding taking place both in London and Manchester throughout the year – Our last event in October 2017 drew over 130 to Google Campus in London where 5 start up companies pitched to a panel of 10 VC / Investors. Next…
Read MoreStanding room only at #PropTechDen London:
One of the hardest things I found in business is to try and convince your industry peers, your target audience of clients and sometimes even your friends and family that your new innovative idea can change the world, turn in to a profitable business and not simply be a total waste of time! This is…
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