Posts by Christopher Walkey
Areas of the country at risk if Interest Rates Rise.
Interest rate rises, well we have been speaking about this now for years or what now seems decades and we are yet to see them as the government knows the real risk to the country as a whole when they do in fact have to raise them. Locations across the country do vary in regards…
Read MoreINDUSTRY INTERVIEW: Alex Thorpe, MD of NetAnAgent.
Where did the idea for NetAnAgent originate from? Netanagent.com came about after two colleagues instructed the same agent, in the same area, to sell similar properties. One had agreed an agent’s fee of nearly double the other, for an identical service. Based on this experience we felt that there was an opportunity to develop a service which would promote much needed transparency…
Read MoreConfidence in UK Commercial Property Development being at it’s lowest.
Recent survey from Savills point to confidence in UK Commercial Property Development being at it’s lowest since April 2013 – Growing the fears that the European referendum is hitting confidence among developers. There was positive in that January saw an increase in activity of 8.4% compared to 4.5% in December. Fewer new planning consents are…
Read MoreUpdate on Estate Agent Networking – 67,000 + and growing…
When you go about things in a completely different way, when you build something new, when you haven’t a rule book to refer to, then sometimes your progress will go unnoticed and when you start getting results, you will be referred to as the dark horse. Now, not quite sure we are at the dark horse…
Read MoreNew recommendations for those who rate Estate Agents:
Of recent times, the review space in the UK Estate/ Letting Agency industry has heated up somewhat especially with the launch of raterAgent led by Malcolm McCallion impacting on the industry monopoly that AllAgents appeared to have. More and more are entering this field now, I was recently contacted by Feefo who’s approach is different…
Read MoreDitching print media for digital media – Wise move?
Lisa Markwell, editor of the Independent on Sunday: “We have always found it terribly depressing that people will happily pay £3.70 for an appalling coffee from a take-out place and yet they won’t pay £1.60 or £2.20 on a Sunday for what is in effect a novel’s worth of terrific writing,”. Reading through the headlines and…
Read More2 Bedroom Middlesbrough or 2 Bedroom Dagenham.
There has always been a North and South divide and this is of course not just in terms of football… House prices have also been very wide apart, though with increasing prices in London this is surely at a level which was never the case before? Of course, if we compare a detached residential property…
Read MoreINDUSTRY INTERVIEW: Iain White from Agency Mentors.
You have been a name in the industry for a number of years now, has there been a big change in the way that we sell homes these days? The legal process has remained largely the same, the mortgage market is significantly different now and lenders are far more cautious in what they will lend…
Read MoreNorthern Ireland to see Greggs opening multiple shops.
Savills who acts on behalf of Greggs is reported to have now confirmed that Greggs, the popular high street bakery chain, is indeed looking to expand it’s services across Northern Ireland. (Though it was reported on the Irish News website that Greggs in fact refused the claims of them looking to expand their services in Northern…
Read MoreSection 21 Accelerated Possessions hit an all-time high.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has released its landlord possession statistics for October to December 2015, which reveals total evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728. Whilst overall possession claims fell during the year to 148,043, the number of accelerated possession cases continued their upward trend reaching 37,663 in 2015, up 4.5% on…
Read MorePROPERTYPAL REPORTS RECORD TRAFFIC IN JANUARY.
Northern Ireland’s largest property website, PropertyPal.com has reported record traffic and enquiry levels for January 2016. With over 1.8 million visits, generating in excess of 19 million pages* viewed on the site for the period. Internal audience figures released today show that PropertyPal.com has broken all previous traffic and enquiry records in January 2016. Reflecting…
Read MoreBritish homebuyers confused by UK’s ‘unfair’ property buying process.
More than six in 10 (62%) think the process of buying in the UK is confusing Almost four in 10 (37%) think the house buying process is unfair Less than half know what many key home buying terms mean Moving day is most stressful aspect of the buying process (42%) A new survey* by Sarah…
Read MoreHow easy is it to become an Estate Agent these days?
I think that the answer to this is still very much easy with no actual qualification required in order for someone to form their own estate agency, either as a high street agency or online. I asked this question on Twitter just the other day at from the 17 votes received, 59% agreed that no…
Read MoreAlgorithmic, a more Facebook-style feed to Twitter is coming?
Many attentions have been grabbed in the world of Social Media following the news being leaked out about Twitter looking at turning their much loved social media platform in to a more Facebook style model… Many have not been too impressed. I would say, Twitter stands out for me when it comes to marketing a…
Read MoreNetAnAgent Nets Six Figure Investment:
Netanagent – a free price comparison website for estate agents – is set to enhance its offering to UK customers after attracting a six-figure investment from a South West business angel. Bath-based property developer Chris Bamford has acquired a significant share in Netanagent, which compares estate agents and helps those involved in the selling and…
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