Posts by Christopher Walkey
How did Social Media do in 2015 & Why you should Take Note:
We know the importance of the internet and all the add-ons that it offers our businesses, but just how fast is online digital marketing growing? Does it hold the power to make a difference to our businesses and are we missing out on growing our brand by not only not using it, but more importantly,…
Read MoreShocking secret footage of a London estate agent:
Interesting Estate Agency Video done by AMH Richardson – Though funny in many ways (viral video in it’s own way) and I am sure not many estate agents would act like this, I do not see it far off the scale in relation to the housing situation we have in this country, especially London… Secret Filming of…
Read MoreEffective Content Marketing for Estate Agents.
Your presence online is no doubt there to ultimately increase your business profile and business transactions. The likes of email, websites, property portals, blog writing, social media platforms are effective online tools that nearly all of us use and these come with a growing reputation within the UK Estate Agency industry of aiding with sales, new…
Read More7 in 10 landlords are yet to understand their obligations under new “Right to Rent” rules?
With the threat of a fines of £3,000 it would appear that Landlords should be well up on knowing who are renting their homes and if they are entitled to do so… Though is it fair to say that 70% of landlords will not fully understand their obligations re Right to Rent? The Government have…
Read MoreBy 2020, they say 50% of house sales could be done via Online Estate Agents?
An interesting piece that I read online via by David Clensy in the Bristol Post highlights the growing trend of sales happening via Online Estate Agents. Obviously, as more and more online / hybrid estate agents then the inevitable outcome will be that more sales happen via them, but is this a trend that is actually…
Read MoreThe Property Ombudsman takes on the removals & storage sector following new agreement with UK’s largest trade association
A new Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the UK’s largest government-approved property redress scheme, The Property Ombudsman (TPO), and The British Association of Removers (BAR) has been announced. The new agreement entitles all 420 BAR-registered firms to automatically gain TPO membership, which will enable TPO to help more home movers resolve their complaints through the…
Read MorePurchasers of US Investment Property – Indians now 3rd.
Many will know the surge in Indian wealth, news stories like them now being the 11th largest super-rich population or that the wealth of India’s super rich is likely to double by 2020 adds to the now un-surprising news that they are now the 3rd highest purchase of US Property. Behind Canada being first and…
Read MoreBarking and Dagenham Council has vowed to root out “exploitative landlords”.
A series of morning raids were carried out across the borough of Barking and Dagenham in further attempts to catch out a growing list of ‘rogue landlords’ who are exploiting the current housing shortage across London. A total of seventeen people were found crammed within one single three bedroom property. In total, the raids reported that…
Read MorePrices now deterring overseas investors within UK commercial property.
Though not in actual negative, but the it is reported that the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said buyer enquiries though still rising, was at its slowest pace since the third quarter of 2013. This is being put down to a slow down in foreign buyer interest for UK commercial property. The main reasons thought to be…
Read MoreSave yourself over £400,000 in Estate Agency fees by going ‘On-line’?
Reading through the property headings on a Sunday evening you read all sorts, from interesting pieces to just plain stupid… And then you read something that you know will trigger some interest from both within the industry and consumers too. So, on-line estate agency still makes headlines and mostly with positive news stories, all sounds…
Read MoreAre the snowy peaks of the UK Property Price Hikes now peaking?
Reading latest editorials on-line and taking a walk around a familiar area of London that I once lived close to and visiting estate agents and their listings, are we now at the top of the dizzy heights on UK house prices? Money Week’s report on the 29th January 2016 refers us to five signs that…
Read MoreWhy use Instagram to help Market & Sell Property:
I would suggest that many estate agents would agree that a photo is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to marketing a property, especially online. A picture can paint a thousand words as we all know and even though the rise of video online is a trend showing no slowdown, images still…
Read More0.2% of 100,000 New Homes target met by Government.
When the need for new homes appears to be at a critical level, recent reports in the media shows that only a tiny fraction of what could have been built as in fact resulted in actual new homes. Public land that has been sold by the Government between years of 2011 and 2015 show that…
Read MoreRobin Williams wine estate ‘Villa Sorriso’ sold.
Located in the Mayacamas mountains in Napa Valley, a dream setting for wine lovers and indeed an estate with it’s own 7.3 hectares of vines, Alfred and Melanie Tesseron of Château Pontet-Canet have reportedly paid in the region of $22.9 million for the much loved late actor, Robin Williams, ‘Villa Sorriso’. This magnificent property comes…
Read MoreBreaking Social Media down into Levels to achieve sales.
More and more consumers, many of which could be just your type of customer, are using social media and spending more and more time on it which means there is an opportunity for you to attract them. To do this though we need to break social media down in to levels so that you can…
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