Posts by Christopher Walkey
Mark McLaren appointed to The Property Ombudsman Council.
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark McLaren to the TPO Council. He joins following nine years with Which?, the largest consumer body in the UK. The role of the TPO Council is to ensure the Ombudsman’s independence, set the Ombudsman’s Terms of Reference and approve the budget. Part of…
Read MoreAutumn Statement is “a double edged sword”.
Following the chancellor’s big announcement on housing which saw him confirm that he’s doubling the housing budget to £2bn a year to deliver 400,000 affordable new homes by 2020, Andrew Ellinas, Director of Sandfords, a Central and North West London agent, says; “the planned increase in starter homes for first time buyers will energise the…
Read MoreHow many followers should I have on Social Media?
Followers on social media, isn’t that what social media is all about? 10,000 followers on Twitter is much better than 500 and 1 million views on that Youtube video far outweighs 10,000 views, no? Sometimes people can become clouded in their thoughts when it comes to followers on social media by seeing it as the…
Read MoreSandfords give their predictions for the London 2016 property market.
Latest official data show that property market growth has continued to cool and regions, particularly London, has been far slower compared to last year. Sandfords, a Central and North West London agent, reports that the slowdown followed the reforms of stamp duty in the Autumn Statement last December. Andrew Ellinas, Director at Sandfords, says: “The…
Read MoreTraditional Estate Agent vs Online vs PayAsYouGo vs … …
Has this now gone past a debate and is more a serious competition within the industry of ‘selling and renting homes’ where which ever corner of the ring you sit at you are appealing to the consumer via how you stand out against each corner over how good your service is? OK, so maybe I…
Read MoreSupport for OnTheMarket.com exceeds 6,000 agent offices.
The level of overall support for OnTheMarket.com has reached in excess of 6,000 UK estate and letting agent offices. The figure – which consists of contracted members and agents who have signed a Letter of Intent to join OnTheMarket.com when total support reaches 7,500 offices – was achieved less than 10 months after the launch of the portal in…
Read MoreNigel is the best name for quick home sales in Liverpool?
Interesting read from Lilly Edwards who shared an editorial on ClickLiverpool.com website looking at the best names for selling homes in Liverpool. Nigel, Mike or Louise apparently are the most successful at selling their homes the fastest whilst you are pretty much up against it if you are called Jason. The average viewings to achieve…
Read MoreIndustry Interview: Sarah Beeny, Founder of Tepilo.
What made you come up with the idea of Tepilo? The idea for my online estate agency grew from my astonishment at how much ‘traditional’ high-street estate agents were charging to do things that vendors could do themselves, and in fact, do better! For example, who can give as thorough and detailed information on a…
Read MoreGovernment’s new over-crowding measures won’t stop sub-letting abuse.
Landlord Action is in full support of the Government’s latest proposal to crack down on rogue landlords. In particular, those who carve up properties to creative multiple sub-standard sized rooms in a bid to maximise their rental income. Founder, Paul Shamplina, believes imposing a minimum square footage per room, as a legal requirement, will help…
Read MoreTwo more agents expelled from The Property Ombudsman for 2 years.
Two more agents, A S Moon & Partners, a sales and letting agent based in Northumberland, and CityWest.co.uk Limited, a sales and letting agent based in Hounslow, have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for a minimum of two years. Both had failed to comply with parts of the TPO Codes of…
Read MoreGerry Fitzjohn appointed Board Chairman of The Property Ombudsman.
After thirteen successful years with The Property Ombudsman (TPO), twelve years as Board Chairman of TPO, Bill McClintock will be officially standing down on 1st January 2016, and Gerry Fitzjohn, currently Vice Chairman of the Board, has been appointed to take up the position. Bill, who has over 50 years experience in estate agency, joined…
Read MoreHow Estate Agents can gain more from Social Media.
Confidently, only a couple of years ago, most people would agree that you’d never be able to sell a property on social media, but as we are seeing time and time again, the power of social media is helping more and more estate agents to get the results they are looking for. Yes, a house…
Read MoreThis time next year, we’ll sell a plot for a Million quid!
OK, so many of us will love to remember the wonderful BBC Comedy Series of Only Fools and Horses and maybe they did make it to be millionaires in the end (though they lost it all again), but you can really be a millionaire now in Peckham! Leastways you can if you own a 0.6…
Read MoreTaking data and scraping away your content by New Start Up concepts…
I recently got asked regarding the emergence of the many new online concepts within the industry and what I thought regarding their business models. I did have a chat regarding GetAgent that I saw had not too good press recently following issues from some agents that the content they have isn’t their right to take…
Read More‘OnTheMarket provides high quality leads & progress is impressive’, say agents.
News provided to Estate Agent Networking from Agents Mutual: Member agents of OnTheMarket.com have revealed how the portal is providing them with high quality leads and remain impressed with its strengths and achievements in just nine months. Their testimonials – which can be viewed here – raise many points about what the portal is achieving for them. These include…
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