Posts by Christopher Walkey
Sandfords 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…
Read MoreIndustry Interview: Roy Condrey, Founder DiedInHouse.com
The idea came about when a tenant of mine texted me in the middle of the night stating, “Do you know your house is haunted?” I did not know it’s history, so I started researching online. I was looking for a “CarFax” for homes if you will, a DiedinHouse.com and I did not find such…
Read MoreRogue landlords, agents and tenants will continue to operate.
Following the announcement from The Home Office that from 1st February 2016, the Right to Rent scheme will be extended across England, Wayne Treveil, CEO of Tenants Plus Ltd, who provide a property marketing and tenant lead service to the industry, declares that it will have little impact on the private rented sector, but also…
Read MoreIndustry Interview: Katrine Sporle CBE, Property Ombudsman.
What attracted you to take up the role of the new Property Ombudsman? As soon as I heard about this role I had a really good feeling. For me, it’s the right time, right place and a right fit for my skills and experience. Also, co-incidentally, a close friend of mine has recently used The Property Ombudsman for…
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