Posts by Alex Evans
Kremer Signs 2016 Investment
The year of 2015 saw Kremer Signs relocated their Newbury based head office to a 15,000 sqft, state of the art production facility. This move was a strategic investment from the current owners and with the additional space they hold their own raw material stock (over 100,000 sheets of correx material & 25,000 timber posts)…
Read MoreHigh Return Low Risk Property Investment.
NRIA’s nine-year proven and unique approach to developing investment property guarantees high returns to investors under their 100% satisfaction money back guarantee. It is the only guaranteed investment real estate available in the United States. Their realty development process entails coordinating and micromanaging dozens of arduous tasks like financing, construction, inspections, and tenanting – so…
Read MoreOnTheMarket.com continues to provide a ‘high standard of leads’, say agents
More estate and letting agents advertising their properties at OnTheMarket.com have confirmed that the portal is providing them with ‘an extremely high standard of leads’. A new round of testimonials – which can be read here – raise many points about how the agents think the portal performed throughout 2015. These include the following: •…
Read MoreHow estate agents can be more productive and benefit from outsourcing their admin job.
As a professional estate agent myself for 15 years based in Dubai, I have witnessed that selling a property is evolving day by day. Smart phones are playing better role. Competition among agencies and agents is increasing based on how quick and energetic they are. Realtors have two main jobs one is doing the actual…
Read MoreData-Driven Estate Agent Comparison.
The property industry is a British obsession. Major newspapers rarely go a week without a story promoting our combined lust for bricks and mortar. But in the middle of all this reporting of price rises and extreme property transactions are estate agents. One of the biggest threats to traditional estate agents is that anyone can…
Read MoreWhat to look for in a buy to let.
One of the most frequent questions I get asked from would be Landlords, what is the best type of property to buy? It is also the most sensible question to ask yourself. Purchasing a property to most people is the biggest item they will have ever bought in their life. If you’re buying it to…
Read MoreThe accuracy of online review websites to be challenged by the Competition & Markets Authority.
Word of mouth has always been a deciding factor for consumers when selecting to work with property professionals but with the revolution of technology, thousand of reviews have become available at the click of a button. Online review websites for the property industry such as Agent Tracker, Witch Property Agent and Estate Agent Review are…
Read MoreBefore and after party cleaning tips
Hosting a party for your friends is great! However, the clear up isn’t. Clearing up is usually the last thing on your mind with a hangover. BEFORE EVENT CLEANING Start clean. Not only will your lovely, sparkling home impress guests, but it will make your life a lot easier when it comes to cleaning up…
Read MoreHow can Property Management Software Help your Accountant
How do you manage the financial side of your business? Can property management software and accountancy software really work together? Do you: Keep it in-house? Rely heavily on your accountant? A bit of both? Option 1 can be a costly way in terms of how you use your time if you aren’t trained in accounts. Option…
Read MoreBusiness Development – It isn’t always about Big Budgets!
Estate Agency (Sales) is a ‘transactional business’ ie an agent wins the instruction, sells their clients property and the client moves on…one engagement and one transaction – there is no repeat buying of your services every week, every month or even every year. There will always be an exception whereby the same client asks you…
Read MoreOur tips for landlords: Make your rental property stand out.
As mortgages are becoming harder to obtain; this especially applies to first time buyers. It is not surprising that people are deciding to rent instead of buying a home. This might seem like an ideal situation for landlords but in fact it starts a fierce competition between landlords and rental prices. So if you are…
Read MoreWell that’s £1000 well spent!
Like most agents at this time of year, you may well be gearing up for (or already started) the traditional ‘awareness raising & valuation generating’ early New Year mailshot? How much are you planning on spending? £300, £500, £1000? More? per office? You’ll be rationalising that you only need one instruction and it’s paid for…
Read More‘OnTheMarket.com will go from strength to strength’, says Knight Frank’s Noel Flint
The Board Directors of Agents’ Mutual have reaffirmed that they have every confidence in OnTheMarket.com as the portal approaches its one year anniversary on January 26, 2016. In the first of a series of comments from the Directors representing estate agency firms on the Board, Noel Flint, Partner, Head of London Residential at Knight Frank,…
Read MoreFIRST TIME BUYERS AND #SMARTHOME LIVING.
The excitement of owning your first home is hard to compete with. You’re finally on the property ladder, free from renting, landlords and house sharing. As you look round your new purchase thinking about new wallpaper, kitchens and flooring you should also be considering how do I make this home smarter. Follow our helpful tips…
Read MoreProperty – Never an ‘Elephant in the room’.
Over the years I have been fortunate enough to participate in many amusing and inspiring debates. I have also had the misfortune of attending some work meetings that were simply uninteresting and dull. So the ‘anaesthetic’ of choice for those tedious times was to ‘throw’ into the conversation something about Politics – usually a guaranteed…
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