When Real Estate Gets Real Emotional.

As we all know, Michael Jackson’s former Neverland Ranch has recently and indeed very publicly, been listed for sale and despite reverting back to its original name, for millions and millions of people around the world it will always be the home of the King of Pop. Remove the controversy surrounding MJ and what we’re…

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How To Recognize A Good Deal When Buying A House.

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 For most of us, buying a house is the most daring financial enterprise in a lifetime. When you save enough money or find an appropriate loan deal, you can start looking for an ideal home. But be careful, because there are many obstacles on that road, like frauds and dishonesty about the property. Here are…

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Is Rightmove better value than you might think?

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Disclaimer! Okay, let’s get 2 things out of the way. Firstly, I don’t work for any portal. Secondly, I’ve only given RM as an example as it’s the dominant player. “Other portals are available” as they say! Yes, portal charges are a significant cost to any agent. But are they reasonable? Looking deeper, do they…

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Video Hosting – which is best for estate agency?

A survey of 1000 UK adults found that consumers are more likely to share (39%), comment (36%) and ‘like’ (56%) an online video than they are a text article. And of those asked, more people said they better engaged with online video in these ways than with online articles. With video sharing apps such as…

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Important Information For Letting Agents: The Fixflo Report 2015

The 2015 Fixflo Report has shown a marked improvement in repair management by letting agencies across the UK but it highlights that they are still losing clients due to poor repair management processes. This year the Fixflo Report was supported by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (‘ARLA’) and combined results from a survey of…

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ESTATE AGENTS AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY, IT’S A NO BRAINER!

For the majority of people, buying a property is arguably one of the largest purchases anyone will ever make in their lifetime.  Simplifying the entire process and reducing stress levels is easily achievable with a little help from our digital friends.  Many UK estate agents however have yet to fully embrace the power of technology and…

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Say YES to automation and watch your business grow!

Agents spend a considerable amount of time reconciling their portfolio, only to have to do the same thing again next month, the month after that and so on. They accept that it’s a necessary evil that allows them to understand how much money they have made in a given month. Until now, there has not…

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How To Convert Your Real Estate Listings Into Amazing Content.

What do you do when your SEO guy is constantly nagging you to write an article that’s so far out of your comfort zone that the mere idea of it fills you with dread? Welcome to my attempt at turning what is for me a hideously technical subject, into something vaguely digestible. And guess what?…

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Use PR Power to Big Up your Agency

One of the most common misconceptions about public relations is it’s only big chains and sprawling corporations that can benefit from it or indeed have the budget for it. Wrong. There is absolutely no reason why savvy smaller estate agency owners can’t use PR effectively and affordably. I won’t work with chains or corporates for…

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Why you should watch your Website’s bounce rate.

Normally when people discuss their websites stats, most people talk about how many hits their website has received over a period of time. Hits in this regard, means the number of times your website or more specifically your Webpages were visited.  This stat used to be important once upon a time as it was used…

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8 features that make a great property website.

Property website design is a very specialist industry and making sure your website performs to the highest level requires that it meets several criteria. 1) It must be mobile friendly Now more than ever it is imperative that your website is responsive and viewable on every device. A report by the BBC watchdog has shown…

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Buying with “sitting tenants”

Finding a buy-to-let property with a tenant already occupying is in many respects an ideal situation for a new landlord looking to buy that property, there will be income from day one of ownership and all the hassle of finding a tenant would have been avoided, however before any potential buyer goes rushing ahead with…

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Halifax reports house price drop in July.

According to the latest survey by the Halifax, UK house prices fell 0.6% between June and July, with annual house price growth down to its lowest since December 2014, this was despite the stock of homes available for sale falling  to new record lows. Growth in UK house prices dipped to 7.9% for the three…

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HOW TO DEAL WITH NOISY NEIGHBOURS WHEN SELLING YOUR HOUSE

The time has come, you want or NEED to move house.  For an unfortunate few selling their home is due to noisy neighbours. Having made the difficult decision to move house and put your property on the market, you now have a new issue to deal with – How do you deal with those troublesome…

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Poorest priced out of Oxford.

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is requesting that Oxford City council  changes its homes in multiple occupancy licensing scheme (HMOs) and make it easier for landlords to operate them, this comes on the back of claims that strict rules for renting out shared houses is pricing some of the poorest tenants out of Oxford. NLA…

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