Posts by Alex Evans
Recipe for Website Success
Having a website for any sized business is a huge benefit. It’s the single most inexpensive and effective method to promote your business and reach a huge audience of customer and prospects. But have you ever come across or sampled a fantastic website and wondered how it got there? How it was made? The reasoning…
Read MoreThings You Should Consider Before Buying New Property
Buying a new home has bit of a frightening ring to it – it is big deal for most ordinary people. Luckily, this is not something that you can’t learn about, and with the help of the online world, learning how to buy property is not as difficult as it once was. In this article,…
Read MoreSpecial Agent Races to Success on Gruelling Course used by the SAS
An estate agency worker has achieved a huge triumph by finishing first in a gruelling 24 km race in the Brecon Beacons. Mother of three, Louise Wood, who works for Gibbs Gillespie in Gerrards Cross, came first in the female section of the Fan Dance run which features running up and down the Pen Y…
Read MoreHow to increase your profits 18 times over without the extra workload.
Hi, and how’s it going? We’ve all been there. Suddenly a For Sale board appears in front of one of your ex clients property. Or a prospect you gave up on suddenly decided to sell and you didn’t get a look in. This can be a painful experience. But what if there was a way…
Read MoreDesign Trend – Classic Parquet Wood Flooring
If you really want to make a statement with your interiors, flooring is the ultimate luxury in high end design. I use wood flooring in most of projects and can generally find a wood floor solution to fit my clients budget. Current trends are for chevrons and geometric patterned parquet in lighter tones, such as…
Read More6 easy steps for easy office removals
Moving office isn’t the easiest of tasks and when you have lots of work to be doing at the same time, it can be incredibly stressful. However, whilst you may not be able to have the fairytale office removals you dream of, you can have a far less stressful relocation by following these six easy…
Read MoreIs the cost of rent rising?
2015 saw the cost of rent continue to rise, but could things be set to change for the better? At the end of April, the Office of National Statistics reported that the cost of rent in the UK had risen by 2.6% over the last year. In the same period, average weekly earnings grew by…
Read MoreFind out why #video advertising will get you ahead of your competitors
Video advertising has been around for more than 10 years. But the production cost exceeded the value required to justify the investment. But now this is changing. There are many points that indicate this: Increase in video platforms – There are now many open platforms that accept videos. From the traditional YouTube channel to social media…
Read MoreBoost for Northern Powerhouse as house prices power £1000 up
Regional house prices grow by 0.6% in May. Average North East house currently valued at £156,975 – £996 more than four weeks ago. Rents rise 1.6% to £578 per calendar month – a rise of £3 a week. Whitburn is named “Best to Buy” after prices fall 5% in 2 months. Peterlee is “Best to…
Read MoreSecrets of the Trade – what makes property value go up?
Investing in your home is a sure recipe for success, especially if you want to sell it soon. Experts agree that capitalizing on the value of real estate is possible, as long as you pay attention to what is good to improve and what not to touch. A lot of projects have been tested over…
Read MoreRun your property business like clockwork
Property management involves many tasks and can be overwhelming. Keeping on top of the right information and being able to action quickly off that data, is imperative to a good service to landlords. Software can help organise that data for you, but the underlying business processes will determine the effectiveness of your management. We all…
Read MoreIf you’re not using CGI’s yet, this is why you should be:
What is a CGI? Computer-generated image or CGI for short, are illustrations that demonstrate a subject in full, as if you were viewing it in ‘real life’. Often used to display concepts not yet built, or depict subjects in chosen environments or situations, this advance in technology allows consumers to view products in their entirety,…
Read MoreCan Video Make an Estate Agency Star?
I’ve spent a lot of time recently watching videos. All in the name of professional research (that old chestnut I hear you cry). But genuinely it is. You see I do a lot of reviews on agency websites and that of their nearest and dearest rivals. It’s interesting work and I feel strongly that the…
Read MoreSimple Tricks for Staging and Styling
This week I’ve been staging for sale an apartment in W1. The interiors of this 2 bed flat where quite mono tone in taupe and brown with red accents. I added lighter more modern hues and changed up some of the heavy furniture for slimmer lighter pieces to create more space, plus I added…
Read MoreFive Years From Now, Will Your Estate Agency Still Be In Business?
Hi, how are you? Now imagine the year is 2021. Maybe house prices crashed, maybe they didn’t or they continued upward, a correction happened, whatever, it doesn’t matter. What’s for sure is the business of buying and selling houses is not going away anytime soon. The question is, are you strong enough to adapt to…
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