Estate Agent Talk

Lightly secret shopping Estate Agents…

 

I’m no professional ‘Secret Shopper’ and it has been quite a few years since I was a negotiator in an Estate Agency (didn’t have a PC on the desk in them days), but as I was down for business in a region of London today I thought I would have a nose about… Secret Shopper…

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Christopher Walkey

My fears as an Estate and Letting Agent

 

Estate agents .. Prospective Vendors and Prospective House sellers are concealing themselves… gone into deep undercover Fellow letting agents … your prospective landlords are concealing themselves as well. Nobody put themselves on the mailings lists anymore… nobody signs up or gives their email address for anything nowadays Everyone comes to your website, but doesn’t fill…

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Christopher Watkin

A career in property management – is it for you?

 

There are many different roles within the property sector aside from estate agency, one of which is property management. It might not be an area you’ve considered before, so let us help you find out whether a career in property management is for you. The job Property management covers a wide area and the role…

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Should home owners conduct viewings?

 

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from home owners, is whether they should show prospective viewers around their home or should they let the estate agent do it? Afterall, as the owner they know the property intimately after the many years they have been there and can pass on all the details…

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Estate Agents Stealing on the Rise?

 

The best thing you can steal from your competitor estate agents … is their intelligence, understanding, insight, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, penetration, perspicuity, acuity, common sense, shrewdness, astuteness, acumen, smartness,  judgement, foresight,  prudence, logic, rationale, rationality, soundness, …. in essence their wisdom. It doesn’t cost one penny to learn from history ….. and 99% of the time, its worth the time you put in to find it out. Stop making the same mistakes every agent does, starting thinking…

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Christopher Watkin

Social Media Awards for UK Property Industry – Now Open:

 

The first ever dedicated awards for UK Estate / Letting Agency and Industry Service Providers are now open. View the categories and entry terms here. Founded by Christopher Walkey, these awards are free to enter and already have a number of sponsors and judges on board to help find some of the UK’s best performers…

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Christopher Walkey

Replica landmark homes.

 

Ever wanted to live in that famous landmark? Maybe an apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower or a room at the White House… In fact, why not the whole White House as a home? You can now do so, well maybe you can if you are prepared to relocate to Dallas in Texas…

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Christopher Walkey

House prices – Leaving a misery for a generation?

 

Lots of reports recently about the crazy hike in house prices over 20 years, ie a report from CityAM, what some would refer to as a an unbelievable increase in prices within just one generation. Looking back at homes I have lived in through the years and remembering what my parents paid and sold for, indeed…

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Christopher Walkey

The Rise and Rise of BBQ Cabin Fever.

 

As the we wade through yet another freezing and soaking wet winter we must dream of long balmy summer evenings to keep our spirits up and our minds off the persistent deluge that so many of us have faced over the last months. The reality is that summer might not really give us the respite we dream…

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What the UK average house price gets you elsewhere.

 

As property prices continue it’s spiral to unaffordability here in the UK, other countries across the globe continue to surprise us with what would appear fair priced and dare we say it, cheap property – knock down prices in many cases when compared to the average house prices we have: UK £286,000 England £299,000 Wales…

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Christopher Walkey

Part Exchange your home for a new home with @TaylorWimpey:

 

Part exchanging was something we’d do on household items or cars, but today that new house might just be round the corner for you if you qualify for a new build part exchange. Taylor Wimpey explains their system: Part Exchange your existing property for a brand new Taylor Wimpey home. Our Part Exchange scheme could…

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I hate my job as an estate agent

 

How to be a better Estate/Letting Agent… Even If You Hate Your Job If you are reading this, you are either an employer or an employee. Can I ask a question of the employers – Why did you set up your own estate or lettings agency ? (Most of my readers are estate or letting…

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Christopher Watkin

Agents- The Vicious Circle of Low Fees

 

We have all been there … “Can you drop your fees?” … the landlord/vendor tells us that they loved everything that we showed them and how different our approach is ….but then asks us to lower the fee to bag the listing, to win the business. So, most agents lower the fee. Then, because we…

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Christopher Watkin

London Estate Agents – Earning Half the Tea in China.

 

My fellow geniuses and I at eMoov have just finished a cool piece of research. It will shock you. And if you’re an estate agent of the dyed-in-the-wool variety, spare your blushes and look away now. We thought it would be informative, probably shocking and certainly controversial to analyse the amount that Londoners have spent on…

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What makes the perfect Estate Agent?

 

So, let us see what Wikipedia has to say re what an Estate Agents is: “An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.” We also can now say that an estate agent could be both a traditional…

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Christopher Walkey