Estate Agent Talk
Property Recruitment – Managing Candidates.
MANAGING CANDIDATES It is essential to manage potential candidates during the whole recruitment process in order to secure the best candidates, it is important for recruiters to be aware of the current struggles within the industry in order to minimise the likelihood of counter offers. It is vital that interviewers find out the reasoning behind…
Are you thinking of updating your office?
The first thing you need to do before updating your window displays is to work out a clear brief. Below are a few really useful tips. A new office design can make a huge difference to your business. At the early stage it is really important that you prepare a clear brief. A good starting…
Save yourself over £400,000 in Estate Agency fees by going ‘On-line’?
Reading through the property headings on a Sunday evening you read all sorts, from interesting pieces to just plain stupid… And then you read something that you know will trigger some interest from both within the industry and consumers too. So, on-line estate agency still makes headlines and mostly with positive news stories, all sounds…
Christopher Walkey
Are the snowy peaks of the UK Property Price Hikes now peaking?
Reading latest editorials on-line and taking a walk around a familiar area of London that I once lived close to and visiting estate agents and their listings, are we now at the top of the dizzy heights on UK house prices? Money Week’s report on the 29th January 2016 refers us to five signs that…
Christopher Walkey
2 Ways to Run Your Estate and Lettings Agency
Honestly, I do feel sorry for some of you estate agents .. especially those of you who work for independent chains and corporates, because there you are, busting a gut, trying to get more people to use your agency be it home owners for free valuations or landlords with rental properties …. You look to…
Christopher Watkin
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Christopher Walkey