Estate Agent Talk
Some Estate Agents are no better than Pizza Delivery firms
… and you Letting Agents can take that smug smile off your face .. you are even worse! Let me explain … ESTATE AGENTS … Here are the facts, in 2004, 1,780,000 residential properties were sold by 7,570 estate agents … and last year, 1,219,000 residential properties were sold by 19,304 agents. Looking at stock…
Christopher Watkin
Traditional Estate Agent vs Online vs PayAsYouGo vs … …
Has this now gone past a debate and is more a serious competition within the industry of ‘selling and renting homes’ where which ever corner of the ring you sit at you are appealing to the consumer via how you stand out against each corner over how good your service is? OK, so maybe I…
Christopher Walkey
“Its proving to be difficult against so many established Estate and Letting Agents”
I had an email the other day from a lovely letting agent in the North England. For the so as not to embarrass her (as her name is a ‘little unique’), I’ll call her Chloe. Chloe said, “Its proving to be difficult against so many established agents…. I’m struggling to get people to believe that…
Christopher Watkin
The Great Estate Agent Experiment and What’s in it for you.
Last week I sent out an email via an industry media company to thousands of estate agents across the UK. It was entitled Are you a Rat or a Hamster? An Open Letter to Independent Estate Agents. I also posted it on Estate Agent Networking and on my blog. My goal was simply to raise…
The Online (hybrid) Estate Agent
The online only (Hybrid) estate agent has for some time now been discussed as the future for estate agency in general. PurpleBricks appears to have taken the lead in this respect, others are lining up behind them to take a slice of the cake, Sir Charles Dunstone, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, has invested in…
Allen Walkey
Any old landlords wanted .. we dont care
“Landlords Wanted” … the two magic words that worked a treat ten years ago but don’t work now…. WHY? Ten years ago, they used to light up the brain of landlords, they grabbed their attention, it initiated action with them .. it made them feel loved. But now, that phrase has been corrupted by the…
Christopher Watkin
Look at why I wouldn’t necessarily keep an unhappy customer to their contract.
Would you hold an unhappy customer to their sole agency contract? I often look through the internet at Google searches such as- The main problems facing estate agents Estate agent problems Biggest issues facing estate agents Estate agency issues And there are as many responses detailing customers problems with estate agents as there are search…
Time to switch off foreign investment in the UK housing market?
This story has understandably slipped under the radar in the light of the terrorist attacks in Paris. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34806370 The government has sold off £13bn of former Northern Rock mortgages that taxpayers acquired during the financial crisis. It’s one of the final pieces of the jigsaw from the bailout of the failing banks during the credit…
Be on TV – Estate Agents.
Are you the Boss of a Small Business? Do you have Incredible Staff who deserve to be seen on TV? They might be hard working, exceptionally creative or highly entertaining … Whatever their assets, we want to hear from companies who want to nominate their team to star in an observational series which celebrates Britain’s workforce….
Smarter Dispute Resolution For Lettings.
Fixflo recently announced new partnerships with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme and The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). The new arrangements will mean members of TPO scheme and letting agents with The DPS who also use Fixflo’s repairs software will be able to send independently recorded repairs evidence to them with the click of a button….
The Manchester Metrolink Rent Map 2015: How Far Will Your Money Go?
Manchester-based digital agency Digital Media Team has put together a handy rental map of Manchester, showing the average monthly cost for a one-bedroom property based on the postcode of each stop on the Metrolink route. It’s not as shocking as the London Underground Rent Map (£2920pcm for a one-bed at Hyde Park Corner, anyone?), but…
Estate Agents – Everyone is ignoring your advertising
Do you like to be sold to? I bet you said No. Nobody likes to be sold to .. so why do estate and letting agents do just that? Try and sell themselves … all of you do it. All your advertising material, your Free Valuation leaflets, Landlords Wanted flyers, half price fees deals, We…
Christopher Watkin
The 2015 raterAwards – Less than 1 month to go!
The 2015 Branch raterAwards are just weeks away from being decided – now’s the time to chase up all those reviews that you’ve been waiting on, as the branches with the best reviews by 11th December are the ones that will secure the Gold, Silver and Bronze in their geographical areas. With 1 in…
Are you a Rat or a Hamster? An open letter to independent estate agents.
Hello there, I’ll get to the point. The industry has an image problem. A bloody big one. Most people do not trust estate agents. Heck a lot of agents don’t even trust agents. Every time there is a top ten list of the least trusted / most despised professions in the UK estate agents will…
Leading industry service provider wins awards for multiple Estate Agents.
For the second year running Fairfield Displays and Lighting have won the highly commendable Silver Negotiator Award for Supplier of the Year ‘Products and Services’. Competition gets fiercer each year and undergoes a strict judging process. Fairfield being the only company in this particular field, maintaining second place is no mean feat. Priding themselves on…