Estate Agent Talk
All Blacks – What can we learn from them?
Now that several weeks have passed since their emphatic win in this year’s rugby World Cup final, I have no doubt that the analysis, the questions and the head scratching will continue for months, if not years. Although some people will overthink the strategy and reflect on their performance the simple answer is that New…
Alex Evans
Fast broadband speeds to become a right, not a privilege.
Why the government is preparing legislation that will give everyone the legal right to broadband with a minimum speed of 10 mbps When US singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote the lyrics to Big Yellow Taxi on her first trip to Hawaii in the late 1960s, the line “You don’t know what you’ve got. Till it’s gone’…
Alex Evans
Lessons can be Learnt from Cyber Monday.
Did you survive Black Friday? The one-day event didn’t exist in the UK 5 years ago, now it’s a week-long sale phenomenon that has changed the way we shop for Christmas and how we are sold to. We can forget about that again for 51 weeks, today is Monday, or ‘Cyber Monday’ as it is…
Alex Evans
Estate Apps at Agency Essentials.
The first ever Agency Essentials event took place in Manchester this week, the first of what we hope to be many more collaborative efforts between property industry suppliers. As well as ourselves at Estate Apps, we were lucky enough to be joined by Veco, Fixflo, TouchRight and Docusign. In addition to giving us each the…
When opportunity knocks does your agency answer?
A couple of incidents happened to me recently which brought into sharp focus how some people miss opportunities while others seize them. The first episode was very close to home. In fact it was in my home and it involved my three and a half year-old daughter, Charlotte. A couple of weeks ago or so…
Alex Evans
Choosing an Estate Agent with Circus Experience!
In this fast paced, instant access, target driven world we live in, so much emphasis is often placed on salesmanship. It doesn’t matter whether you are involved in potatoes, poodles or property, the principles behind selling and selling techniques are mostly the same across many business sectors. Arguably, estate agents have a more unusual process…
Alex Evans
Do I need a for sale sign outside my property?
With the internet now the leading method of property marketing you may well be asking yourself, “do I need a for sale sign outside my property”? As estate agents in Bishop’s Stortford, this is of course a question we are regularly asked and so we thought it would be a good topic for our latest…
Alex Evans
HD and 4K photography and videography for Estate Agency.
Our blog this month is aimed at those with a general interest in HD and 4K photography and videography, but those that are not necessarily in the profession and simply looking for a bit of clarity on the subject. Clarity of course being the operative word, though no pun was intended! So firstly a little…
Alex Evans
Autumn Statement is “a double edged sword”.
Following the chancellor’s big announcement on housing which saw him confirm that he’s doubling the housing budget to £2bn a year to deliver 400,000 affordable new homes by 2020, Andrew Ellinas, Director of Sandfords, a Central and North West London agent, says; “the planned increase in starter homes for first time buyers will energise the…
Christopher Walkey
ODE To An Agents Website…
Should I sell or let my house? The question springs to mind, Online I’ll go to surf the net, An agent I will find. Amongst the many listings there, Which one do I pick? Some websites so damn ugly, Not even worth the click. Many sites lack detail, That I’d expect to see, Lots don’t…
Alex Evans
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
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…
Alex Evans
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
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…
Alex Evans
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. 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 crunch…
Alex Evans