Estate Agent Talk
What people look for when picking an estate agent.
Whether you are looking to buy or sell, the sheer sums involved in any property transaction are likely to demand that you receive the very best service and advice… And this is particularly true when entering the property market in upmarket areas where prices have hit £1m and up. And this is particularly true when entering…
113% increase in resi sales fee income in 9 months.
Do you know what I love about what my wife, my team (Lianne, Lesley, Karen and Tom) and I do? Every single one of us comes to work every day to do something we love. We get to inspire letting and estate agents to grow their letting and estate agency businesses. Its the most wonderful…
Christopher Watkin
Why you should embrace every bad experience.
We all love good testimonials from clients, those stories that exude all the positives we are striving for within our agency. Although these testimonials matter, what you should also be looking out for are the bad ones, the hidden stories that you are often not aware of. The stories that your potential clients have told…
Stephen Brown
Edward Mellor Adopt New Conveyancing Panel Management Software.
Edward Mellor sought to provide an enhanced and tailored conveyancing experience for their clients, strengthen relationships with their panel of local conveyancing solicitors and improve business intelligence around the large volume of transactions their agency generates. They embedded Hoowla’s cloud based conveyancing panel management software at the start of 2015 to achieve just that. Hoowla’s…
Alex Evans
Do You Know These Villains?
I would love to go on about the million different strategies’ to sell a house but I’m not. I’m unable to speak for other areas but certainly in mine, agents over estimate the value of properties competing with each other fearing they’ll miss out on an instruction if they don’t give the highest price! Why…
99% of Estate Agents are ‘Rude’ ….. and don’t even know it!
Before I’m inundated with ‘how dare you!’ comments please hear me out as there is a serious and solid point behind my headline. I’ll explain how I’ve come to the startling figure that 99% of estate agents are making themselves seem impolite or even downright rude. And I’m pretty sure they don’t even realise they’re…
When Real Estate Gets Real Emotional.
As we all know, Michael Jackson’s former Neverland Ranch has recently and indeed very publicly, been listed for sale and despite reverting back to its original name, for millions and millions of people around the world it will always be the home of the King of Pop. Remove the controversy surrounding MJ and what we’re…
How To Convert Your Real Estate Listings Into Amazing Content.
What do you do when your SEO guy is constantly nagging you to write an article that’s so far out of your comfort zone that the mere idea of it fills you with dread? Welcome to my attempt at turning what is for me a hideously technical subject, into something vaguely digestible. And guess what?…
HOW TO DEAL WITH NOISY NEIGHBOURS WHEN SELLING YOUR HOUSE
The time has come, you want or NEED to move house. For an unfortunate few selling their home is due to noisy neighbours. Having made the difficult decision to move house and put your property on the market, you now have a new issue to deal with – How do you deal with those troublesome…
Tiny Margins – Massive Successes – What estate agents can learn from Team Sky.
Just over a week ago Chris Froome became the first British man to win the Tour de France (TDF) twice. He endured endless mountains, some disgusting behaviour from rival fans and the most fiercely competitive TDF for decades. As a recent convert to cycling I was delighted for him and Team Sky. I’ll hold my…
The Property industry is “sexy”!
After our initial blog ‘Women in Construction’ got great attraction, we continued by writing a summary blog of ‘what the women in property, think about women in property’. Both blogs received great response, and after collecting the feedback from the ladies we interviewed, it proved that the majority had the same opinions. The vast majority…
Are the days of Corporate Agency numbered?
I honestly believe the big agencies with their big brands are living on borrowed time, as the importance of an agency’s brand and branding to be successful are slipping with every year that passes into the 21st Century. In the 1900’s, when information was short supply, curtailed and slow, people depended on a brand’s goodwill…
Christopher Watkin
How to attract buyers? With a Morgan Three-Wheeler!
Michael Riley, Director of Capital & Coastal, an estate agency specialising in the sale and let of property with water frontage, sea views and coastal locations along the South coast, has invested in a rather unusual company vehicle, the Morgan Three-Wheeler. The former Head of Sales for Savills and Head of Operations for Romans in…
Christopher Walkey
When Estate Agents Clash – Do you argue with fools?
Last week I received a call at 7.30pm from an angry client. I remember the exact time as it was halfway through me catching up on the highlights of that day’s Tour de France. My client had just read the local paper and seen a rival agent having a snipe at his agency. He was…
Make every viewing count.
Now it’s time for viewings! You have chosen an agent to do the job and you are paying them a fee, I cannot stress this point enough – let the agent do the viewing. A potential buyer feels more comfortable, able to ask any questions, talk about the neighbours, how busy the road is etc., when…