Estate Agent Talk
Working with Local Government.
The local planning authority (LPA) – usually the district or borough council – is responsible for deciding whether a proposed development should be allowed to go ahead. This is called planning permission. Most new buildings, major alterations to existing buildings and significant changes to the use of a building or piece of land need this…
What Women in Property Think, of Women in Property!
A couple of months ago I published the first edition to our women in property campaign “Women in Construction”. This developed into a larger than originally anticipated campaign receiving a massive public response in relation to what women within the sector thought. As a company we carried out a number of Video Blogs from a…
Taking the stress out of performance appraisals.
Employees often regard appraisals as something dreadful, the kind of meeting that may lead to a bad mark on their employment record. The end goal of a staff appraisal is to help organisations make important decisions about an employee regarding their pay, their development, and their training. Giving a performance appraisal can often send managers…
Alex Evans
Get more out of your business, get moving
Making the decision to relocate your office can be a sensitive subject for many business owners, it’s essential to get it right for the happiness and well-being of both your staff and your business. Regardless of whether your business is a large one or a small one, planning an office relocation is never an easy…
Alex Evans
Is the truth worth it?
We have all seen them, those nightmare estate agent photos that fill you with wonder on how someone can use them to market a property. But are you in the same league as these agents when it comes to telling the truth to your clients? Undertaking an appraisal is for the sole purpose of gaining…
Stephen Brown
Agencies Beware! The Light Is Shining On Commissions.
In the run-up to the General Election the property industry’s focus has been on the prospect of tenant fees being banned. There is a risk that with a deluge of commentary about this prospective change a recent case with significant effects on estate and letting agencies’ revenues has been overlooked. The Background Agencies may use…
Alex Evans
Countdown Election 2015
Just 47 days to go in the run up to The General Election 2015. This week we had the last budget before the all important Polling Day 7th May, those that listened and watched the budget on TV were probably scratching their heads at the end of it, later in the day reactions were very…
Allen Walkey
Good enough to buy from – but not good enough to sell through…?
There can be no greater insult for an agent than finding out that a buyer who has had an offer accepted on a property through you, subject to the sale of their own, is considering the option of inviting another agent to sell it. It should, considering that they are buying through you, be a…
Alex Evans
Homeowners not fullfilling housing ladder aspirations.
According to the latest research from Lloyds Bank many homeowners are not progressing up the housing ladder as quickly as they had hoped, with one in three expecting to be further up the ladder than they are now. This proportion is even higher for first time buyers, with almost half (44%) expecting to have been…
Allen Walkey
Is equal pay still an issue in the property sector?
Kelly Fox from FirstPort shares her experiences:
Alex Evans
The growing power of Estate Agent Networking explained:
We are now some eight months in to the life of the Estate Agent Networking concept and already we’ve gone from a platform with zero content (all online concepts have to start from zero!) to a web platform that has daily content from across the industry shared with an increasing amount of views average on…
Christopher Walkey
WHICH COALITION WOULD BE BEST FOR THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY?
The countdown is now really on with just 54 days before the General Election 2015 on the 7th May, with the rising popularity of alternative political parties a coalition government looks a distinct possibility. WHICH ONE WOULD BEST BENEFIT THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY? There is apprehension in the air most definately and many commentators would admit…
Allen Walkey
Price and Value and the relationship between the two.
With a net worth of $72.8billion, business magnate and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett knows a thing or two about business… His quotes are legendary and well documented but a particular comment resonated with me after a fractious day talking to new and existing clients regarding the pricing of our inventory reports. Warren says “Price is what you…
Alex Evans
Not everyone speaks English.
Britain is the most racially diverse country in Europe with almost 1.7m people that don’t speak English as their first language, including 168,000 people that don’t speak English at all. So how do you cater for this massive market? If you are English speaking and they aren’t then it can become a huge barrier that…
Alex Evans
How To Make This Election Season A Profitable One.
With just over two months until the UK votes in a new government, it is a time of great uncertainty in the property market. In this short article we look at how you can position your agency and your clients to benefit from that uncertainty in the short and in the longer term. Background While…
Alex Evans