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Keep smiling through and time for TikTok
A little after 8pm last night my co-director Zara, looked at me rolled her eyes, then rolled over several times on the carpet and started barking at the TV. Boris was in full flow, and although Zara is a three-and a half-year-old cockapoo she knows when to take notice of things, and how to make…
Andrew Stanton
How To Find The Right Apartment In London Or Wandsworth
Finding the right property to suit your lifestyle and current situation can be a daunting task. There are many considerations you have to think of when looking for the ideal property, whether in London or anywhere else in the world. Besides size, location and room preferences, there are other issues to consider, foremost of which…
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New Year’s Resolutions and Reflections
According to a poll this week, these are the top ten New Year’s resolutions, recognise any: – Exercise more Lose weight Get organized Learn a new skill or hobby Live life to the fullest Save more money / spend less money Quit smoking Spend more time with family and friends Travel more Read more If…
Andrew Stanton
Welcome to 2021 – It is going to be a very busy year ahead!
We say goodbye to (well I am sure in a way that involves a lot of blasphemies too) the year of 2020 and we look forward to, with much expectation on, 2021… It is a year of the Ox and will certainly require from us some bold shoulder action in order to turn things around…
Christopher Walkey
Would Tier 5 close down Estate Agency business?
As rumours circulate on a new tier 5 from the government, many in estate agency are questioning what effect this will have in the operating of selling property. Tier 4 we are in with tier 5 looking likely and as Buzz Lightyear would say, maybe even tier infinity and beyond is starring at us on…
Christopher Walkey
How to improve the value of your property
If you’re on a mission to increase the value of your house, then you better be sure that no feature in your house, be it in your bathroom, kitchen or even your basement is out of order. Fortunately, DIY influencer Kimberly Duran provides expert tips that will help you get around any issue that you…
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Will Santa be visiting you this Christmas?
With huge swathes of the UK effectively in lockdown, and despite smiling, friendly bobbies helping London exit at the packed railway termini, Christmas is not its usual self. With whispers of food shortages, a knife-edge hard Brexit, and the new strain of Covid-19 to contend with, my thoughts turn to what is Santa, if Lapland…
Andrew Stanton
Can the housing market carry on as before?
At twenty past seven on Saturday night just before ‘Strictly’ had crowned its newest winner; Robert Jenrick the Housing Secretary tweeted ‘Housing market update: the sales and rental markets remain open in all tiers. All associated activities can continue as before.’ If this means that even if you live and work in a Tier-4 area,…
Andrew Stanton
Building a green future – with Amazon?
Can we create a built environment which gives more than it takes? Like many personal relationships in the 2020s, the bond between sustainability and real estate is a complicated one. As ensuring the human-created environment is ecologically balanced and has ongoing green credentials is often sacrificed due to the many years needed to recoup the amount of energy…
Andrew Stanton
5 Factors that Largely Influence the Property Market
Planning to invest in real estate? If so, there are a lot of things you will need to learn, this includes the driving forces behind the property market. You must understand what makes the prices of properties rise and fall to make well-informed decisions. If you are interested to learn more, keep on reading as…
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Easy Methods to Raise Funds to Build your Property
In this time of uncertainty about the future, property development remains one of the more resilient investments. There are many options for raising funds to finance this, and given below are a few suggestions. However, for professional guidance in making the right decision, it is best to approach an experienced financial consultant. Almost all financing…
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Role of AI in estate agency?
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, we can’t wind back the clock sixty-five-years and stop the advance of AI, the replication of the neural pathways of the human mind in machines. Take a look around: as Amir Husain from Spark Cognition puts it, “Artificial intelligence is kind of the second coming of software.” and its tendrils are…
Andrew Stanton
Proptech, Science-Fiction for Estate Agents
I first wrote this article over a year ago, the pandemic if anything has made it even more relevant than in November 2019. Back in the mid 1980’s, I became an estate agent (broker) and was at that time an avid reader of science fiction. My favourite book was ‘Machines that think’ a compendium of…
Andrew Stanton
Cash buyers who needs them?
If I had a fiver for every time, I had a buyer who said they were a cash buyer over the past 30-years, well I would have an awful of of extra cash myself. The amount of times I have witnessed that triumphant smile when a prospective buyer looked me in the eye and said,…
Andrew Stanton
Sell a House That’s Not Selling
Have you been trying to sell a home but you are having a hard time? If you have been trying to sell your home for a long time and not succeeding, then the best thing to do is try out new tactics. It is impossible to control the housing market, but there are some problems…
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