Estate Agent Talk
A-B-C Always be closing, but maybe just today take a day off
A-B-C Always be closing, but maybe just today take a day off. In Glen Garry Glen Ross an exceptional play by David Mamet, re-worked and expanded with the inclusion of Alec Baldwin as Blake in the 1992 film version, we hear the immortal lines, ‘A-B-C. A, always; B, be; C, closing. Always be closing! Always…
Andrew Stanton
Why Transparent Costs Are So Important For Estate Agents
When it comes to real estate, transparency is a fundamental part of things. In 2015, the government cracked down on hidden charges in letting agencies, who frequently failed to disclose things like tenant, check-in, and referencing fees. Preparation of tenant fees and fixed admin fees were also found to be undisclosed in certain firms, which…
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3 Ways Estate Agents Have Persevered During The Pandemic
Not many sectors have been fortunate enough to come out of the pandemic unscathed. Estate agents haven’t had an easy time, but it could be argued that in some respects, they have persevered in at least some capacity. Potential homebuyers have been met with advice on how to move safely during this time, so some…
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I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside?
Over a century ago the famous tune, that many of us will know and would have delighted many a senior person of today when they were children, was written (by John A. Glover-Kind in 1907). The tune that was made famous by the stage singer Mark Sheridan (first recorded 1909) really conjured up the atmosphere…
Christopher Walkey
People to Work With if You Plan to Relocate
Relocating to a new house is a time-consuming process. It can also be exhausting. You might even decide to cancel your plans because you can’t do it. The truth is that you don’t have to do everything alone. You can work with some people who will make the job easier for you. Movers There are…
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Millennials and Generation-Z property buyers, are they just too demanding?
Over a year ago I penned my thoughts on this, but with the pandemic, if anything the speed of digital adoption, and the appetite of digital users seems to have leapt forward x 10. So, so I thought it worthy of sharing. Obviously, some of the referenced companies are also in slightly different positions to…
Andrew Stanton
Challenges Estate Agents Will Face in 2021
Estate agents enjoyed a surprisingly fruitful year in 2020 despite the global pandemic causing chaos in peoples’ everyday lives and the economy sliding into recession. After the first lockdown ended in May, house sales rose sharply along with sale prices. Although sales began to level in quarter four, 2020 was a lucrative year for estate…
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Who would be an Estate Agent – The Evolution of an Industry
Using the coverall term estate agent to mean an estate or letting agent, why would anybody want to get into the profession in the first place, and why is there such a high turnover? As I have it on good authority that nearly 40% of those within the property agency are considering changing their company…
Andrew Stanton
Social Media for Estate Agents – It does not sell houses?
With the vast majority of agents only playing at using social media, posting their inventory to sell, or let on Facebook, and maybe the odd twitter here and there, I want to discuss a few reasons why social media is an essential, not a random bolt on revenue generator. I am not advocating spending thousands…
Andrew Stanton
A Comprehensive Checklist to Fire Door Safety
Would your fire door perform properly in the event of an emergency? Does it adhere to all current codes and regulations? When was the last time that it was inspected by a professional firm? These are all crucial questions, as the functionality of these doors can sometimes make the difference between life and death. The…
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Bricks & Mortar the best investment for the future?
A recent report has stated that property prices have risen by 51% in the last decade, which surely must mean that it is above all others in the investment stakes as an asset base. Why then increasingly have we got generation rent? And unlike in Margaret Thatcher’s heyday less emphasis is being put on getting…
Andrew Stanton
What does extending the Stamp Duty holiday petition really mean?
At 15-minutes past Eleven, PM on Sunday night there were 109,599 signatures to the petition that wanted to extend the stamp duty holiday, 9,586 more than was required to trigger a debate in parliament. According to the government website there will now be 48 hours before a date is given for when the debate will…
Andrew Stanton
Digital Logbooks for properties – A good idea?
When I retired from active service, being an estate agent, I spent a couple of years doing consultancy work for agents, ‘helping’ them with their businesses, I then moved into the technology space also, seeing how moving the real estate model from analogue to digital looked. Having now met over 200 founders or leads of…
Andrew Stanton
Land Registry – Digital Street – 2021 not 1862 – Time for change
There has been a lot of ‘tinkering’ around the edges, but it is time for a deep dive into fixing the scattergun approach to transferring the title of a property from part A to party B. After all it can not be all that difficult can it? An integral moving part, though sometimes grindingly slow…
Andrew Stanton
The good news is we have never been here before
I say we have never been here before; but maybe in the 1760’s when the Spinning Jenny, was invented in England, acting as the starting gun for the first industrial revolution, that was a time very similar to now. As we speed through the fourth ‘tech’ led revolution, and AI glitters all around us, and…
Andrew Stanton