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Short-Term Outsourced Services Provide Lifeline For Beleaguered Estate Agents
London 15th April, 2020: UK estate agents with bricks and mortar premises on the nation’s high streets have been hit particularly hard by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. They face a perfect storm of problems including closed premises; viewings cancelled or postponed indefinitely; purchases put on hold; a squeeze on mortgage terms; and a…
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Residential People In Talks To Become A New Estate Agency-led Portal
Challenger property portal, Residential People is looking to change its structure to become a possible and viable estate agency-led portal, owned and controlled by member agents. The free-to-list portal which already has 1,800 registered agents is in the process of talking to industry leaders and pioneers about sitting on its Board of Directors Agents will…
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Don’t ignore essential home maintenance during lockdown – Here’s how to get a professional tradesperson in safely
Last week, tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, highlighted that over the last year there have been 48,012 recorded incidents in Britain caused by gas, fire or electricity issues that resulted in death or non-fatal injury. With this in mind, they’ve provided some top tips on how best to let a tradesperson carry out essential work within…
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What Does The Future Hold For Property Portals?
Blog Christopher May, Founder and Director of Residential People The market-leading portals for the last few years have been accused of taking food from the agents’ table. They’re further tightening their grasp on the agents by taking ownership of wider markets such as insurance, utility switching platforms and more commonly CRM systems. It’s no wonder…
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Deposit replacement launches to help tenants tackle rental cash flow for less than a monthly Netflix subscription
With the rental sector now facing unprecedented challenges such as legislative changes, the growing pandemic and increasing competition, Hamilton Fraser’s deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has picked up the pace in order to launch as planned; helping to provide the nation’s tenants with an alternative method of securing a rental property at a much lower cost….
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What will UK property prices do during and after COVID-19?
For many years now it has been a relatively care free upward climb in property prices with many regions seeing decent annual increases. ‘Demand & Supply’ is usually what causes the value of anything to be set, currently there are plenty of takers for property both for sale or to rent, some areas there are…
Christopher Walkey
The rental locations where tenants are looking for garden space
With the nation on lockdown just as the weather starts to pick up, the great British garden has suddenly become a hot commodity for the nation’s tenants looking to spend time out of the house. Research by tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has revealed that this demand for a garden rental home is at its highest…
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Property Businesses Boost Productivity By Over A Third Through Intelligent Process Automation
The property sector has a huge opportunity to streamline business processes, dramatically improving productivity by more than a third, according to Roby.ai. Using the company’s intelligent automation engine it is now possible to seamlessly execute routine tasks and eradicate laborious activities. This means estate agents and property businesses – operating within the commercial, residential, co-working,…
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The lockdown DIY jobs that can save you money and keep the kids busy
Instead of spending the next however many weeks sitting around climbing the walls, tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has highlighted eight DIY jobs that can be easily done around the house; saving you over £1,000 by tackling them yourself while also helping occupy the kids. Hinges – Saving: £30 Squeaky hinges might sound like a small…
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Will Covid-19 convert High Street Agencies to Hybrid / Online Agencies?
There are two reasons that the title of this article may be a possibility – One in that some agencies will have to scale back spending for the foreseeable future of which their premises could be one way in which to reduce costs. The second point is that having worked from home some may have…
Christopher Walkey
Female home buyers paying £4,624 more and taking nearly three months to bridge the gender property price gap
The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at how the two per cent house price premium paid by female buyers translates in terms of the time taken to accumulate the cost on the average wage. According to a recent study, women pay two per cent more than their male counterparts when…
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What is property development finance? A step-by-step guide
Whether you’re a first-time property developer or a seasoned professional, the question which will decide your success is; ‘How am I going to fund my property development?’. Securing a pipeline of capital is paramount and, whether you’re approaching a bank, building society or niche lender, it can be a complex process if you’ve never done…
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5 Stress-Free Ways To Sell Your Home
Along with divorce, moving to a new house is allegedly one of the most stressful events in life. But it’s even worse when you can’t sell your current property in order to move to your dream home – that creeping feeling of limbo causes stress and disharmony to spread among every member of your family….
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Estate Agents And Property Businesses Seek Innovative Work-from-home Systems To Achieve Business As Usual Approach
Estate agents and property businesses are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and business process automation as they look to operate remotely and coordinate their dispersed teams during the coronavirus crisis. As offices have closed around the UK and staff get used to working from home under strict Government guidelines, Roby.ai has seen a surge of…
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Best Letting Agents for College Students in Nottingham
If a property owner wishes to rent out his or her property, they do need the help of letting agents. The process is initiated by the agent visiting the property. After inspecting it, they agree on an estimated sum of money that the property should be rented out for. Typically, letting agents don’t charge any…
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