Estate Agent Talk
Slump, Price Drops, Reduced, Slow Down – The current trend of UK Property prices 2018:
When you look in to house prices and especially those within the South East of England, is it just me or do most headlines seem to be that prices are falling? Yes, we can look at Halifax, HomeLet, RICS figures of course, but just a very quick overview of say a search results for UK…
Christopher Walkey
Estate Agents and Facebook Ads – The Second Ad FB type – Traffic Objectives
Part 4 (of a 6 Part Educational Series) on How to Use Facebook Advertising in Estate Agency .. so much takeaway and actionable information
Christopher Watkin
Advantages of upsizing or downsizing
In Wakefield we are seeing the five hundred thousand plus market booming in sales. A lot of this movement is due to downsizing. Many of the larger properties in more select suburbs rarely come on to the market, but when they do there is always considerable interest. There are pros and cons. Upsizing may have…
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Ten great reasons to enter The Negotiator Awards 2018:
Have you thought about why you should be entering The Negotiator Awards 2018? Here are ten great reasons: You’ll pay nothing to enter and nothing to promote your success You’ll be recognised as ‘the best’ by clients and your industry You’ll add value and credibility to your business You’ll motivate colleagues and staff You’ll inspire…
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Is it the end of the line for House Price Rises?
When I look at recent years of housing price figures in the UK it has certainly been a profitable time for those owning property in the UK, average prices has shown a relatively slippery near Fairly Liquid slide upwards since 1967. Yes of course normal inflation takes care of any items increasing value, but property…
Christopher Walkey
Estate Agent or Psychologist?
Today, estate agency is all about psychology and perspective. Gone are the wideboy shiny suits, flash cars and sales-speak. Instead there is now more awareness about the mindset of buyers and sellers, which is a top priority. Unless both sides are happy, transactions do not go through. From a seller’s viewpoint, one needs to be…
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Why are some great Listers so bad at Business Generation?
One thing I have noticed is an awful lot of Valuers/Listers are really poor at generating business for themselves .. why?
Christopher Watkin
Pirates on the High Seas and on the High Street
Hollywood often portrays pirates as drunken swashbucklers, scurvy-ridden thugs and with perhaps the exception of Jonny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, you might not hold them in very high esteem – a bit like estate agents some might say! What you might not realise is that pirates were in fact way ahead of their time in…
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What is the difference between Leasehold and Freehold?
One of the most common questions I get asked, and one of the areas of most confusion, is when it comes to the difference between Freehold and Leasehold properties. It is very important to understand the difference, especially as some new-build companies are controversially selling homes as Leasehold, when traditionally, houses have been sold as…
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The number of estate agents in your town has grown like a virus.
Agents prostituting themselves on dirt cheap fees .. Competition is fierce, really fierce … Its hard enough to keep the market share you have – let alone improve it.
Christopher Watkin
YOMDEL REVEALS WHY BUSINESSES CAN’T AFFORD TO IGNORE DIGITAL INNOVATION
During its presentation at Google headquarters in London last week as part of the digital marketing experience designed for estate agents, Yomdel stated that an estate agent’s website is their most important office. The number of visitors online is far higher than any branch on the high street and with the offline market slowing, it…
Andy Soloman
Cure your GDPR woes for just £75 – The fastest and Easiest way:
As owner and editor of a couple of major industry news channels that hold big email databases the whole topic of GDPR was of course interest to me. Just like many I am sure I put things off until the last minute when getting my websites GDPR compliant fell in to the critical stage, ie…
Christopher Walkey
How to maintain property maintenance
Let’s discuss property repairs. Push aside the image of tenants trashing a property rock star-style because that level of behavior, thankfully, hardly every happens. Instead, we’re focusing on the mundane maintenance tasks that need attention every day in property management. If a tenant contacts you with a problem, we can probably pre-empt what it might…
ARPM
Property staffing crisis? Here’s a tip from Yomdel on securing the best candidates.
With estate agents struggling to recruit key personnel, a small change in business operational structure could yield significant results that drives increased revenue growth and in turn helps agents compete successfully for the most experienced candidates. The property sector may be being disrupted by new business models and fees may have fallen, but the most…
Andy Soloman
WHAT PRICE A SELLER’S SANITY?
Finding a buyer for a property has until very recently at least! been the relatively easy part of the selling process. Managing an agreed sale through to completion is where the real hard work and skill starts and the true property professionals earn their money. A recent study suggested that Purple Bricks sales success rate…
Maurice Kilbride