Estate Agent Talk
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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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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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…
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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
VALUERS/LISTERS – How to Close a Free Val into a Listing Every time
Estate Agents – What Is the Best Way to Trial Close A Free Valuation? Probably not the way you are doing it at the moment
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Train to become a RICS Surveyor in Scotland
Following demand from customers and surveying practices, Sava has developed its unique Diploma in Residential Surveying & Valuation specifically for the Scottish market. It’s part of Sava’s plans to hold more regional courses, to ensure that surveying talent can be developed across England, Wales and Scotland. The Diploma has been purposely designed to create competent…
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Tandem retailing – the future of High Street agency?
It can’t have escaped your notice that many High Street units across the country lie vacant, with a number of big chains going bust or closing stores. Whether it’s to do with BREXIT, out-of-town retails parks, online shopping or crippling rents, it’s a sorry sight. All might not be lost, however, with a new style…
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3 possible routes to becoming an estate agent
According to specialist recruiter Property Personnel, we’re in the middle of the worst estate agency staffing crisis of a generation. And recruitment guru Anthony Hesse predicts that the recruits who’ll fill the gap and perform best will be imported from outside the sector. Property sales is one profession where there are currently no mandatory qualifications…
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UK house price slowdown, drop, crash and more negative news forthcoming?
There is an ever greater presence of negative news on UK house prices from many industry respected names, is it now time for the eagerly awaited price correction, or is it just a slight foot off the gas as we engage into another higher gear of house price rises? “Almost one-third of homes have been…
Christopher Walkey
Can the 80/20 rule save your business?
We’ve written before about the immense time pressure letting agents and property managers are under. Who couldn’t do with an extra pair of hands, more hours in the day or even an eight day week? Let’s stop there. You may feel under resourced and overwhelmed by lettings compliance, management tasks and administration when the reality…
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