Estate Agent Talk
The 2 Things You Need to Succeed in Lettings (and Estate Agency) – [90 sec video]
90 sec video on the only two things you need to succeed in lettings …. and estate agency
Christopher Watkin
[FREE] Training Video on 100% Guaranteed Method to Vastly Increase your New Instructions and Stock for your Estate Agency
No Gimmicks .. No Give me your Email address .. None of this go to this Website for the Answer .. Just a 10 min YouTube Training Video on how to vastly Increase your New Listings, New Instructions, Stock on your Books .. It tells you everything you need to know to get more stock ..100% Guaranteed it works
Christopher Watkin
The Secret to Instructing a Great Agent
When it comes to instructing an estate agent for our most important asset – our home, I regularly have conversations with homeowners who are getting themselves in a spin. “Is it any wonder?” they all say. From their perspective, estate agents all look the same, say the same and claim to do the same for…
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Should Estate Agents Cold Call?
Cold calling other agent’s stock … it’s awful isn’t … but should you do it?
Christopher Watkin
Why Are Estate Agents Wasting Time Marketing to get New Instructions?
The question is, do you really think the way most agents market themselves, with cheap fee deals (discounting), landlords wanted leaflets (badgering), door knocking (hard sell touting) is deliberate, differentiated and aligned with your values as the exceptional lettings and estate agency service you chooses to make, serve and sell?
Christopher Watkin
Estate Agency Fees: A race to the bottom?
During the last 6 months, I have had the pleasure of being introduced to some of the best independent estate agencies and come to mention it, agents, across the UK. I have travelled from Cornwall to Dover, across the South and London, Midlands to Manchester and Liverpool, through Wales, up across the Lakes and over…
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It Really, Really Shouldn’t Happen to an Estate Agent…
Black cats and accident prone agents
Jerry Lyons
Why Buying in London is Always Safe, even Post Brexit.
For anybody ever considering buying a property in London there is never a shortage of property ‘experts’ who will tell you it’s a really good/ bad idea and that prices are about to soar/ crash and you should definitely buy/ wait. 2016 has been particularly gruelling for polarised, contradictory opinions, about the probable or likely impact of Brexit on…
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Estate agents to modernise their services in order to stay relevant:
Matthew Dendle, Head of Architecture, Dezrez “Over the weekend, news broke that the number of first-time buyers taking out mortgages has reached its highest level since 2007. This growth will of course mean an increased reliance on estate agents. Typically aged between 23 and 40, these tech-savvy first-time buyers will no doubt expect their estate…
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If selling a business, can its social media accounts form part of the assets?
A recent question from one of our clients regarding selling their business which primarily evolved round their Instagram following made me take a look in to this relatively new subject – Buying and selling social media accounts. I saw this coming I must say, back in the dark days of social media where abuse was…
Christopher Walkey
Garden Village and Towns – An Alternative View
Following the Government’s statements that it plans to build 14 garden villages and 3 garden towns across England a leading land and new homes expert has urged agents to be positive and pro-active. Contrary to some negative industry reaction to the announcement Kevin Ellis, founder of the Land and New Homes Network, which works with…
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Russell Quirk: Up In Smoke – This Is Where Estate Agency Is Heading
Ever the man to share exactly what he thinks, Russell shares with us his thoughts on Estate Agency and where it is heading: The die of inevitability is cast. 2016 bore witness to further growth in ‘new’ estate agency and cemented it as a movement that is not going away. Market share is growing as…
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To Vet or not to Vet….stupid question?
The process in which you vet a prospective tenant, if you vet, has an impact on your business, your vendors and the speed of letting. I don’t presume to tell any agent how to run their business, but if I could put an idea out there into the ether to be accepted or rejected according…
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What New Year’s resolution should the government make?
Repeal tax measures against buy-to-let, say landlords. The number one New Year’s wish from landlords is for the government to keep buy-to-let tax relief on mortgage interest payments, according to a new Landlord Voice poll conducted by Simple Landlords Insurance. The survey revealed the planned tax increases are the top concern for landlords in 2017,…
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Estate Agents: A Necessary Evil in London
I read an article a while ago about why the BBC felt that, due to social media and Government regulation, estate agents would soon become a thing of the past. Having initially fallen into it via a friend of a friend, I worked as an estate agent in and around central London between 2002 and…
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