Estate Agent Talk
High Street Estate Agency is Dying
Those of you in your 40’s and 50’s will remember Sunday evenings, taping the Top 40 with your finger on the pause button, so you didn’t get the DJ talking over the songs. We listen to those songs and went down to Woolies to buy the Singles and when we were old enough the albums…
Christopher Watkin
5 Worthwhile Value Adding Investments
No vendor wants to sell their property for a below par price, meaning that investing finances and effort into home improvements can greatly aid the guarantee of achieving a good price on the sale. Enhancements to a property can breathe a new lease of life and add to the current value of the home. We…
The ‘Waitrose Effect’ Has The Potential To Add Up To £38,666 To a Property
The ‘Waitrose Effect’ is sweeping the nation, signalling to any homeowners within rational walking distance of a Waitrose supermarket that their property could potentially be worth up to £38,666 more than a similar property without a supermarket, according to a recent survey. It was discovered that living close to any supermarket has a positive effect…
30 years this week – Suzy Lamplugh:
“On the last Monday of July 1986, in broad daylight and in the middle of a working day, the unthinkable happened. Suzy Lamplugh, a 25 year old, disappeared during the course of her work as an Estate Agent while showing a client round a house in Fulham”. SuzyLamplugh.org This week marks the 30 year anniversary…
Christopher Walkey
Agency shows Confidence in its Future by Opening Centre of Excellence
Multi-award winning estate agents Gibbs Gillespie have shown their confidence in the future of the property market by investing heavily in their own in house training academy. The company which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and has ten offices across Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire opened the doors of its new centre of estate agency…
Overthrow, Protect or Transform – Which Estate/Letting Agent are you?
Most Estate and Letting Agents fall into one of three categories: Your goal is to overthrow the biggest estate and letting agents in your town , to enter as a alternative to them. Your goal here is to cause vendors and landlords to change to your agency. Or you might seek to protect yourself against…
Christopher Watkin
Quarter of home owners have put home improvements on hold because of Brexit
Over a quarter of home owners have put home improvements on hold because of market uncertainty after the Brexit vote: New research conducted by a UK based kitchen worktop specialist has found that over a quarter of home owners have put home improvements on hold this summer due to the market uncertainty after the EU…
Christopher Walkey
Brexit: business as usual?
It’s now been three weeks since Britain voted to leave the EU. Since then, many of the key political players have left the stage; David Cameron has resigned, Nigel Farage has stepped down and many leading Brexiteers have faded into the background. The pound has plummeted to a 31-year low and the stock markets have…
Enness Private
Has London Benefited from Online Estate Agents?
Online estate agents seem to have taken the United Kingdom by storm, with many homeowners in the nation making the switch from high street to online agent. This is most evident in estate agency royalty, Savills, recent investment in online estate agent startup YOPA. The minority stake purchased by Savills is testament to the potential…
4 reasons why Estate Agency is tough : Brexit / Your Boss/ Your Clients / Cheap Fee Competitors
Ask an estate / letting agent why they are finding it tough to hit your targets and they will say .. Brexit Your Manager Your Clients Competitor Agents charging cheap fees Brexit The UK property market runs off the back of the economy, and the British economy will become demanding, challenging and testing, especially with Brexit….
Christopher Watkin
Agents beware: the need for speed could derail your rent
While a home mover would once be looking for an indoors toilet, central heating and perhaps double glazing as ‘must-haves’ on the moving list, today’s requirements are a little different. A swift commute and a quick broadband connection are two of today’s essentials but the speed at which both of these are executed are increasingly…
ARPM
Russell Quirk asking for EPC’s to be scrapped:
UK Government and Parliament website ‘Petitions’ have released Russell Quirk’s request for the scrapping of the EPC. With 111 votes so far and a initial target of 10,000 votes to get a response from the Government and thereafter 100,000 votes to get the subject considered for debate in Parliament, just how well will this go for…
Christopher Walkey
BREXIT IS IT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM?
Well Brexit has come and……..gone? Whichever way you may have voted, whether you like it or not the result is to leave the EU. THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE LEAVING EUROPE!! Almost half the population wanted to stay, just over half the population wanted to…
Keith Pintointernational
How to survive Brexit
As some of you may know, Enness was founded back in 2007. On the very day of our launch party, the run on Northern Rock happened and the market ground to a halt. Luckily, the only way was up; we have gone from strength to strength since then. All this is to say that, when…
Enness Private
Andy’s Top 10 Tips for Auction Day.
Bring two forms of identification (passport or driving license with photo and a recent utility bill), your cheque book or debit card and all your banking details, as well as your solicitor’s full contact details. If you are planning to bid on the day, you will need to register at the reception where you will…