Estate Agent Talk
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…
Estate Agents and Brexit
Whilst many agents are putting their head in the sand over Brexit, not commenting or discussing the subject, some other agents are using it as an opportunity Here is Kat from Northampton talking about Brexit in a Video Blog. She posts a weekly video about the Northampton property market that gets seen by in excess of…
Christopher Watkin
How To Get Your Property Viewing Ready
When selling a home it may seem obvious, but doing everything in your power to minimise the risk of leaving anything to chance is a major advantage. The property viewing is one of the most important aspects of the sale and a great deal of emphasis should be put on getting your home in shipshape…
Packing tips for a stress-free house move
Whether you are buying a new home or moving to another rental property, stress and anxiety are an inevitable consequence. There are, however, practical steps that you can take to make sure that the process of moving itself – that long, chaotic day when you put your life in the back of a removal van…
Alex Evans
“Where are the missing billions?” property expert asks
A leading property expert is seeking the whereabouts of at least £1.4bn held in Tenancy Deposit Schemes £3.2bn of deposits paid by UK renters are currently sitting in the schemes – with much of that money being held by their landlord or letting agent. Landlords and agents are legally required to place tenancy deposits in…
AUCTION – Certainty in Uncertain Times.
AUCTION – Certainty in Uncertain Times. Regardless of which way you voted last Thursday, for months and from both sides of the fence, we have been warned of a house price drop if we made the ‘wrong decision’. As we know, Britain was divided but Brexit just edged it on a historic night for our…
Demand for Added Value projects with significant growth potential in developing countries is on the rise as yields in Western Europe fail to impress.
High-yield, high-risk strategies in Europe gain traction with investors Investments into European commercial property have been on the rise since 2012 but high demand has led to disappointing yields says Yulia Kozhevnikova, analyst at overseas property broker Tranio.com. Over the last four years, price growth for income-generating property has accelerated faster than rental rates increased,…
Post BREXIT blues and what next?
Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. BREXIT awoke the sleeping dog in almost all of us, with everyone from Richard Branson to John Barnes declaring their voting intentions in the run up to the referendum. Now the result is in, what next? The fact is no one…
ARPM
STOP, THINK, LISTEN
It’s that time of year again “THE SUMMER” with all that goes with it. Strawberries, Pimms, tennis, trips to the beach, to mention just a few and those important Summer Holidays ( oh and this year the EURO FOOTBALL!). PLUS SUMMER MADNESS!! What do I mean by…
Keith Pintointernational
United Kingdom Votes To Leave
After 40 years being a member of the European Union the UK has now decided that it has not worked for them and and have made the democratic decision to “Leave”. Nigel Farage was the first to announce in the early hours of this morning that the vote to leave had won on the figures…
Allen Walkey
Benefit from understanding the phases of a business
We get many businesses using our platform. From initial start-ups to established brands and national franchisees. Over the last 3 years we have had the privilege of watching them grow and expand. And what we have noticed is that each business seems to be in a past, present or future juncture of a particular growth…
Government vs Property – does Nanny know best?
Whether it’s to do with our sugar intake, types of cars we drive or consumption of fruit each day, it seems the Government have our best interests at heart. So one would assume that when the powers that be, “fine-tune” the property market, that they are looking to help us all. Their thinking is that by aiming to…
CAN YOU STILL BAG A BARGAIN AT AUCTION?
I was the guest speaker for ‘Your Property Networks’ Manchester webinar recently, talking all things property auctions to around 100 different property investors. As with these events, there was a good mix of people tuning in, from experienced heads who have not only been around the block but bought a few blocks in their time,…
Online Estate Agents – Friend or Foe?
With many high street estate agents charging exorbitant fee’s could enlisting the services of an online agent now be a more viable option? Perhaps it’s just me, with the industry I work in, but in recent years it feels as though there are new agencies starting up everywhere you go! When I was a child…
Should High St Agents offer an Online package to counter Purplebricks/Yopa?
You all might laugh at the Purplebricks and Yopa’s of this world and post comments online about them being rubbish, saying stuff like their service is cr*p, they get paid on the listing – not the sale, they aren’t local, they don’t offer a great service, they haven’t got people on the ground, they run…
Christopher Watkin