Estate Agent Talk
3 min video – The future of UK Estate Agency and how to be successful
A 3 minute video on how to succeed in the 21st century as an estate and letting agent. More videos on being a successful letting and estate agent can be found on my Youtube channel https://goo.gl/d3A9tq .and for those who want to read my thoughts, here is a link to a blog with over 350 blog…
Christopher Watkin
Beating Purplebricks and YOPA at their own game (part 2)
The most important thing in estate agency Before I give you the answer, let us see why all of us are in estate agency .. to sell a home owners properties for the best price to the best buyer. But we don’t do it for fun though .. we do it to earn money. Let…
Christopher Watkin
Beating Purplebricks and YOPA at their own game (part 1)
Traditional High Street Estate Agency is doomed over the next decade to slowly slip into a blackhole that is Purple-Yopa-bricks-world …. that is unless Traditional High Street Estate Agency change the way it portrays itself, markets itself and adds value to the home selling process. Imagine a desert island, inhabited by people with humble needs…
Christopher Watkin
6 easy steps for easy office removals
Moving office isn’t the easiest of tasks and when you have lots of work to be doing at the same time, it can be incredibly stressful. However, whilst you may not be able to have the fairytale office removals you dream of, you can have a far less stressful relocation by following these six easy…
Alex Evans
How Facilities Management Companies help the UK Property Industry
As an estate agency your clients may expect you to manage every aspect of their estate; from the letting/selling of the property, dealing with the contracts, ensuring that the property is run smoothly and that any problems which may arise are dealt with quickly and efficiently. Your role is to make this, often quite stressful,…
Christopher Walkey
Boost for Northern Powerhouse as house prices power £1000 up
Regional house prices grow by 0.6% in May. Average North East house currently valued at £156,975 – £996 more than four weeks ago. Rents rise 1.6% to £578 per calendar month – a rise of £3 a week. Whitburn is named “Best to Buy” after prices fall 5% in 2 months. Peterlee is “Best to…
Student Accommodation in Europe is attracting overseas investors
For overseas investors, finding the right property which offers great returns is often hard to find. The budget of small investors often does not stretch far enough so that they can purchase non-residential commercial property. However, overseas investors have not really explored the possibility of investing in student accommodation which comes with lower risks and…
Mark Burns
Secrets of the Trade – what makes property value go up?
Investing in your home is a sure recipe for success, especially if you want to sell it soon. Experts agree that capitalizing on the value of real estate is possible, as long as you pay attention to what is good to improve and what not to touch. A lot of projects have been tested over…
Run your property business like clockwork
Property management involves many tasks and can be overwhelming. Keeping on top of the right information and being able to action quickly off that data, is imperative to a good service to landlords. Software can help organise that data for you, but the underlying business processes will determine the effectiveness of your management. We all…
NAPIT & NES Partner to Improve Electrical Safety in the Home
NAPIT and SAVA, the residential property surveyor organisation and part of National Energy Services Ltd (NES) have announced they are working together on a brand new electrical training course and membership scheme. The training course and membership offering has been designed to provide Surveyors and Energy Assessors in the UK with the training and certification…
Christopher Walkey
‘Rumble with the Agents’ raises £22k for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
On Thursday 26th May 2016, ‘Rumble with the Agents’, the white collar charity boxing event held at The Holiday Inn Finchley Central in association with Landlord Action, raised £22,000 for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. Noah’s Ark is a North London community based hospice, providing support for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions,…
Christopher Walkey
Can Video Make an Estate Agency Star?
I’ve spent a lot of time recently watching videos. All in the name of professional research (that old chestnut I hear you cry). But genuinely it is. You see I do a lot of reviews on agency websites and that of their nearest and dearest rivals. It’s interesting work and I feel strongly that the…
Foxton’s and £1.32bn in fees
What is the lifetime value of a landlord to your lettings agency? … then ask yourself, how much does it cost to get a landlord to use your lettings agency? Most letting agents will say each property will earn them between £900 a year in North all the way down to £3,000 a year in…
Christopher Watkin
Employing Amateurs Can Kill Your Agency
This story is 100 per cent true but originally happened around this time last year. I’ve been reminded of it as I spent a large chunk of last week re-writing an agent’s website content where the copy had been written by a cheap ‘writer.’ The agency owner went with the cheapest quote and has ended…
Estate Agents – Would you sell your Granny?
I believe the vast majority of estate agents and letting agents are good decent professional people – who know their market – and even more importantly … who care… REALLY CARE Most of us agents are nothing like the ‘sell your own grandmother’ types the papers and the public like to think of us. I…
Christopher Watkin