Estate Agent Talk
How many opportunities are you missing?
It always seems strange that as agents we can miss so many opportunities. Not only is each opportunity a possible sale, but it’s also a reflection on how our business is perceived. Missed opportunities can come in many guises but each one could be costly in one way or another. One of the most costly…
Stephen Brown
What a pair of bollards, a career threatening crash and 100 deal clinching words
I’m cycling from London to Amsterdam this summer in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. Which means I’ve had to start training for it on my bike. Now I’m more Bradley Walsh than Bradley Wiggins and as much as I enjoy the peace and fresh air cycling brings I’m not very good at it. Just this…
Alex Evans
Creditors vote on British Home Stores (BHS).
One of the UK’s most famous high street names is facing the crucial vote on Wednesday, the troubled department store will see how it’s £1.3bn debt needs to be tackled with the need for cutting it’s rent bill over its 160 + stores. It also has a worrying £571m penison deficit… A real bad state…
Christopher Walkey
ARE YOU MAD? NO. FORWARD THINKING!
Following a conversation with an old friend and a twitter conversation with @theagentsdiary, I decided to look at my business model from the perspective of my competitors. ‘So, you’re an estate and letting agent but don’t have a shop?’, my friend who I hadn’t seen since school asked as we had a coffee in Costa….
Alex Evans
Former Premier League player and manager Iain Dowie enters Property Industry:
For many of us familiar with the name Iain Dowie will no doubt have pictured in our mind this cheeky chap who floated about many football clubs during his career most notably with Southampton and West Ham yet also Oldham Athletic, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic, and Coventry City. Ian has now joined the team at Go To Surveys…
Christopher Walkey
Hot off the press infographic!
The ONS has published a paper today looking at housing statistics in towns and cities across England and Wales. Take a look at our info-graphic for some of the key points of interest. Savvy Sales Progressors offers outsourced sales progression services to estate agents. More information can be found on our website:www.savvysalesprogressors.co.uk
7 top tips for post-sale success!
You’ve made a sale! Great! Now there’s more work to do as you don’t want to lose it. We’ve come up with 7 top tips on how to make sure your post-sale service achieves the results you need to get your sales to a successful completion. Manage timescale expectations It’s easy in the excitement of…
Alex Evans
Estate Agency Fees Debunked.
The world’s oldest profession is prostitution. Similarly, the world’s second oldest profession is probably estate agency. People have sought housing since the days that we clambered around in huts made of animal skin and phlegm and therefore it follows that there would commensurately have been purveyors of said dwellings from an early stage in our existence….
Alex Evans
Reasons to Hire a Real Estate Agent.
There are quite a few ways you can work on handling your real estate sales and purchase needs, but you will likely face a lot of difficulties if you don’t work with a professional real estate agent. Although you can still handle quite a bit of the job by yourself, there are many benefits to…
How much time should you be spending on post-sale?
Imagine you’ve just tied up a sale. As an estate agent, you want that sale to get to completion as soon as possible because until then, in the majority of cases, you won’t be receiving your income. So how much time do you put in to making that happen vs time spent winning the next…
Alex Evans
Get a grip on property maintenance.
Experienced property managers understand that there are many aspects of the job that takes too much time, way more than required. Today’s health and safety requirements have driven this industry to save time and invest in multiple, non-related systems to overcome the burden of the required administration; for example, reminder lists, on-line forms, website guides,…
Alex Evans
Have you considered the outsourcing option?
With fees increasingly being squeezed, a rising number of online estate agents and the ever present fight to win valuations ahead of all competitors, it’s a tough market out there. The list of skills you need to succeed just keeps growing – sales, negotiation, administration, customer service, marketing, etc and then added to that you…
Alex Evans
The Cornerstones of any House Sale
Whether it’s the television, magazines, property portals, online forums, search engines, friends or family, there is an abundance of readily available free advice out there when it comes to selling your home. However if you are looking to sell, it can often be completely overwhelming with all this information, putting your head in a spin…
Alex Evans
The UK ‘digital divide’: Are you one of the lucky ones with fibre broadband?
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has just published the results of its strategic review of UK digital communications and it makes for interesting reading for BT. It proposes large-scale investment to roll out more ‘fibre to the premise’ networks to homes and businesses, and a reduction in the UK’s reliance on BT Openreach. Ofcom also says that…
Alex Evans
How to Compare Estate Agents.
Choosing an Estate Agent…It’s a minefield. Literally. If you take a step in the wrong direction you may find your wallet being blown into a million pieces and being left with pennies scattered at your feet and a hefty bill. Fear not my home owning friends. Comparing Estate Agents has previously been related to comparing…
Alex Evans