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Lavanda set to revolutionise London residential market
Challenger brand shaking up rental market by helping landlords and tenants profit from sharing economy Today sees the launch of Lavanda, the pioneer of an innovative and fully compliant residential letting product enabling landlords to profit by embracing the sharing economy – increasing net rental yields by up to 10%. Homesharing via platforms like Airbnb…
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PROPERTYMARK: Government Lapdog or Property Industry Watchdog?
Like many other seasoned property professionals I am sure, I have been reading with great interest about the rebranding and re-launch of NFoPP as “Propertymark” at the NAEA conference of last week. If you were not aware of this or did not attend, let me pass on some quotes that I have unashamedly “lifted” from…
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How ‘Well’ Are Your Client’s Properties?
Luxury properties in London may not be faring particularly well price-wise right now, but what they promote in terms of lifestyle – with their gyms, pools and smart home technology – is getting higher and higher up on house seekers agendas. And it’s something that estate agents marketing smaller properties could certainly pick up on….
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Searching for a new job? Why you must not forget your LinkedIn account:
If you are searching for a new job (and for that matter, reverse this blog if you are seeking to recruit someone for your business), it is nowadays more or less vital to your on going career that you have a great LinkedIn profile. I have recruited a few people recently and the first place…
Christopher Walkey
How Red Bull Could Teach Letting Agents a thing or two on Attracting Landlords (and Housesellers for Resi-Sales) to our Agencies
You are an awesome letting agent – but its tough proving that. Let us learn from Red Bull and what PRACTICAL THINGS they could teach us letting agents to get landlords to use our letting agency
Christopher Watkin
Do You Work for a Corporate Estate Agent ?
Are you estate agent or letting agent who works for Countrywide, Your Move, Romans, Connells, William H. Brown, Sequence or any of the other big Corporate agents?
Christopher Watkin
Customer service and Solicitors?!?
https://palmergallant.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/first-blog-post/
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Skyrocketing London house prices are not a put-off for home buyers & renters
This comes after the government housing whitepaper this week revealed that London property prices increased by £22 per hour over 2015, pricing many first-time buyers out of the property market. Compare My Move’s data revealed that the majority of moves in London were for residents already living in London. Dave Sayce, Director and Co-Founder of…
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Customer Service and Solicitors
Customer service excellence has always been and will always be one of the critical competitive advantages for any business, and it still surprises me to this day that solicitors have got away with typically bad service in a world that is so demanding of companies. We live in an age where we want it now,…
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60% of homes sell through a second agent
Recently I heard this stat, I will not name the source but apparently, they heard it from Rightmove. IT CANNOT BE TRUE…can it? Whether it is true or not ( 68% of stats are made up ) it made me think, I wonder how many agents lose 60% of their vendors to a competing agent,…
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Estate / Letting Agents – We need to think like real humans and not robots [40 sec video]
The reason why most estate agents and letting agents waste their hard earned money on newspaper, social media, banner and leaflet advertising … no punches pulled .. didn’t say I didn’t warn you
Christopher Watkin
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