Industry Interviews

Industry comments on banning of Section 21

 

Co-founder of ideal flatmate, Tom Gatzen, commented:  “Today’s news will bring a greater degree of security and stability to thousands of tenants across the nation and will ensure that any termination of a rental agreement is done fairly and with enough forewarning to enable alternative arrangements to be made. As a nation, we rely so heavily…

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Properganda PR

Ashfords LLP comment on no-fault evictions announcement

 

Joanne Young, Legal Director in Ashfords’ Property Litigation Team gives her reaction to the Government’s announcement to ban controversial ‘no-fault’ evictions: “I am concerned about the proposals announced today. In the same vein as the tenancy deposit rules, the licensing of HMOs, the retaliatory eviction law and, recently, the new legislation on tenant fees, the…

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EAN Content

Why are Estate Agents bad at prospecting for new listings?

 

Ishmael Herrera Lee and Simon Whale came into the studios in Spring 2019 to talk about Estate Agency prospecting, Rightmove, Proptech and Estate Agency Marketing. No monies or consideration was made for them to be on the sofa… I just love the ProspectEngine model for agents and wanted to talk to both Ish and Simon….

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Christopher Watkin

My Estate Agency Story – Simon Fisher from Torquay

 

Simon Fisher – MD of Absolute Estate and Lettings Agency in Torquay is one the UK’s leading and well-thought of Agents .. this is his story – why he set up an agency, the crash of 2008/09, the ups and downs, the challenges, the fears and frustrations , marketing, teant fee ban – nothing held…

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Christopher Watkin

Are Purplebricks good or bad for the Estate Agency Industry?

 

Oliver Gleave – Founder and Managing Director of Jupix came out of early retirement and set up Loop Software in 2017. He came to talk to me about everything CRM’s, Purplebricks, Estate and Lettings etc

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Christopher Watkin

Why have Letting Agents been Ostrich like in their Tenant fee ban?

 

This Video, we talked about Why have Letting Agents been Ostrich like in their Tenant fee ban? Note – no monies or consideration was offered or taken from FixFlo or Rajeev for the filming of these videos. Rajeev and I are good friends and have similar views on various topics to do with the Lettings…

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Christopher Watkin

Estate Agency Fees : How to go from 1% to 1.25%

 

Sarah Edmundson and Bryan Mansell help Estate Agents and Business Owners to achieve revenue growth through bespoke training and mentoring through their company the AllStars Group. For the record – no monies or consideration was paid or made Sarah, Bryan or the AllStars Group for these videos. I do not get paid to do them…

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Christopher Watkin

Are Rightmove showing a lack of empathy to UK Estate Agents?

 

Ishmael Herrera Lee and Simon Whale came into the studios in Spring 2019 to talk about Estate Agency prospecting, Rightmove, Proptech and Estate Agency Marketing. No monies or consideration was made for them to be on the sofa… I just love the ProspectEngine model for agents and wanted to talk to both Ish and Simon….

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Christopher Watkin

Rightmove and its abusive relationship with UK Estate Agency

 

The Viking Estate Agent and leader of Base Property in London – KB is well known and loved personality in the UK Property Industry. I Interviewed him on the Watkinsofa in early 2019 about the state of UK Estate Agency, PropTech and other issues with regard to the UK Estate and Letting Agency Industry.  

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Christopher Watkin

The Gentleman Estate Agent’s Fee Structure

 

Matt Wells is a different kind of Estate Agent in North Yorkshire .. what I describe as a ‘Gentleman Estate Agent’ – like the 18th Century Landowning ‘Gentleman Farmers’ who had a farm as part of his estate and who farmed mainly for pleasure rather than for sustenance… Matt does Estate Agency for pleasure –…

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Christopher Watkin

The Gentleman Estate Agent – talks about his unique Estate Agency Business model

 

Matt Wells is a different kind of Estate Agent in North Yorkshire .. what I describe as a ‘Gentleman Estate Agent’ – like the 18th Century Landowning ‘Gentleman Farmers’ who had a farm as part of his estate and who farmed mainly for pleasure rather than for sustenance… Matt does Estate Agency for pleasure –…

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Christopher Watkin

Matt Wells – The Gentleman Estate Agent (Pt.1)

 

Matt Wells is a different kind of Estate Agent in North Yorkshire .. what I describe as a ‘Gentleman Estate Agent’ – like the 18th Century Landowning ‘Gentleman Farmers’ who had a farm as part of his estate and who farmed mainly for pleasure rather than for sustenance… Matt does Estate Agency for pleasure –…

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Christopher Watkin

Estate Agents – How to Beat Cheap Fee Agents

 

The Viking Estate Agent and leader of Base Property in London – KB is well known and loved personality in the UK Property Industry. I Interviewed him on the Watkinsofa in early 2019 about the state of UK Estate Agency, PropTech and other issues with regard to the UK Estate and Letting Agency Industry.  

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Christopher Watkin

Estate / Letting Agents – Surviving or Thriving in 2019?

 

The Viking Estate Agent and leader of Base Property in London – KB is well known and loved personality in the UK Property Industry. I Interviewed him on the Watkinsofa in early 2019 about the state of UK Estate Agency, PropTech and other issues with regard to the UK Estate and Letting Agency Industry.  

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Christopher Watkin

Are Letting Agents Perfectionists?

 

Rajeev – MD of FixFlo – dropped by the studios to chat about all things Lettings in February 2019. In This Video, we talked about Are Letting Agents Perfectionists ? Note – no monies or consideration was offered or taken from FixFlo or Rajeev for the filming of these videos. Rajeev and I are good…

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Christopher Watkin