Estate Agent Talk
Shoreditch – Tech hub of Europe.
What has got east London estate agents and property managers in all of a twitch of late? Technology, according to Shoreditch-based Peach Properties. Or to be more precise, the office space required for the development of tech firms and making London the biggest tech hub not just in Europe but in the world. Why Shoreditch?…
Alex Evans
Agents : When should you mention your fees?
Let me tell you a story, a story that happens every day up and down our fair land, in estate and lettings agency offices from John o’Groats to Lands End… Ring ring … ring ring (goes the phone .. lovin’ the sound effects) .. to which the caller asks, “How much do you charge?”. Now…
Christopher Watkin
Is your estate agent social enough?
Recently I attended a live event organised by a Twitter group I contribute too, #Stockporthour – #hours are the online equivalent to Networking events where users contribute to a discussion group using a relevant hashtag. However being slightly old fashioned, I still like to meet real life people face to face so thought I would…
Why do people hate estate and letting agents?
If you want some fun, go to Goggle and type in either “I hate estate agents” or “I hate letting agents” and you will given pages and pages of vile swipes at our industry .. some deserved, others not. But why do you think us agents get lumped in the other hated British professions; such…
Christopher Watkin
Why should you buy home insurance online?
Buying home insurance online is the best way in this day and age to find the cheapest deal on your home insurance. By using a comparison site to compare the best home insurance companies in the UK, you will be able to find suitable deals for you, as well as reducing time wasted on phone…
Alex Evans
Do I need a qualification to become an estate agent?
There is a huge debate taking place currently in the employment market: are qualifications actually necessary when applying for a job? Go back ten, maybe even five years and the answer would probably have been a resounding “yes!” It seemed that gaining that degree / HND / Brownie badge was more important than transferable skills…
You know you’re an estate agent when…
Estate Agents receive a lot of stick and much of it unfairly (no, really). After all, they’re the people who risk life and limb to tread into the unknown; enduring fierce animals, strange smells and, in some cases, even stranger vendors. It’s not always an easy job, but each hurdle (or odour) serves as a…
MANNERS COST NOTHING!
Ok so life is hectic, everyone is busy, everyone has deadlines to meet, appointments to attend, the list goes on, but why and when did it suddenly become the norm to have no time for good manners? I was brought up to ‘treat others how I would like to be treated’ to ‘answer politely when…
How to generate more free valuations
Find out how to get your phone ringing for free valuations with the right kinds of landlords (and vendors) so you can charge the fee you deserve. Letting Agents, if you have been trading for a number of years, you will already have lots of landlord contact details and also landlords who have property with…
Christopher Watkin
What people look for when picking an estate agent.
Whether you are looking to buy or sell, the sheer sums involved in any property transaction are likely to demand that you receive the very best service and advice… And this is particularly true when entering the property market in upmarket areas where prices have hit £1m and up. And this is particularly true when entering…
113% increase in resi sales fee income in 9 months.
Do you know what I love about what my wife, my team (Lianne, Lesley, Karen and Tom) and I do? Every single one of us comes to work every day to do something we love. We get to inspire letting and estate agents to grow their letting and estate agency businesses. Its the most wonderful…
Christopher Watkin
Why you should embrace every bad experience.
We all love good testimonials from clients, those stories that exude all the positives we are striving for within our agency. Although these testimonials matter, what you should also be looking out for are the bad ones, the hidden stories that you are often not aware of. The stories that your potential clients have told…
Stephen Brown
Edward Mellor Adopt New Conveyancing Panel Management Software.
Edward Mellor sought to provide an enhanced and tailored conveyancing experience for their clients, strengthen relationships with their panel of local conveyancing solicitors and improve business intelligence around the large volume of transactions their agency generates. They embedded Hoowla’s cloud based conveyancing panel management software at the start of 2015 to achieve just that. Hoowla’s…
Alex Evans
Do You Know These Villains?
I would love to go on about the million different strategies’ to sell a house but I’m not. I’m unable to speak for other areas but certainly in mine, agents over estimate the value of properties competing with each other fearing they’ll miss out on an instruction if they don’t give the highest price! Why…
99% of Estate Agents are ‘Rude’ ….. and don’t even know it!
Before I’m inundated with ‘how dare you!’ comments please hear me out as there is a serious and solid point behind my headline. I’ll explain how I’ve come to the startling figure that 99% of estate agents are making themselves seem impolite or even downright rude. And I’m pretty sure they don’t even realise they’re…