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Why don’t Estate Agents love Conveyancing Solicitors?
…and why Conveyancers don’t like Estate Agents. Entertaining, yet educational look at the relationship between Agents and Conveyancers
Read MoreView My Chain Reduces Estate Agents’ Stress
A revolutionary new cloud-based software tool has shown that it can cut estate agents’ workloads and reduce their stress levels. That’s because View My Chain cuts back on the amount of telephone calls agents have to make chasing up conveyancers and other estate agents. It does this by allowing agents to view their own sales…
Read MoreFirst-time buyer’s increase to 36%
February saw the rate of first-time buyer’s increase to 36%, a demographic that currently accounts for just over one third of February’s property market activity, the largest proportion of first-time buyers since July 2011. It is suspected that the reason for this is twofold; near zero base rate mortgages, and the drop in buy to…
Read MoreRant and Rave – What the heck is going on out there in property land?
Never mind ‘Lala Land’, what about ‘Lala Property Land’! What the heck is going on out there in property land? My rant: To our inner negative self-talk. Lack of properties, lack of buyers, sad people, worried people, all going around in a zombie-like trance. Muttering ‘oh poor me’, ‘oh this is really bad’, ‘I blame…
Read MoreConveyancers Want ID Property Portal Like “Border Control”
Estate agents are to be given back-up to help confirm the identity of property sellers – if the Conveyancing Association (CA) gets their way. In an attempt to cut back on property fraud the CA is to lobby the government for a centralised ID Verification process – one which includes the use of high-tech biometrics.…
Read MoreCEILA Gets its Claws Out Early
It’s not been in existence for all that long – actually just one week – but already CIELA is making waves with one of the UK biggest online property agents. The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents – which currently has 12 regional officers and doesn’t launch officially until October this year – is…
Read MoreNew Survey Gets Inside Landlords’ Heads
As an estate agent you’ll already be aware that landlords come in all shapes and sizes. They certainly aren’t an easy bunch to categorise. Some are devoutly hands-off and will trust you religiously with the well-being of their tenants’ housing affairs. Others believe delegation is a dirty work and, like PM Teresa May, would prefer…
Read MoreMore Estate Agents Turning to Auction Sales
Estate agents are increasingly turning towards auctions to sell properties, according to a leading member of Network Auctions. He backs this up by insisting that his company had enjoyed a ‘record year’ in 2016 with more than £42 million raised, and a success rate of 85 per cent. Speaking at their Partners Conference in the…
Read MoreHow ‘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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