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Usually when BBC Panorama declare a major expose and in this instance on the estate agency sector, those in the industry start to squirm. However not on this occasion. What unfolded was that Connells were found to be conditionally selling…

There are some things in my career of 23 years that are so mind blowing, they are etched onto my brain for all the wrong reasons. Up there has to be one of the most jaw dropping bathrooms I have…

“This is really going to hurt” said the dentist to me the other week. Before I knew it, two masked figures were looming over me, eyes wide open and relishing the prospect of another unwitting customer. Armed with rubber gloves…

How dirty is your estate agent? I say this as there is a part of the estate agency sector that few talk about, because it’s not very glamorous. It’s where a quagmire meets a murky old swamp and mud throwing…

An MP, a large developer and a banker walk into a bar. Now you may think this is the start of a bad joke and you would be right. However this time it isn’t necessarily funny, as the joke is…

As we look ahead across the expanse of 2025, one thing has become very clear in the estate agency sector, which is the disparity and difference between estate agencies. Like the price of gold, which leapt forwards by 30% last…

As I am wandering around the garden centre with the music tinkling away in the background, I spot in the far corner a lonely garden gnome sat on the edge of a feature pond, with a single-line fishing rod in…

Are you gullible? I ask this as there is an increasingly growing trend amongst some estate agents to heavily overvalue property, in a poorly conceived logic of simply getting property onto their books at whatever cost. One of the worst…

Please say the last time you went past a new secondary school, primary school, doctors surgery or hospital being built? The deafening silence concurs with myself – me neither. So putting our political differences aside, building some more homes I…

Viewings are the lifeblood of any sale, whether you have them beating down your door or more likely in the current market, a handful of quality buyers coming to look around your home. Attitudes in recent years have shifted. Gone…

“The most hateable TV show ever made” and a zero star rating. You may think I’m talking about the latest general election debate, but it’s actually Buying London, the newest property reality show from Netflix. Property Reality Shows For the…

I happened to go and see Basil and Barney the other day – my parents’ sausage dogs! As soon as I opened the front door, they were both running in circles and so happy to see me, plus eager to…

Buyers are hiding! Long gone are the days of simply slinging a property on Rightmove, keep your fingers crossed and let the leads come in. With so much information out there online, whether it floorplans, numerous photographs or a full…

For many sellers out there, the world of estate agency immediately conjures up scenes from a Clint Eastwood western movie. Agents eyeing each other up under their Stetsons in the midday sun, then taking each other outside to have a…

  As regular readers of my column will know, I like to stay one step ahead of everything that is going on in the world of property. And today’s thoughts are no exception. Rather than wait until we actually start…