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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…

  Bizarre I say it, but the M62 got me thinking the other day. As I was cruising down the motorway, there was pristine tarmac all clearly laid out in front of me and with limited traffic I was making…

  How dirty is your estate agent – seriously? I ask as there is a rising tension between estate agents and if one isn’t careful, you may find yourself caught in the middle. The way some estate agents are conducting…

  Property viewings are where the worlds of science and art converge. There are elements that are logical, but more often than not it is a feel of how to conduct them. One needs to remember, that by the time…

  I reckon I’ve sat through quite a number of estate agent pitches to would-be sellers over the last 20 years – it’s a number that will probably scare me if I stopped to work it out! One question that…

  As I am lying in the dentist’s chair for my annual check-up, squirming around like an upturned woodlouse, I am thinking to myself ‘if only I could control the time this took and make it as pain free as…

  Once upon a time, a new digital estate agency felt they would run all high street estate agents out of business and reform how we all thought about property, with their disruptor model of working. Brazen marketing, ultra low…

  Over the last several years there has been a growing trend and movement in favour of properties transacting in the ‘off-market’ sector. As a result, could this spell the end of Rightmove and its rivals as they all stand…

  We discuss how hybrid workers and cash buyers are affecting Yorkshire’s high-end property market with a panel of property experts. As quoted in The Yorkshire Post:   If you’re a cash buyer at the top end of the Yorkshire…

  Should hunting exist in property? I say this as if I changed my name to Kwasi Truss and made a hash of the economy, I can simply say I got it wrong and step away from the whole situation…

  ‘Client best interests’ is a phrase used throughout most business sectors, but it can be invariably thrown around like the latest government changes and policies. Sounds simple enough – look after your client, make sure they get the best…

  As we bid a sad farewell to Marcus Jones, many of you will be asking, ‘who?’ I can understand this entirely, as Mr Jones was of course our last housing minister who was in the role for a whole…

  Another day, another ‘disruptor’ Every week, there seems to be a new challenger and self proclaimed ‘disruptor’ having a pop at the estate agency sector, bringing their new sparkling product to the market, that claims to be the answer…