The surge of first-time buyers in March before the end of the Stamp Duty holiday is now having a significant impact on agents’ business pipelines.

The warning has come from a conveyancing firm, while separately, one surveyors’ firm has warned that lending to first-time buyers has fallen sharply and another that…
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As a property industry trainer, I am amazed at the number of confessions from sales people that no one had ever shown them how to conduct a viewing properly.

So many go on a viewing without the slightest idea of how they can be more effective in selling this property. In…
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People are growing in confidence about the housing market, two new surveys have claimed – ironically, on the same day that official figures show Britain has slipped back into recession.  A third survey separately pinpoints growing optimism among first-time buyers. This morning, ONS data showed that Britain's economy contracted by…
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QR codes: Quick Response or Quickly Rejected?

Really, that’s down to you and how you use them. Your clients use them, that much is now beyond doubt. What dictates how often your customers scan your QR codes is how you use them and where you place them. In the past they…
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With many of last year’s winners still basking in their achievements, entries are now being invited for the What House? Awards 2012, considered to be the Oscars of the UK’s housebuilding industry. Housebuilders and their representatives can download a prospectus and entry form now online (http://www.globespanmedia.com/whathouse/WHA12_Prospectus.pdf) or request one from…
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With an increasing number of lettings businesses considering the idea of outsourcing, we asked one the largest outsourced providers in the industry for five reasons why agents should outsource their pre-tenancy administration and property management that went beyond cost savings!

Regain time to focus on core business

As an agent’s lettings proposition…
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What House? digital magazine. Conceived by specialist new homes portal http://www.whathouse.co.ukand launching the week commencing 19th March 2012, this monthly publication will be sent initially to some 600,000 house-hunters who are considering purchasing a brand new home.

The digital magazine is a digest of some of the best content from the…
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The latest survey from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) reveals that nine out of ten homebuyers are happy with the overall quality of their new property, and that customer satisfaction levels are rising. The annual report shows the results of polling thousands of purchasers of new-build homes in the UK,…
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There are a huge number of places your customers and potential customers can gain exposure to your business. Newspaper advertising, brochures, local press, client referrals, to name but a few. Then there are a multitude of digital opportunities – your website, online advertising, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google +).

If I…
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Property indices have been friend and foe to estate agents over the years, but the recent turbulent market has created sharp contradictions which have caused me on many occasions to question their reliability and accuracy.

According to Knight Frank’s recent Property Sentiment Index, property prices fell for the 20th consecutive month,…
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