UK Residential Property Market: Will 2021 Be The Year Where Our House Moving Ambitions Are Put On Hold In Favour Of A Foreign Holiday?
Undoubtedly, 2020 will live long in the memory of many UK estate agents as being “a game of two halves” to borrow a sporting metaphor. First, came a natural fear of the unknown in the shape of Lockdown One, followed almost directly by an explosion in demand for...
Why Merger and Acquisition Will Be The “New Black” in UK Residential Estate Agency in 2021
Well, 2021 has barely begun and already major announcements have been made regarding the future acquisition of Countrywide PLC, and the impending merger of Yorkshire based agency Linley & Simpson with Lomond Capital. Clearly, two very different scenarios, but...
Why it Really is About Time That the UK Government took Housing Policy More Seriously
I have to confess, that my jaw nearly dropped to the floor last week when I read (in an article in the BIG ISSUE) that there has been as many as ten different housing ministers in government since 2010. Quite staggering really when you consider that we have had a...
So, Just What is an Exit Plan? More Importantly Perhaps Why do I Need One?
As a business owner, are you starting to reflect upon the future direction of your estate agency business, and perhaps more importantly your role within it? Well, I suspect that if I were to conduct an opinion poll amongst estate agency owners, the vast majority would...
Can UK Estate Agency Successfully Adapt and Learn to Live with an On-Line Generation?
I have heard it said that “success comes from looking forward and not standing still”, and never has this statement been more poignant in UK estate agency than right now. For as long as I can remember UK wide estate agents have relied upon largely traditional methods...