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...
5 Key Questions Buyers Will Either Ask or Be Thinking When You Sell Your Estate Agency Business
During my 30 years as an estate agent (prior to becoming a business broker), I would often advise clients as to how best prepare their home, in order to maximise the eventual selling price. Common sense you might well think – and of course you would be right. So,...
Should Cash be the Only Consideration When Selling Your Business?
About two weeks ago I found myself browsing through the day’s articles on estate agency website “Property Industry Eye”, and was drawn to one solitary headline, “Romans confirms closures of two branches as it looks to diversify into new markets”. Nothing...
Countrywide PLC: A Simple Case of Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes?
Like many of you no doubt, I recently watched Matt Giggs heartfelt video lament to origins of Countrywide PLC’s present difficulties. Matt (like myself) is an ex- employee of Countrywide who mused with great insight and sincerity about the considerable problems that...
Should an Uncertain Residential Market Signal A Step Change For Many Estate Agents Across the UK?
For the past five years I have observed an open and often hostile debate taking place about the future shape of UK estate agency across the trade press and digital media. The discourse itself has largely centred around a narrative of High Street verses low cost...