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Reminiscences of an estate agent

by Alan Howick | Sep 8, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

Originally published September 2017. This November I clock up 50 years as an estate agent – and what have I learnt or gained from this experience? Well, I have tried alternative business options over the last five decades but still ended up selling second hand...

How it was

by Ed Mead | Sep 7, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

This article was originally published August 2017. About 30 years ago I remember my stepfather, a well-known man of considerable standing, surprising me by telling me I was in a ‘gentleman’s profession’. OK, he was quite old, but amongst the next generation up from...

The beginning of the end

by Ed Mead | Dec 1, 2017 | The Agent

During the 80s being an agent still felt ‘less’ than working in the City. They had their own set of fireworks with Big Bang but at some point house prices started to become a talking point. They never had before and I remember conversations starting amongst mates,...

A new breed of agent

by Ed Mead | Sep 13, 2017 | The Agent

I’m not quite sure what it was that led to the emergence of the high end independent agent, especially in central London. For years, unless you were professionally accredited i.e. a RICS or ISVA member, you wouldn’t even have been considered as a partner of a firm,...