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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...

Has buying and selling improved over the last five decades?

by Alan Howick | Jan 4, 2018 | The Agent

A question often asked: so, how much has the whole procedure of buying and selling houses changed and hopefully improved then? Well, frankly, it hasn’t at all. On the plus side, we do have computers, better telephone systems, mobile telephone numbers and of course...

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,...