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Putting our houses in order

by Michael Day | Jan 11, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

This article was originally published in November 2020. It’s all change in the residential property market as estate agency business models are reshaped and players come and go. Who will emerge as the winners? A paradigm shift in the way business is conducted is...

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,...

Isn’t it time residential agents fought back?

by Andrew Baum | Oct 11, 2017 | The Professor

According to Savills, 2016 and the World Bank, the global real estate market is worth $217tr, 75% of which is residential property. Annual real estate trading has averaged $683bn annually since 2007 and reached $900bn in 2015. This represents turnover of around 0.3-4%...

Online auctions are an option not an alternative

by Clive Emson | Sep 11, 2017 | The Auctioneer

Be prepared for the seasonal nonsense from “expert analysts” about the property market “plunging” during August – about as meaningful as saying that Christmas card sale “plummet” in January! The reality is that the reduction...