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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...

Historical patterns of housing tenure

by Duncan Needham | Feb 22, 2021 | The Historian

This article was originally published in October 2017. In a conscious echo of Harold Macmillan who oversaw the construction of more than 300,000 mostly local authority houses in 1953, the Prime Minister recently announced that her government is ‘getting back into the...

What’s in the residential investment crystal ball?

by Ben Keating | Jan 2, 2018 | Residential Investor

The approach of a new year is always the time when people start to gaze into their crystal balls, highlighting future trends for the year ahead. I have decided to cast the net a considerable bit further and see what trends we should look out for in the next few...

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,...

Which property makes the best investment?

by Ben Keating | Jul 13, 2017 | Residential Investor

In my next few articles, my aim is to guide readers through typical investment decisions and options, hopefully shedding some light on interesting angles and ways to increase your returns. The buy-to-let market is currently a difficult place. There are numerous tax...