Conveyancing, the legal process of transferring property ownership, is vital for the property industry – and agents need to understand the process to improve their clients’ experience. We know it can be difficult to learn the ins and outs of conveyancing, and a lack of knowledge may affect your business. The speed of conveyancing and […]
“What do each of you want to be when you grow up?” my mother asked my two brothers and I one morning at breakfast. I was 9, and my brothers 7 and 5. I can’t remember how Simon (middle brother) and I replied, but Jeremy exclaimed: “I want to be King” to which my mother […]
Looking ahead to the future is vital in the property industry for long-term success. We caught up with some of our group members to find out what they have been experiencing in their areas so far this year, and how they expect the market to perform for the rest of 2024. A positive start for […]
For many people and businesses, the tendency is to improve by addition. Additional features, extra services, more capacity, enlarged facilities… But might subtraction work as well, or better? To read the rest of this newsletter please click here. Join over 6,000 property professionals, including leading estate and letting agents and receive information, insight, ideas and […]
I was 19 when I had my first “management” role. I was promoted from Sales Negotiator to manage a branch of Samuel Rains & Son estate agents (soon after to merge and become Reeds Rains). Was I the full article? – no way, I was far from that. But did the gamble pay off for […]
Calling all property managers and lettings professionals! Elevate your pricing game with insights from expert David Abbott. Join us on March 21st for an enriching group session hosted by Dawson’s in Swansea. Chaired by Richard Palfreeman, our Lettings and Property Management Group will take part in David’s fascinating session titled How To Price Your Platypus. […]
Jane Fraser is an inspiration to many people, and should be to many more. Hailing from St Andrews Scotland, and graduating from both Cambridge and Harvard, today she’s the first female CEO of a major US bank (Citigroup), whose global network enables the movement of the equivalent of Germany’s GDP each day across borders, currencies and asset […]
For the past five years or so, many businesses have had one agenda item at their meetings – ‘Survival’. Now however, with improved conditions and renewed confidence, ‘Growth’ is the key focus. Whilst this is most welcome, and exciting, and above all a relief from the short term thinking of the past half decade, I’ve […]
Recently, I’ve observed several leaders who were frustrated by the lack of results they were getting from their efforts to coach members of their team. The problem wasn’t with the individuals, it was the failure to use perhaps the most important model when coaching, one introduced to me by the late, (great), business coach Ed […]
Some years ago, I went to see my Mum at her home in Sussex. The previous time I’d visited, she complained that her hearing wasn’t as good as it used to be, (albeit it still works remarkably well some years later if I say the wrong thing!), so when my car crunched over her gravel […]