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Do your clients instruct YOU or your Company?
If you’ve pressed on this article, like myself, you think you’re the best at what you do. You’re the business winner, the ‘lister’, the person responsible for ensuring that you and your company are the obvious choice in your patch. You know your competition’s strengths, weaknesses and costs; you know your market inside out and […]
A guide for First Time Buyers
The decision has been made to buy your first home. A wide blend of emotions, of which nerves and excitement are likely the most prominent. In most cases, this is the largest financial commitment that you’ll make – borrowing huge sums of money and signing contracts to confirm that you’re happy to pay the debt […]
The Over Valuing Estate Agent
Ask anyone who has ever worked in Estate Agency what the most frustrating elements of the industry are. Aside from the unavoidable – ‘clients not turning up for viewings’, ‘clients who claim to be cash buyers applying for a mortgage’ – outside of these, you won’t be waiting long before their mind begins to focus […]
NEXA vs Standard Estate Agents
You’ve heard it all before. ‘We’re different’, ‘We’re better than our competition’, ‘We offer the best service.’ Invariably, these are nothing more than just sub-standard introduction tag-lines that sound no better than the mediocre service you are likely to receive after instructing them to work on your behalf. This could be within any sector, but […]
Void Periods: What does that mean for you?
If you purchase a property for £300,000 and its received a monthly rent of £3000 you are yielding 12% and this would take approximately 8.3 years to recoup the purchase price. With the same purchase price, the same rent but a month void period between tenancies once a year this starts to look different. Your […]
THE IMPACT OF THE TENANT FEE BAN
THE IMPACT OF THE TENANT FEE BAN We learnt a few things from the tenant fee ban announcement but there is still a lot of ambiguity that will not become clear until after the end of March. So the date has been set as the 1st of June. This means that all contracts SIGNED AFTER […]
HOMES FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION – ACT 2018
The Home (fit for human habitation) Act 2018 On 20 March 2019 a new law came into force to make sure that rented houses and flats are ‘fit for human habitation’, which means that they are safe, healthy and free from things that could cause serious harm. Most landlords make sure that the houses and […]
ARE YOU AT RISK BECAUSE OF YOUR AGENT?
Too many times recently properties have been seen being advertised illegally with landlords being put at huge risk of large fines. This begs the question; Is the agent aware of the risk they are exposing their landlord to or are they in the game for quick buck? The illegal properties are not just from the […]
HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND
Have you ever wanted to do something, but your mind puts imaginary barriers in your way? Have you ever got to the end of the day and felt completely wiped out, that horrible feeling of fatigue? I have but not recently and let me tell you why. At the end of January, I was introduced […]
TOP 10 TIPS FOR BUY TO LET INVESTORS
RESEARCH THE BUY-TO-LET MARKET What are your risks and benefits? Spend time investing what you don’t know, surround yourself in people that can help – mortgage brokers, solicitors, agents, surveyors, networking. Create your own power team that can provide advice. SPEND TIME RESEARCHING THE BEST AREAS TO INVEST What is your “out strategy” if all doesn’t […]
How To Stage Your Home For Viewings
‘Home staging’ is the hot new buzzword in the property world right now. The idea is to make each room in your house look like a show home, making it easy for potential buyers to imagine themselves living an idyllic existence there. What exactly is home staging, and what’s the point? According to Wikipedia, “Home staging […]
AN EASY GUIDE TO BUYING A HOME
I want to buy a new home, but where to start? Sometimes, when you’re looking to move, it’s hard to know where to start. Do you sell yours first or buy then sell? When do you look for a mortgage? Which solicitors do I use? How long will this all take? So many more questions, […]