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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 […]
NEXA Bristol – One Agent: One Solution – The Bristol Market…
My Name is Jake Gready and I am Managing Director of NEXA Bristol. At 44 years of age I have a lifetime of experience in the property market having grown up in a family surrounded by it, it was hard to escape becoming anything else. I love my job and I am always happy to […]
Brand new estate agency for Bristol promises to ‘turn the industry on its head’
A new, innovative independent estate agency will launch in Bristol on 1 May promising to shake up the Bristol market with its unique approach to customer service. NEXA Bristol is the latest business to join the vibrant community at Wapping Wharf, opening its stylish hub in a newly-created, contemporary space in the trademark converted […]
HIGH STREET AGENCY OFFICES
The debate of high street vs online estate agency will continue for some time i’m sure, and the debate will evolve as the high street model moves away from the rigid structure of multiple branches and multiple overheads. But there is one core aspect of high street agency that baffles me; high street agents have […]
CHANGING TIMES FOR ESTATE AND LETTINGS AGENTS
The recent demise of Countrywide is the perfect starting point for a conversation on the outlook of the estate and lettings industry. Unfortunately, Countrywide seem to have chosen a route away from reform, innovation and change by calling their rescue plan “Back to Basics”, and in doing so have shown a level of arrogance and […]
WORKING IN ESTATE AGENCY & WORKING WITH NEXA
Working in estate agency in the UK is a peculiar thing. It is essentially a sales role, but unlike most sales roles, incentives seem to play little part. The industry has created a system whereby the rewards of selling do not seem to filter down to the people doing the selling. Rather it just drips […]
ESTATE AGENCY; THE GROUND IS SHIFTING
Online agency market share has stagnated. They seem to get away with ludicrous valuations based on growth of market share or user numbers, but with no history of profit or even a clear strategy on how a profit could be made. The online agency model is also starting to unravel. At some point in the […]
“IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’M SEEING THIS PROPERTY TOO”
The most depressing thing an estate agent can say when you turn up to view a property you’re interested in purchasing – “it’s the first time I’m seeing this property too”. Unfortunately, this happens over and over again in this country, and all because we’ve built an agency model where individuals aren’t responsible for property […]
ONLINE ESTATE AGENTS; IF ALL ELSE FAILS, THROW MORE MONEY AT IT
The disruptive impact from the wave of online agents is now coming to a head. The disruption has been clear and in many ways has been a long time coming. The industry as a whole has grown up a lot since the first wave of online estate agents began hitting the market.