Workplace conflict affects performance
How conflict in the workplace affects performance Have you ever experienced conflict in your working environment? Are you in the middle of it right now? Does it occur regularly? Do you agree with all decisions your Boss/Director makes? If you answered yes to any of...
A Decade of Essex House Prices
A Decade of Essex House Prices – Which Areas Are The Winners? Using the latest HM Land Registry data available its evident that the country has seen decent house price growth in the past 10 years – up 39.8% since the end of 2009. That’s a palatable, some would say...
Mark Readings – Why
I am an estate agent. I love being an estate agent. I say it with pride and enjoy my work. I started in the industry 16 years ago with the sole purpose of improving customer service. I was 28 at the time, and I had just sold a property through a high street estate...
Taking-It-Personally
Taking it Personally At any one time across the UK one million homes are being marketed for sale or for rent. That’s about 4% of the country’s property stock seeking a new occupant each month. Those tasked with facilitating such transactions are one of the oldest...
How is the Exodus of Eastern Europeans Affecting the Brentwood Property Market
How is the “Exodus” of Eastern Europeans Affecting the Brentwood Property Market? I was having a thought-provoking conversation with a Brentwood buy-to-let landlord a few weeks ago about everything to do with property, Brexit and how the reported voluntary...
Mortgage Debt of Brentwood homeowners
Irrespective of the shenanigans and political goings on in Westminster recently, the housing market (for the time being anyway) shows a striking resilience, fostered by the on-going wide-ranging monetary policy by the Bank of England. With interest rates and...
Brentwood rental homes
12,083 People Live in Rented Accommodation in Brentwood That number surprised you didn’t it? With the General Election done, I thought it time to reflect on renting in the manifestos and party-political broadcasts and ask why? As the best way to tell the future is to...
Estate Agent Bad Behaviour
Select an estate agent without forced bad behaviours If we believe that financial remuneration drives a certain behaviour in business then it is no wonder that estate agency in some quarters has a questionable reputation. Estate agents are not bad people. The vast...
Why I Chose Keller Williams
Bradley Taylor - Keller Williams Agent The estate agency industry is in the middle of a transition. The traditional high street model is in decline and the online or hybrid sector has not gained any real momentum and is also suffering. With many years experience in...