West Midlands
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Regional Reports
Hampshire, West Midlands and North Kent coast
This month we meet members of The Guild of Property Professionals in Hampshire, West Midlands and North Kent coast.
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Regulation & Law
Exclusive: rental transaction volumes continue to drop – claim
Mounting legislation and rising taxation is forcing landlords to reduce their portfolios or exit the market entirely, despite demand for rental property continuing to rise.
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Latest property news
MBO at Paul Carr Estate Agents sees founder depart after 42 years
Paul Carr Estate Agents was established in 1980 and operates one of the largest independent property services businesses in the West Midlands.
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Latest property news
Letting agencies to face £30k fines in new enforcement drive
Trading standards has warned rogue agents in the West Midlands they could be hit with heavy penalties for not complying with regulations.
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Features
Regional report
This month we meet members of The Guild of Property Professionals in Solihull, Norfolk and Belfast.
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Regional Reports
Wakefield, Walsall and Fareham
This month we meet members of the Guild of Property Professionals in Wakefield, Walsall and Fareham.
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Latest property news
Proptech lands in Warwickshire and the West Midlands
Allsopp & Allsopp has created a new proptech product with the feature ‘Find My Agent’, to allow clients to see where their dedicated estate agent is, on their way to a viewing. It also allows the client to feedback to the owner and make offers 24/7 at the click of a button. Lewis Allsopp, CEO, says, “The Platform is built around the lifestyles of this modern world. Food delivery is easy, now, estate agency is easy.” Carl Allsopp, COO added, “We are excited to bring the first phase of what we believe will change estate agency. It is exciting to see our idea come to fruition after years of planning, investing and work.” Find My Agent aims to remove the uncertainty of agents arriving on time so clients to keep to tight schedules. Lewis says, “Clients are sent the property location and the live location of their estate agent on the way to the property, with a notification when the agent is around the corner and outside the property. The client may make an offer or give feedback directly to the owner when they leave the home via WhatsApp”. The platform also gives tenants and buyers a hub for properties…
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Latest property news
Negotiator Awards winner joins the ‘three portal’ club following OTM sign-up
Award-winning West Midlands estate agency Robert Oulsnam & Company has now signed up to OnTheMarket, taking its portal count to three.
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Latest property news
A Question of Property: Liz Brown, MD of Connells, Midlands
How big is your part of Connells? I look after 55 branches and approximately 140 staff in the Midlands for Connells including land, new homes, mortgages services, sales and lettings. Are online/hybrid agents making headway? They were during the first six months of the year when the market was more buoyant, and the instruction-to sale conversion rate was high up at the 80%. It’s then that we saw a considerable take-up among vendors for hybrid agents. But as the market has become tougher, so this has changed. Vendors are realising the hard way that in more difficult markets, you need a little more expertise and proactive support to achieve a sale. You’ve got to know your customer base much better and be able to be able to put chains together. We are picking up instructions from online agents, which fall into two categories. These are either failed online attempts to sell – people who’ve tried online and haven’t sold and who are then seriously annoyed when they have to pay twice. Then there are the people who do get an offer via a hybrid-type agency listing, but the sale goes nowhere, and they have to abandon the offer and start…
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