On-line v Traditional Agency: ‘Snap’ Or 12 Dimensional Chess, Which Game Would You Prefer Your Estate Agent To Play?

As things stand at present on-line estate agency services occupy 3% of the market and it is predicted to rise to 7%. The principal of paying 20% upfront of an average estate agents fee, in the vain expectancy of selling your property at the highest possible price, is fatally flawed. Let me explain why.

The on-line agency employs the services of a local estate agent who meets you at your house to discuss, amongst other things, value. This could be up or down of the real figure by a large margin and then, you are ‘on your own mate!’ The agent is getting a small fee for the attendance and, therefore, doesn’t exactly have his/her ‘heart in it’ – can you blame them? Continue reading

Local Authority Planning Chaos Is The Obstacle To Building The 250,000 Homes Needed In The UK

With local authority ‘cut-backs’, Planning Departments are reducing staff numbers across the country which has resulted in a substantial reduction of planning approvals between 2010 and 2015 according to the Freedom of Information Act.

Last year only 120,000 new homes were built across the UK, which is less than 50% of the amount needed to help solve the present housing crisis. Continue reading

Lets Put ‘Great’ Back Into Britain ….Where It Belongs

The fact that we are number two in the medals table in the Rio Olympics 2016 is a further indication that when this country applies its mind to do something, we are extremely good at it. Just look at how efficient and exciting our version of The Olympics was in London 2012. The infrastructure was ready a year before it was needed and presently we are utilizing all these facilities originally built for the event for good causes, when most other countries leave them to ‘lie fallow and decay’ whilst they ‘nurse’ the cost of the event itself for many years afterwards. Continue reading