Moving with the times: the future of moving home is already here
For years, the property industry has talked endlessly about the future. We have discussed the future...
Home Moving Is Finally In The Process Of Being Fixed. Be Careful Who Owns It.
For years, almost everybody involved in moving home has agreed on the problem. The process is too sl...
Why Pay for an Introduction to Someone Who Is Already Looking for You?
There is something about modern lead generation that feels unnecessarily complicated. Imag...
Everyone Wants Change. Until Someone Has to Pay for It.
There is something I keep coming up against in property, and the more I think about it, th...
Why Pay for an Introduction to Someone Who Is Already Looking for You?
There is something about modern lead generation that feels unnecessarily complicated. Imagine somebo...
Everyone Wants Change. Until Someone Has to Pay for It.
There is something I keep coming up against in property, and the more I think about it, the more I r...
The Little Black Book Reminder That People Never Forget How You Made Them Feel
I had one of those conversations today that stays with you long after it ends. I was talking to some...
Stop Buying More Leads. Start Completing the Sales You Already Have.
The property industry has become exceptionally good at generating opportunities. It has po...
Stop Buying More Leads. Start Completing the Sales You Already Have.
The property industry has become exceptionally good at generating opportunities. It has portals desi...
Just Because AI Can Do It Doesn’t Mean We Should Let It
Property is racing towards AI agents that can act across a transaction. Before we hand the...
Just Because AI Can Do It Doesn’t Mean We Should Let It
The property industry is racing towards AI agents that can act across a transaction. But before we h...
The Best Solutions in Property May Be the Ones You’ve Never Heard Of. Why?
There is a comforting idea in business that if you build something genuinely useful, eventually the ...
More Regulation. More Risk. More Responsibility. Same Broken Transaction.
Something struck me while reading the property and legal press recently. Estate agents are being ask...
The Best Solutions in Property May Be the Ones You’ve Never Heard Of. Why?
There is a comforting idea in business that if you build something genuinely useful, event...
More Regulation. More Risk. More Responsibility. Same Broken Transaction.
Something struck me while reading the property and legal press recently. Estate agents are...
The Industry Keeps Debating What’s Broken. Home Movers Have Already Told Us.
There is no shortage of people trying to explain what is wrong with home moving. Governmen...
Follow the Incentive: Who Really Profits From the Way We Move Home?
There is an old principle in business: if you want to understand why a system behaves as i...
Standards Are Not Control: Why WiggyWam Is Building Home Moving Differently
There is an understandable nervousness developing around the growing number of platforms t...
Home Sellers: Your Preparation For The Sale Of Your Property Should Start Before A Buyer Is Found
Most people think selling a home starts when the photographs are taken, the property appea...
Mortgage Brokers: Keep Hold of the Reins
In the last edition I referenced Aesop's Four Oxen and the Lion to illustrate what indepen...
The Independents Have the Numbers. What They Lack Is Unity.
I grew up reading Aesop's fables and virtually every fairy tale I could get my hands on. L...
Independent Conveyancers Need Infrastructure. But Who Should Control It?
For years, conveyancers have been told that technology is coming to change their professio...
The Property Giants Are Joining Forces. It’s Time Independents Did Too
Something significant is happening in the UK housing market while much of the industry is ...
Home Moving Can Not Be Fixed By One Industry Or Profession, Nor By Platforms Reliant On Multiple Third Party Integrations
The home-moving process is once again the subject of proposed reform. Upfront information,...
One Maverick Can Challenge the System. A Team Can Change It.
The word Maverick suggests independence. It describes someone willing to question conventi...
You Cannot Manage a Property Chain You Cannot See
In the previous edition, I examined why one property transaction should not be managed acr...
Sold Subject to Contract Is Far Too Late to Start the Transaction
Many people still treat Sold Subject to Contract as the starting point of the transaction....
A Better System Is Not Enough. It Needs Better People.
In the first edition of this newsletter, I wrote about the uncomfortable reality of moving...
One Transaction Should Not Be Managed in Six Different Places
In the previous edition, I argued that the property transaction should begin when the sell...
Apparently One in Three Home Sales Fall Through. The Old Way Is Running Out of Time.
One in three sales apparently fall through before completion. ( see whitepaper page 22 for...