Building Something Better: A Decade of Innovation in Estate Agency
A few days ago, I tested LinkedIn's 'Suggested for You' to see what machine learning is tr...
Innovators and AI vs. Exploitation: The End of Coercive Capital?
Philip Wylonis' article on private equity and venture capital abuse has triggered an extra...
Tech Jeeves: Serving the Estate Agency Industry
In agency, as a service supplier to a service industry, I take on the role of Tech Jeeves—...
The Forgotten Craft of Expertise
Over the past few days, I've spoken with some of the most experienced minds in the propert...
Why Transaction Delays Aren’t Just About Conveyancing
This explanation was prompted by John Coulter's article, another suggested piece that is r...
Why True Innovation Needs Intelligent Investment -Not a Three-Year Flip Mentality
The LinkedIn algorithm decided I needed to see a thread. Usually, these things pass me by ...
The Power of Buyer Commitment: How Upfront Searches Can Transform Property Transactions
In the fast-moving property market, speed and certainty are crucial. Delays and fall-throu...
Rightmove is Leaving Estate Agents Exposed – And It's Completely Unacceptable
I recently attended a conference for property search providers where a presentation was gi...
Why *EVERYONE* Should Care About the Home Buying and Selling Process, Including Business Owners!
The property market affects far more than just home buyers and sellers. Every person, from...
Property transaction delays
Delays in property transactions are all too common, and they’re usually caused by one thing: not hav...
Auctions ‘upfront information’ initiative rolled out for estate agents
Datarooms, which have 'transformed' the auctions process over the past 17 years or so, are...
Sliding Scale Fee - The Holistic Remedy
Sliding Scale Fee - The Holistic Remedy.Deliberate inflation of the Asking Price - A pox (...
Editor’s Podcast: Mortgage service levels have affected brokers in 2024 With Silas J. Lees
Mortgage lender service levels have been one of the biggest sources of frustration for adv...
In both marketing and agency, it's the sizzle -the emotional connection, the compelling story - that sells, not the dry list of features!
In my previous business, I built what I consider the ultimate franchise in the industry. W...
Professionalism, Compliance, and the Competitive Edge in Property Tech
Throughout my career in tech for property professionals, my mission has always been to mak...
Make trust the keystone of your business relationships!
220 miles there and 220 miles back again, acting as chauffeur so that nanny and my grandda...
Navigating the Perfect Storm: Professionalism, Denial, and the Reality of Change in Conveyancing
A professional commentator within the conveyancing profession recently described the curre...
Calling all estate agents and conveyancers - We have the solution you need to become 100% material information compliant instantly! Lets make the "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes" happen!
# Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes... Turn and face the strange! Since 2013, legal changes have reshape...
A Tribute to Xerox: The Innovators Who Shaped My Career!
Xerox may be best known for revolutionising the way we copied documents, but for me, their...
Why is Elon Musk Building a New Search System?
Most people might not understand why, but when you've already achieved Tesla and Starlink,...
New material info rules mean conveyancers ‘must be on board earlier’
"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart…" 🎶…And also my offer to help with Material Informati...
Seismic change in the UK property industry is possible
The UK property industry has undergone significant changes with Rightmove becoming a domin...
Navigating the Changing Landscape of the Property Industry: An Objective View
Since 2009, I've been a consultant to service suppliers in the property industry, includin...
Ground-breaking - accurate - instant data to assist Estate Agents and IFAs
It's the middle of summer, and even though sunrise is still an hour away, I'm already half...
Rocking the Status Quo in Estate Agency
Since the mid-90s, property portals haven't changed much. They're still using old tick-box...
Agents: Are you ready "to dance?" Are you ready to embrace new innovations that will put you streets ahead of your competitors?
Shall we dance?Yesterday, I conducted the first two live demos of our new system, and the ...
The Simpsons Predicted It: How Property Portals Are Covering Up Their Own Failings by "Doing Agents a Favour!
In a scenario that feels like something straight out of "The Simpsons," property portals a...
In real estate, there's no nut so tight it can't be cracked with the right approach!
Did you see that? It moved! Not a lot, but it definitely moved! Yay!Over the past week, I'...
How to Get the Best Out of ChatGPT
I Treat It Like a Valued Team Member on the Spectrum!As AI becomes more integral to our wo...
Why the Property Industry Needs a New Word: Help me Define it
The property industry is complex, with over 700 CRM systems feeding data to portals like R...