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Almost everywhere you look, some industry know it all like me is offering you their opinion on what lies on the other side of this chaos.

You’ll be pleased to know then, that I don’t intend to add to that pile of conjecture – well not today anyway…..

I hope you enjoyed Jack & Jill’s story over the past couple of weeks. Jack had read that fifty two percent of emails sent to estate agents were ignored. For a home owner like Jack, the truth was even worse…….

Jack and Jill have decided to move further up the hill. They’ve chosen the agent that they want to sell their house with and they’re very pleased with themselves at how they chose. But what happened next………

Once upon a time Jack and Jill decided that it was time to move further up the hill.

Jack and Jill weren’t silly, they knew that before they did anything they needed to arrange for a local estate agent to come and see them. But who should they choose? What was the best way to find out?

If you were at EA Masters a couple of weeks ago then you will have seen the outcome of 50,000 Mystery Shops of UK estate agents.

In 1998 when emails first began to arrive, it is fair to say that they were treated as nothing more than a novelty. Most agents would cheerfully ignore incoming customer emails saying “if they were serious, they’d ring up”.

A couple of weeks ago, I gave a presentation to a group of people heavily involved in UK Estate Agency. I found myself turning the clock back to 1998 and comparing it with now. Read on to find out my conclusion………….

In a recent results announcement, Rightmove said that the average monthly spend of their agent customers is now very close to £1,000 per month. I found myself in a thought provoking exchange on LinkedIn with a man from Royal Mail…..

Those of you who know me will recall that as a Birmingham City fan I have had little interest in the Premier League since 2011 …

There’s never been an easy time for estate agents to make Investment decisions, but right now it’s probably as challenging as ever.

The market place seems even more unpredictable and patchy than ever. Then all this PropTech stuff doesn’t help either……..