The Agent Provocateur
Ed Mead
is ex exec director of D&G, an independent commentator (www.ed-mead.com), and a founder of Viewber
The ‘antiquated’ home-buying process is indeed too complex, costly and slow
Ed Mead responds to an article in The Times yesterday stressing the need for digitisation of the conveyancing system as more than 500,000 transactions fall through annually
Growing opportunities for estate agents in burgeoning BTR/SFH sector
For forward thinking agents keen to expand fee possibilities, SFH offers potential fertile ground
Is it time to cut the working week for estate agents?
Connells Group recently revealed major changes to working hours for thousands of staff across its brands - is it time for other estate agencies to follow suit?
Who’d want to be an estate agent?
Sadly, the estate agency industry is under attack from many angles potentially making recruitment even more difficult
What’s Labour planning?
You may think this is not going to affect you – but there appears to be no lower limit to the size of business affected
Which sort of intelligence is best?
How many people leave school with aspirations to become an estate agent?
Would ‘no sale no fee’ conveyancing help speed up housing transactions?
Will Ed Mead's views conveyancers or solicitors and the role they play in the property buying process 'prod the legal wasp's nest'?
Why isn’t this causing more waves?
One trial beats a thousand ‘expert’ opinions; the findings 'are, frankly, stunning', says Ed Mead
RIP Douglas & Gordon
End of an era: Thank you for some great memories and for teaching me so much
It is time to take active steps to speed up transactions
Fact is that for almost all transactions agreeing a deal usually entails a solid 14–21-day delay before a meaningful contract goes out.
Gazumping – and why it benefits no one, least of all agents
Perhaps estate agents should defend themselves when the press implies gazumping is their fault.
PR – all over bar the shouting?
Some will read this and be spitting out their cereal, but I can’t help feeling shouty Property PR is death spiralling and subject to the law of diminishing returns.
IT chaos at Simplify conveyancing group ‘makes my blood boil’
The Simplify Group conveyancing debacle: The stressful process of buying and selling property is simply not being managed sensitively.
Giving a glimpse of how agency could look in 2030
Ed Mead: “For sales agents, 2030 is here now.”
Estate agency – who pays the bills?
There is room for improvement in terms of how the agent interacts with the buyer or tenant.
A glimpse into the future… 2030
Ed Mead says that this is something he believes the market has been crying out for but has never been stitched together - till now. For sales agents, 2030 has arrived.
Staying safe and doing business in Covid times
There’s never been a better time to leapfrog into the future.
OPINION: Is Post Covid the ideal time for estate agents to fix a breaking business model?
Agents could service their consumers more effectively and cheaper whilst employing fewer staff