Paul Smith

'The WordSmith'

Paul Smith

is Executive Chairman of Spicerhaart

'The WordSmith'

Opinion: Get out there at every opportunity and talk the market up

22 Jun 2020 Paul Smith

9 1,752

Opinion: Is this the end of the High Street for estate agents?

11 May 2020 Paul Smith

22 8,468

Countrywide and LSL: Too big a mountain to climb and it will be the staff who bear the brunt

25 Feb 2020 Paul Smith

14 6,549

Purplebricks under pressure with fewer staff and Rightmove under pressure with fewer agents?

25 Feb 2020 Paul Smith

35 4,959

How top agents lost £121m in 2019 – and which online firm will end up in the graveyard this year?

6 Jan 2020 Paul Smith

3 5,406

If you’re looking to quit the industry, here’s how NOT to sell your agency

10 Dec 2019 Paul Smith

8 3,348

Opinion piece: It’s happening elsewhere – could UK property portals become agents?

13 Nov 2019 Paul Smith

4 2,409

Opinion: Will this well-known firm be the next big estate agency casualty?

25 Sep 2019 Paul Smith

33 8,572

Opinion: Where do Purplebricks and Countrywide go from here?

2 Sep 2019 Paul Smith

8 4,779

Opinion: Should online agent be clearer about its free service for home sellers?

25 Jul 2019 Paul Smith

9 1,663

Opinion: Surely it is now time for the fire sale of Countrywide assets

23 May 2019 Paul Smith

21 4,748

Spicerhaart boss: Why I’m predicting 2,500 branch closures in biggest shake-up we will ever see

18 Apr 2019 Paul Smith

20 9,995

Opinion: Will Purplebricks and the corporate agents join forces to launch a property portal?

11 Mar 2019 Paul Smith

13 3,699

Opinion: How much longer will investors in online agents wait for the gold rush?

25 Jan 2019 Paul Smith

56 3,598

The race to the bottom hasn’t worked, so how about a race to the top?

25 Jan 2019 Paul Smith

20 2,361

The Paul Smith column: What I got right, what I got wrong – and yes, I’d bid for parts of Countrywide

3 Jan 2019 Paul Smith

22 5,891

Opinion: Surely it is better to go it alone than buy into a franchise?

20 Nov 2018 Paul Smith

13 2,623

Opinion: Why investing in estate agency is such a big risk

15 Oct 2018 Paul Smith

31 2,928

The Paul Smith column: Why we must all get behind Countrywide’s recovery plan

23 Jul 2018 Paul Smith

8 3,477

Opinion piece: Will UK portals follow the Zillow model and start buying and flipping homes?

15 Jun 2018 Paul Smith

4 1,457