The Paul Smith column: Why is staff turnover so high at the hybrids?
Opinion piece: What does hybrid staff turnover tell us?
'The WordSmith'
Paul Smith
is Executive Chairman of Spicerhaart
The Paul Smith column: How much longer can Countrywide go on as it is?
Our columnist also wonders just how rosy (or not) things are in the hybrid garden
The Paul Smith column: What happens now that Platt is leaving Countryslide?
Opinion: What will happen now with Countrywide – and a few other thoughts
The Paul Smith column: Are agents sleepwalking into a data protection nightmare where customers turn you in?
A whole new industry has sprung up around new data protection rules – remember the Millennium bug?
Paul Smith column: ‘Wheels are starting to come off online agents’ bandwagon’
Opinion piece: The online numbers just don't add up, says Spicerhaart boss Paul Smith
The Paul Smith Column: What’s your data goldmine worth?
Most agents do not realise just how valuable their data is
Opinion piece: Is it time to break up Countrywide and sell off the parts?
Has the time come to put UK's largest agent out of its misery
When is an expert not an expert – and isn’t local knowledge the key?
The Paul Smith column: Perhaps we should introduce our own 'Local Knowledge" tests for agents
The Paul Smith column: Where will the portals diversify next?
Will a UK portal copy the American example and start listing private sale properties?
This is why we MUST back OnTheMarket as it gets close to stock market float
Opinion: New business plan will help agents – and stop the other portals squeezing us
easyProperty and Guild – and why I think this deal ‘stinks of fear’
Opinion: Guild and Fine & Country agents should not be tempted to cheapen their brands
Does the low cost of budget agents come at a very high price?
Print advertising is old news – Trinity Mirror is trying to push water up a hill
Today’s big question for agents: Which road should we take on the digital super-highway?
And why buying and selling homes will always be a people business
It is time to go public about ‘fake’ agents, says Spicerhaart boss
First fake news, and now fake agents: The public should be told
Why over-valuing is a false economy: Spicerhaart boss says agents must deliver honest valuations
Why do it? One in five properties will eventually have to come down in price
Writing on wall for at least three big agents, says Spicerhaart boss
Challenging year ahead as at least three big agents struggle for survival
We must fight to overturn ‘monstrous’ ban on tenants’ fees, says Spicerhart boss Paul Smith
Agents will go bust, and as for the portals – will they come to our aid in the industry's time of need?
Brace yourselves for a bumpy ride, warns Spicerhaart boss
Up to one in five agents could go out of business – and only the strongest will survive
Paul Smith opinion: Why are Purplebricks so cagey over sales figures?
Purplebricks should come clean on how it has arrived at claim that 88% of homes are sold within ten months, says Spicerhaart boss
Will Countrywide shareholders lose patience with firm’s ‘retail’ strategy?
Can Countrywide's management team survive another six months?