Better Business
The essential 'Survive & Thrive' guide to weathering the market downturn.
- Metropix teams with The Digital Property Group
- Fri, 5 Mar 2010, 17:23 GMT
- Metropix has teamed with The Digital Property Group to offer enhanced floor plans.
- Win £100 worth of vouchers!
- Tue, 16 Feb 2010, 09:36 GMT
- Easier2move is offering readers the chance to win £100 worth of vouchers by using its new text message quoting facility.
- Jordan’s launches management firm
- Tue, 9 Feb 2010, 20:16 GMT
- Jordan’s has launched a property maintenance firm to operate alongside its core lettings business.
- What Foxtons’ ditched case means to you
- Fri, 5 Feb 2010, 08:44 GMT
- Foxtons has made the shock decision of withdrawing its appeal against last year's High Court Ruling that deemed its renewal fees unfair.
- Win a year’s supply of 3D floor plans!
- Thu, 4 Feb 2010, 11:56 GMT
- Metropix is offering a year’s supply of 3D floor plans in celebration of its fifth anniversary.
- Spicerhaart launches free portal
- Fri, 29 Jan 2010, 18:26 GMT
- Spicerhaart has launched a portal to market chain-free stock.
- Considering switching tenancy deposit scheme?
- Wed, 27 Jan 2010, 07:09 GMT
- The Tenancy Deposit Scheme's recent rate hike has forced agents to review their options. Here, we bring you an exclusive Q&A on all you need to know about transferring tenancies to Mydeposits, one of the two alternative deposit schemes.
- Searching for answers
- Fri, 25 Sep 2009
- Substandard searches within a Home Information Pack can prove catastrophic, which is why agents should follow a few simple guidelines to maximise client satisfaction, as Jan Boothroyd explains.
- Live overhauls website
- Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 08:40 GMT
- The Live Organisation has revamped its website to include new services such as market data.
- Going back to basics could help negotiators win the right role
- Fri, 11 Sep 2009
- The recent market upturn has sparked a flurry of recruitment drives by firms fighting for the best staff,
but candidates still need to remember a few golden rules to attract interest, as Josh Rayner explains.
- Dilemma
- Fri, 11 Sep 2009
- I am delighted to report an increase in agreed sales year-on-year, but I’m concerned about the corresponding increase in the number of transactions that fall through before xchange of contracts. We desperately need to reduce the number of cancellations, but I have no idea how to go about doing so. Can you help?
- London landlord issues trapped cat warning
- Wed, 9 Sep 2009, 16:33 GMT
- A London landlord is calling on agents to ensure that cat flaps are locked on new instructions to avoid cats being trapped and causing unnecessary damage to properties.
- Digital signage system launches
- Mon, 24 Aug 2009, 10:05 GMT
- Matrix Media Systems has launched a multi-screen digital signage and display system for agents.
- DILEMMA
- Fri, 21 Aug 2009
- I have noticed recently that a number of our instructions that we had been told had been withdrawn from the market have in fact been sold without our knowledge by competitors or privately by vendors. How can I systematically monitor this activity to avoid missing out on any further fees?
- In no uncertain terms - what the Foxtons ruling really means
- Fri, 17 Jul 2009, 14:55 GMT
- Letting agents should ensure their terms and conditions are fair and reasonable to minimise the risk of legal action, as Eddie Goldsmith, senior partner at Goldsmith Williams, explains.
- Agents advised to brush up on sale-and-rent-back
- Fri, 26 Jun 2009
- Lettings agents must ensure they comply with sale-and-rent-back regulations that come into force next week, to avoid committing a criminal offence.
- One-stop redundancy shop for agents
- Fri, 26 Jun 2009
- A new website has launched to help small businesses manage redundancies.
- Did you know?
- Fri, 26 Jun 2009
- 10 KEY FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LETTINGS
- Whitehotproperty to host agency roadshows
- Fri, 19 Jun 2009, 13:40 GMT
- Whitehotproperty.co.uk is to run a series of roadshows throughout Nottingham.
- Standalone property web service launches
- Fri, 12 Jun 2009, 11:33 GMT
- Agents can now create standalone websites for individual properties with estatecreate.com.
