Oona Collins: Seven new year tips to help you and your business prosper in 2021
The inspirational executive coach behind some of the biggest names in property explains how to deal with constant change by building a resilient mindset…
New Business Realities: Andrew Russell on disrupting the top-end of the country house market
Continuing our series focusing on those starting and running new businesses in these extraordinary times, PrimeResi speaks to former Strutt & Parker agent Andrew Russell, who recently co-founded new estate agency The Country House Department focusing on the prime market in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The Cotswolds…
The Secret Agent: What do many of London’s most successful agents have in common?
There’s a reason why the class of Foxtons from the nineties and noughties are now in charge of some of the biggest agencies in the capital, says our insider – it was all in the training…
Ten steps to a standout real estate CV
There have been easier times to search for a new role in the property world, but you can still stand out from the crowd with the help of a pitch-perfect CV. Property recruiter Barry Collins shares his advice on how to get your resume noticed, and a few pointers from some of the biggest agencies in the business…
New Business Realities: Alexis Stellakis & Harry Helsby on spotting a gap in the property market
Continuing our special series focusing on those starting and running new businesses in these extraordinary times, PrimeResi meets Alexis Stellakis  & Harry Helsby, the ambitious duo behind ‘disruptive’ acquisition and design firm Capital Place Properties…
New Business Realities: Thea Carroll on launching a property buying agency in uncertain times
In the first in a new series focusing on the realities of starting and running a new business in these extraordinary times, PrimeResi speaks with Thea Carroll, a former member of Knight Frank’s buying team who decided to go it alone last year – launching a new consultancy aimed at the upper end of the London market…
RoPA is ‘still very much on the agenda. It’s just the precise timing that’s the issue’
Outgoing NAEA chief Mark Hayward has revealed some more details of incoming Regulation of Property Agents rules.
‘Major shifts that are set to stay’: Post-lockdown trends & opportunities in the prime resi design sector
With input from some of PCL’s top studios, recruiter Jason Bailey reports on the design industry’s drastic transformation over the last six months, and explains why now could be a prime time to launch a new firm…
Estate agency sector sees a ‘marked rise’ in short-term 3-6 month employment contracts
“I must have dealt with more short-term contracts in the last quarter than in any previous three-month period throughout my 30 years in the industry,” says the boss of a property recruitment agency.
How a new breed of self-employed & independent estate agents are trying to improve the industry’s tarnished image
The evolving estate agency landscape has created a larger platform for self-employed and independent operators who are empowered to be themselves, writes Giles Barrett…
Estate agents look to self-employment as a route into prime markets
“Many thought that the Covid-19 pandemic and financial uncertainty would lessen the appeal of a self-employment model,” says Fine & Country boss Nicky Stevenson, but “it seems that it is having the opposite impact as the situation has challenged many within the industry to rethink their business and future.”
Ranked: The ‘most competitive’ cities to be an estate agent
Aberdeen has the highest ratio of estate agents to property listings, with just 13 per agent. London has 24.