Richard James Estate Agents Nominated For 2011 Regional Award – Central Region
We are pleased to announce we have been nominated by Home Sale Network, a national network of independent estate agents, for the 2011 Regional Award – Central Region.
The winner will be announced at the Awards Dinner of the 18th Annual Home Sale Network Conference, being held at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London on Friday 18 November.
To be nominated for the 2011 Regional Award – Central Region is recognition of the hard work and combined effort, commitment and enthusiasm of … Continue Reading…
Countdown to National Estate Agents Conference!
Richard James Estate Agents will soon be travelling to London to attend Home Sale Network’s Annual Conference. Taking place on Friday 18 November at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, the event is a national conference of Home Sale Network members who are all independent estate agents based across England, Scotland and Wales.
The Conference will include a trade exhibition and business expert speakers such as co-founder of the Intelligence Agency John Knell, bestselling author Paul McGee, economics expert Douglas McWilliams, the … Continue Reading…
House Drawing Competition
We have today launched a “house drawing” competition for Keystage 1 and Keystage 2 children from local Wellingborough schools.
Keystage 1 children will draw a house in a Winter scene and Keystage 2 children a house in a Spring scene. A shortlist of drawings will be displayed in our office window for a few days in December and the winners of each category will be judged by the Mayor of Wellingborough.
The winning drawings will then be used in our forthcoming … Continue Reading…
The UK Housing Market: Boys Vs. Girls
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, how do they ever buy property together without falling out? Well according to a recent survey conducted by Home Sale Network amongst its Network members – quite amicably actually!
Survey results found that the UK property market is a shining example of gender equality with men and women sharing an equal knowledge of current housing market conditions. As a national network of specially selected, independent estate agents, of which Richard … Continue Reading…
QR codes introduced
This week we introduced Quick Response codes (QR codes) to each property we market. These codes can be scanned using a mobile phone or tablet application which will then take a prospective buyer to a particular property within seconds without having to search and find it on a website.
Since the launch of our mobile website earlier this year, we have received feedback to suggest that more and more buyers are searching for properties from their mobile devices. People want information … Continue Reading…
Connecting You Nationally
There are Home Sale Network members in major towns, cities and rural areas across England, Scotland and Wales. With our National Connections, Network members work together to help people buy and sell homes, wherever they may be. So if you’re selling, Home Sale Network can offer you the potential of additional out of town buyers viewing your property and if you’re buying, we can help you find your new home across England, Scotland and Wales.
Richard James Estate Agents is a … Continue Reading…
20 years on and still going strong………
Office in 1991 – 23 Sheep Street
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Richard James Estate Agents. James and I opened the doors at 23 Sheep Street, a small office with high hopes to establish a business in difficult times. Within weeks of opening interest rates had soared to about 15% and house prices were dropping like a stone.
We rolled up our sleeves and both worked seven days a week for the next few years. The hard work paid off … Continue Reading…
What a recent customer thought of us!
In all honesty, I like to try and keep the blog purely for advice and tips for home buyers and sellers but every now and again it is nice to share a success story.
We recently sold a property in Irthlingborough in Fernmoor Drive, which had been sold via another estate agent, but was not going well so we found them a buyer and got their sale through in under 4 weeks. Pretty crazy considering they had a chain involved at … Continue Reading…
To Achieve a Sale this Summer….
A recent survey conducted by Home Sale Network amongst its members reports that 97% of Network respondents achieved an average 93% of a property’s asking price in June 2011 – demonstrating the calibre of estate agent we have on our Network.
Handpicked to join Home Sale Network, Richard James Estate Agents makes sure all of their customers are prepared for that summer sale with a sensible asking price, professional property photos and excellent presentation. Here are their handy hints for preparing … Continue Reading…
A guide to property turn-offs
Came across this excellent post over on Tepilo (Sarah Beeny’s website) which covers lots of things you can do to ensure you present your property in the best possible way:
“As a Buying Agent I see lot’s of properties and I see lot’s of buyers reactions to them. One can’t over generalise as there is a big difference in something being sold as ‘beautifully presented’ and those properties which are directed towards that huge market of ‘do-ups’. However, for the average … Continue Reading…