Paul Wakefield

📊 TPI Service Charge Index It's been six months since we published The Property Institute's first Service Charge Index - and the response, engagement and interest we've had has been phenomenal. We have long been concerned about the increasing costs of managing and maintaining buildings and the impact of rising inflation, COVID, Brexit, an energy crisis and the BSA 2022 on service charge bills; evidencing the rising cost of the many elements and services recovered through the service charge regime, and the drivers behind those increases in a transparent way has hopefully helped to explain why many leaseholders are seeing higher bills. If you haven't yet accessed the Index, you can find it here: https://lnkd.in/ek84qNMk We are pleased to report that we will continue to publish the Index every year, with the addition of a sentiment survey - we'll be in touch with our members soon to gather data for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 costs. In the meantime, please do let me know if the publication of the Index has been helpful/useful to you. #servicechargeindex #servicecharges

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A new season, a new brand campaign and now a brand new Property Market Report! 👏 Breaking down key property market insights and shifts from March - August 2024, the report takes a deep dive into each of the eight areas where you'll find an ESPC solicitor estate agent.. 🗺 Whether you're buying, selling, investing, or simply curious about how the market has been looking in your area, find unmissable local insights in our September 2024 Property Market Report now! ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4ejBiEW #PropertyMarket #Report #ESPC #ESPCInsights #MarketData #LocalExperts

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Leading Swansea estate and lettings agency, Belvoir has announced the acquisition of The Greenroom’s 50-strong, managed properties portfolio. This acquisition will see the Belvoir lettings portfolio grow to over 1000 properties across their three offices in Mumbles, Sketty, and Swansea. https://lnkd.in/eE46FSwf #swansea #business

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This is such an insightful report and one that is very relatable for SME home builders! Whilst there is mounting pressure to build more homes than ever there is less support and certainly more constraints to deliver these especially for SME's.

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This is certainly true Rob and in addition given the limited supply, demand for less land hungry drive to properties - especially in retail parks - is increasing as the fight for market share intensifies. Whilst not to the same extent, rents for these units are also moving inexorably upwards.

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🗞️Thank you for covering the good news Bridging Loan Directory, that Catalyst Property Finance is #CuttingRates✂️ across it's #PropertyFinance range so that brokers and borrowers #NeverMissAGoodOpportunity🐝

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🗣 Looking for HMO Agency Investment Opportunities? Does anyone know of any HMO agencies across the UK that are open to investment? If you do, please drop their names in the comments or tag them below. I'd love to have a chat and explore potential opportunities. Let’s connect and see how we can make some exciting things happen together! 💼🏠 #HMOInvesting #PropertyInvestment #Networking #InvestmentOpportunities #PropertyCommunity

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Many estate agency owners I speak with feel their brand is not seen by as many local prospects as they would like. ​ ​ Depending on where you are based, you can be up against 20 or 30 other local agents, all hoping to grab a decent market share. ​ ​ It's tough to stand out in the UK property market these days, but knowing which marketing channels can bring you the best returns is key. ​ ​ In this video I go through one of the best and cheapest ways to promote your business locally - optimising your Google Business Profile and investing in local SEO. ​ ​ DM me if you have questions or need help.​ #DigitalMarketing #SEO #estateagents

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Central South law firm Trethowans has overseen the sale of Two Cedars care home in Broadstone, Poole to Dorset-based operator Serenata Care. The Trethowans team, led by corporate partner Mark N. and registered foreign lawyer Gerta Xoxi, advised former owner Jean Williams – who, after 23 years of ownership, is now looking to retire. Read more Online at The Business Magazine - South East #law #dorset #business

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September Commercial Property Auction Market Update https://lnkd.in/egPi_JYf The Story So Far August is always a slow month for commercial auctions, with very few properties offered for sale. Neither of the big commercial auction houses ran an auction this month. But they did publish some interesting data and opinions on how the market is progressing so far in 2024. We’ll take in some thoughts from these reports here. Following the last sale of the summer Allsop reported on progress so far this year across all markets in their latest Market Update. The update says that the commercial auction market is set to report ‘modestly reduced volumes’ at a time in the market when many capital markets are trading at historic lows. Their market was down by 2.6% year on year with £1.119Bn traded to the end of June. It added, however, that Allsop raised £291m for the year to date which is a strong 8% over the same time in 2023. Click on the link above to read the article in full.

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Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days: Your essential five-minute briefing on the latest movements and commentary, featuring data and analysis from Beauchamp Estates, Hamptons, Rightmove, Savills, Knight Frank, Nationwide & more...

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Doncaster's property market 🚀 is soaring, outpacing 2023 with a 17.3% rise in homes sold stc to April end 📈. Time to capitalise on the active market 💰. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4dBib9i #Doncaster #PropertyMarket #UKHousing #RealEstate #Investment 🏡🏘️

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Mergers & acquisitions - getting the comms right. It’s been great to support Walker Singleton on their second acquisition in just over 12 months. They have acquired estate agency, Boococks, this month. I’ve helped numerous clients with M&A’s over the years as their outsourced Marketing Direcror/CMO. If you’re considering M&A as part of your growth strategy some of the important things to think about are: 1. Review and align your brand structures. Consider who has more strength, differentiation & power in the market. 2. Get your naming strategy right - is there a stronger brand name, would a new name work? Make the most of your combined brand strengths and think about a long term naming plan. 3. Communicate and engage with new and existing staff so they feel safe and secure with the changes. 4. Develop a marketing plan to take the new and existing customers with you, continuing to nurture those important relationships beyond initial launch. 5. Create an action plan to integrate the new brand across all you customer touchpoints. 6. Appoint someone to manage all your marketing activity to ensure everything aligns for launch. If you need the support of a an experienced Marketing Director/CMO to support your growth aspirations, let’s talk. #marketingstrategy #mergersandacquisitions #marketingdirector #cmo

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