One month closer to Christmas!

And another month passes. We didn't sell as many houses as we would have liked but then we exchanged contracts on more than we thought we would, so its swings and roundabouts again in the market. There is a popular feeling among the Bradleys Managers that things are going to get a bit busier in September. I haven't got a clue what that is based on but do hope they are right as it would be really nice to have a few better sales weeks! My feeling is that we have seen a larger slow up than normal through this summer with all the various goings on and distractions and I think we generally do experience an uplift in Sales from the middle of September through to the end of October. Hopefully this year will have a bit bigger uplift to make up for the slightly larger than average slow up!

I spent the whole week in Head Office last week which was excellent for catching up with everybody and everything. This week will be dominated by the September Board Meeting where we will tweak our plans for the end of the year to ensure we are all doing as well as we can be. Today I am in Head Office with the end of month figures and they will look quite reasonable when complete as good exchanges always help.

I am very pleased to see us continue to climb the Allagents rankings which is the public's ranking system for the effectiveness of estate agents. Bradleys are now independently ranked as the 17th best agent in the country and with our continued good service to our customers I very much hope to see us continue to climb those rankings. If you are a customer of Bradleys and reading this please go onto Allagents and see what has been written about us. If you then feel inclined then give us a review of your own, it would be much appreciated.

Not much to report on the house build this week, just a bit of painting and then a friends sons christening on Sunday which resulted in a good celebration afterwards!

 

Francis Marshall FNAEA
Managing Director
Bradleys Group