I had a dream...

The economy is on the up so now confidence will return to the market and we will see a lots more buyers. That would be the dream, the reality is the country is officially out of recession and dependent upon your choice of news source we now have the strongest economy in Europe, but as we head towards Christmas we always see a slowdown in sales so whist we have a few weeks in November to make hay we won't see any real benefit of our improving economy until spring time. That said we did really well with our innovative Modern Method of selling by on-line auction in October and we have achieved some great results for some very happy clients. We sold more property generally in October than we have for several months so that must be good news.

We continue to march up the estate agents review site Allagents league table and are now in 6th position nationally out of over 10,000 firms which is testament to Bradleys excellent customer service. Allagents is a very interesting concept as they have listed every agent in the country and if they could make their software work a little better could easily become a serious competitor to Rightmove as an agent friendly portal. In the meantime if you have never looked at the Allagents site log on and see who is good and who is bad.

Whilst the sales have been tough generally for a few months our rental business has been getting stronger and stronger, culminating in October with a record month so if wonder if the whole property ownership/renting relationship is swinging more towards the rest of Europe who traditionally have lower home ownership and more renting. Ask me in another few years and I will know more!

You haven't heard much about the other bit of my life lately which is building a new house and particularly that staircase! I can report that Varnish was applied this weekend and that must mean it must be nearly finished.   

 

Francis Marshall FNAEA
Managing Director
Bradleys Group