Chris Arnold

Hidden Accomplishments of an Estate Agency?

What do they actually do? For the money?

A good question. No doubt asked of many estate agencies over the years.

It's all to easy to respond with a glib...

Any estate agency that does what Apple Does.

A visit to the local Apple store in Touchwood. To help my wife with her purchase of an iPhone.

We're both loyal users of Blackberry, but our network provider wasn't...

House of Cards Estate Agency?

Most people will be familiar with the award-winning Netflix blockbuster, House of Cards. But, it's the back-story that I find most fascinating and a great analogy on how to choose the...

A relatively recent offering, fixed price estate agency from the likes of PurpleBricks and Yopa is yesteday's-news.

In 1861, a shopkeeper in Philadelphia, John Wannamaker, revolutionised the retail industry by...

Why Shoud I buy From You?

Good question and one that is usually answered by most estate agents with the following:

"We sell more homes in Solihull than any other agency."

" Our brand-awareness is second to...

Home, or Away?

After wisely deciding that online or hybrid estate agency isn't for them, many homeowners opt for a respected high-street agency. when the time comes to sell their home. One that has been established a...

The Lost Art of Sales Prevention.

On my way home, quite a while ago, and being the hopeless romantic that I am, I ventured into Vi Stevens, the florist on the Stratford Road, Shirley.

Not for me the petrol station...

Negotiation - Is It Really Happening?

Negotiation is one of the main reasons a vendor pays their estate agency a bigger fee.

What's important, though, is to make sure it's pure negotiation and not simply...

The Conversations In Your Head.

It's that time.

The decision has been made. To put your home on the market and now you need an estate agency to help you make that happen.

Those conversations in your...

Are we living in a post-trust world?

We very well might be.

We might have a society that values convenience over integrity. We might have reached a point where our attention spans are so short and we're so used...