Open any newspaper and you will find articles about the ‘credit crunch’ and the impact it is having, especially on the property market. Take for example Tony McDonough’s article in the Liverpool Daily Post,”Property Sales Set to Fall By a Third” ... Read more
This week has seen a number of news headlines regarding the commercial property industry which read something like “World Commercial Property Deals Down 41%”. With headlines like that the question has to be asked: Are agents making full use of the ... Read more
The location of a business is crucial. One of the earliest decisions any entrepreneur has to make is where to locate the business. ‘Am I near my main customer base?’, ‘Are there good transport links close by?’, ‘Will people be able to find me and are ... Read more
I recently read an article on a surveyors and valuers' website called Cheffins,which discusses how life is becoming harder for valuers due to the rapid changes in the UK financial market over the past year. They suggest that with the credit crunch ... Read more
NovaLoca analysed approximately 4000 telephone enquiries made to agents about the commercial properties they have listed on NovaLoca.com and a startling difference in the length of the calls was revealed. · The average length of a call was 105 ... Read more
It’s that time of year again... time for your annual trip away but whilst you are sunning yourself on the beach your customers are still trying to contact you. What do they do when they don’t get a reply because you’re not there to do so? The answer: ... Read more
Every commercial property agent is aiming to attract potential occupiers to the property they have on their books. If this is you, then you need to be available when your customers call. If they can’t speak to you then they may go elsewhere to find ... Read more
The recently introduced requirement to pay full business rates on empty commercial properties is already having a startling effect. In some cases property owners are even resorting to demolition of empty buildings to avoid the extra tax burden they ... Read more
At the end of 2007 commercial property portal, NovaLoca, released an article stating that although looking for residential property online has now been common place for a number of years, the need for a similar service for the commercial property ... Read more
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day”. Have you ever uttered these words or heard someone else saying them? The key to getting it all done - prioritisation! But what do you place at the top of this (very long) list? For property agents, surely ... Read more
