The Property Owl Blog

I wrote a while back that people in general still expect the same services as they used to get, but now they expect more of it, quicker and for free.

As one who used to try and sell ‘free’ can testify: it wasn’t easy. Yet everyone now wants free?! You can now [...]

Ok, January was dismal, February I seem to have had a cold for a month, so I am determined to see my friends and make new friends in March.

To this end, the Owl and the Pussycat are inviting our friends for a few drinks on the evening of 12 March 2009. The [...]

Twit this, twit twoo, Twitter is a bit like marmite, you either love it or hate it. Actually, you either love it or you don’t really get it. Well, I like marmite!

Anyway, everyone is talking about it, saying it is the next google, a social network for the entire planet and will [...]

I have banged on about content for years now and there are some healthy discussions ongoing on JRA.

Geekestate have been posting on the subject of content as well and here is a brief summary of my thoughts flowing from these points.

- What you want is an ever-growing body of content that is [...]

Wow, I turn on the iplayer and there is a whole documentary devoted to estate agents getting naked and then I read on the EAT that estate agents have more sex than rabbits.

Just in case you are interested, the naked estate agents were part of a confidence boosting exercise and the EAT report [...]

Video is the hot topic of 2009 and I suspect it will continue with more applications and uses created over the next year.

Well, video is the hot topic in the States, but it is starting to catch on a little over here. We have just given away a Flip video camera over at [...]

My recent post and the subsequent ongoing debate at JRA has prompted me to ask, is there a future for print advertising?

A simple yes or no poll. (sorry for the delay in the poll, but the poll widget has been broken).

I know there may be a future for newspaper advertising if newspapers are [...]

I mentioned the other day that I don’t read my local rag’s property section. Well I still don’t, but I did read someone elses instead.

I was surprised to find a couple of articles on the back page that sparked my interest. One of which was promoting an open house that weekend. [...]

It has been a while since we have commented on the HIPS market. Indeed, I wrote it off a while back and was just waiting for this government or the next to scrap it.

But I have been hearing positive stories of agents making money from HIPS. Granted, I also hear persistent comments [...]

Just because you can’t drive, get on a train, bus, tube, doesn’t mean you can’t do something constructive.

Get your staff to put on their wellies, grab a camera and take pictures of the properties you are selling, some will look great in the snow.

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