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Rightmove has always been our single biggest advertising cost per branch and their arrogance with price rises will be their ultimate downfall. At the moment we get about 60/40 to rightmove / OTM leads so sooner or later it will happen, unless they lower their costs. If rightmove had any brains, they hold prices for a few years and it would make OTM's job more difficult - but they are too greedy and self obsessed to think about it.

From: J Blackmore 20 July 2018 12:08 PM

I know Kit so i read this with interest because I too was surprised at his appointment. However, there are two things I would say: The last few ministers have been shocking, so he only has ballet shes to fill and that I think he will probably be quite good at it this role.

From: J Blackmore 14 July 2018 09:53 AM

Yet another piece of legislation that will back fire. If they cap it at 6 weeks, we won't accept any pets, any guarantors, and only both parties employed. Basically unless they are the perfect tenant they'll be homeless or have little choice. I've sold 10% of our buy to let portfolio this year with more to come, so there will be less houses, less choice, more restrictions, no tenants fees, so only the best tenants will find a home - well done all you advocates of this dumb legislation, when the actual issue is that the UK IS FULL UP!

From: J Blackmore 27 June 2018 16:07 PM

More fool the general public - all you are buying is an advert on rightmove for 849 quid... "real estate agents" is the biggest joke the ASA let go by; as a buyer you cant even speak to one - just an email and a call centre. The public are the real mugs for giving away their hard earned cash to essentially a "sell it yourself" website.

From: J Blackmore 27 June 2018 12:45 PM

No comment from Simon?? slating OTM? how unusual. More importantly the QUALITY of the leads we get from OTM has always been 100% compared to Zoolpa which are appalling. Zoolpa = IOm looking for a 4 bed in London for £250,000 withing 100 miles - complete trash, so we left.

From: J Blackmore 14 June 2018 10:07 AM

How does anyone over pay? your solicitor sends you a statement with the balance required on including stamp duty, so unless they don't know what they are doing (which is more than possible) then where is the problem? "news" about 1 incident no doubt.

From: J Blackmore 30 May 2018 11:02 AM

This will only come as a surprise to the clowns in the treasury. Well done to them. Next up....the lettings fee debacle.

From: J Blackmore 24 May 2018 09:27 AM

Completely predictable to everyone but the government...stamp duty and other tax changes have destroyed the market so hopefully they will get less income and realise what a load of bozos they have been again. I would put it at 80% Taxes to 20% uncertainty.

From: J Blackmore 14 May 2018 09:15 AM

How quality not drop? for example, if the gov caps a requested change to a tenancy at £50 + VAT and no reference fee the answer will be NO CAN DO. Why would a landlord pay to reference a replacement tenant? why would we bother with all the agro for £50.... watch while this this stupid stunt hits the fan. We've sold of dozens of let out houses already this year, some that have been rented for years......one massive tenant backfire on the way.

From: J Blackmore 10 May 2018 10:26 AM

Exact;y what I was thinking - where is the "oh I've been wrong some many times after my personal witch hunt of OTM" from Simon Shinerock....

From: J Blackmore 10 May 2018 10:21 AM

Meanwhile the government still hates estate agents and never has a good word to say; perhaps they should appreciate what they have; they should go to somewhere like Thailand and see what goes on there!

From: J Blackmore 08 May 2018 10:08 AM

Like Connells was ever anything more than a cover to flog financial services and bolt on's...dear oh dear this is news from 1995!

From: J Blackmore 22 March 2018 11:55 AM

I've been seriously considering ditching my shop in favor of exactly this - just a big office. We spend most of our time out with clients and most people coming in are tenants, tradesmen or existing clients to sign. 99% of people who look in the window are just having a casual look. In the US it's the norm for many; they just call their agent and its the people they deal with, not the shop.

From: J Blackmore 17 March 2018 09:35 AM

I can explain their "stunning growth" in two seconds, chuck millions at it and make misleading TV adverts knowing that the ASA is a wet rag and lets them get away with it. "Commisery" is paying £1000, not selling your house and being told you are tied to them when you want to leave.....Honeymoon is over for them.

From: J Blackmore 07 March 2018 09:56 AM

They also need protection for agents! we are not all bad. We had a spate of tenants wanting their app fees back after lying about CCJs etc and then trying to claim it back from the ombudsman knowing that the bureaucracy is such a time sapping waste of time. All were found in our favor but the TPO are shockingly bad at handling complaints to justify their existence no doubt. This industry is becoming all regulation and no time to work!

From: J Blackmore 19 February 2018 09:49 AM

Simon must find any positive news for OTM difficult to comment on. As soon as there is a any bad news, an email alert is sent out saying NEWSFLASH BAD NEWS FOR OTM (Yippee), then no comment when the shares bounce etc. OTM will be fine, but this site has about a much credibility recently as the BBC do with Brexit which according to figures is 97% - 3% pro remain.

From: J Blackmore 16 February 2018 11:55 AM

I didn't sign either, and OTM said we were free to leave once the IPO happened as the 5 year agreement was no longer valid....which is why they were keen to get everyone to re-sign.

From: J Blackmore 29 January 2018 15:05 PM

£30m is enough if well managed - they need new management for sure. However, we get about 60/40 Rightmove to OTM leads and the OTM leads are good quality when compared to Zoopla which the leads were a joke. "I want a 6 bed house in London for 100k, dont care where it is..."

From: J Blackmore 29 January 2018 09:40 AM

I don't get why agents signed a 5 year lock in if they didn't want to? I didn't. OTM tried and tried but when I asked if my gold loan will be retained as a loan or converted, they said it will be converted anyway, so we didn't sign either a listing agreement of the share lock in. Can't say they were happy about it, but oh well. I also refused to sign because of the appalling job Ian had done with OTM yet will no doubt get rich out of it. That said, whilst everyone may slate OTM on here, we all know with enough money behind something you can do what you like and make it work......ask George Soros and his EU puppets. There is room for a decent portal (unlike Zoopla which is more like an email spam machine) and the we actually get better quality leads from OTM, in fact by a mile.

From: J Blackmore 12 December 2017 09:49 AM

With my dealings with the The Property Ombudsman in Salisbury we desperately need an Ombudsman of Ombudsman! after those fools wasting weeks of our time with false claims by tenants to try and get money! all of which after wasting months found nothing was wrong.

From: J Blackmore 30 November 2017 15:58 PM

Anywhere else in the world - what a joke!; the idiots that draft this stuff clearly have never been in or spoke to anyone in a land registry office in Thailand for instance! there is no chance of them ever getting that info and if they could the cost would be ten times the tax at least.

From: J Blackmore 23 November 2017 14:15 PM

How do they advertise on rightmove and cover the UK and get around rightmove's policy of having to have a local agent? I planned this out 5 years before purple bricks and it was made very expensive by the requirement of rightmove to insist on someone conducting local valuations, viewings etc etc?

From: J Blackmore 18 October 2017 10:40 AM

Yet another dumb idea, stamp duty is about a tax on wealth / asset value so to link it to energy is really sensible!. Why don't they learn, the more they mess about with property and the more stupid schemes they come up with the more it backfires...

From: J Blackmore 13 October 2017 10:33 AM

With a big wadge of investment capital It's easy to build a budget online agency in a rising market when you can put little effort and marketing cost / duration into selling the house. The market has been like that since 2009. When the cycle changes and houses don't just sell because they are on rightmove and you have to put some effort into it; then watch what happens as the cost to income ratio changes. That time is just starting now. By the way, why even publish comments by someone linked to a company.....

From: J Blackmore 28 September 2017 10:05 AM

The LPE's have got away with it in recent years because of what was an easy and rising market. They "value" a house having driven 15 miles and can't find the house even though they know the area so well! and typically after the vendor has had high street agents around; the vendor then chooses the marketing price themselves and it goes on with Purple Bricks to "save money". Around here the purple bricks boards now just sit as "for sale" for months. As the market gets more difficult you'll see the whole budget model start to backfire as they days of "stick it on the internet and it'll sell itself" end.

From: J Blackmore 28 September 2017 09:48 AM

More trash - so now the Tories are saying "work had, save, store you savings in a second home because we don't know where else is sensible and we'll penalize you for it to give it to anyone that want a free or cheaphouse"...more of a libtard dumb tank than a Tory think thank.

From: J Blackmore 21 August 2017 11:56 AM

No particular comment on this case, but it's about time someone regulated the TPO for lettings! If they had their way they would bog agents down in paperwork just to support their own existence. If it hasn't hit you yet, the new trend is for tenants to say "give in to my demands or I'll just complain to the TPO and bog you down for the hell of it".....so they do...

From: J Blackmore 25 July 2017 09:48 AM

Visits up 2% - Agents bill for 2017 up 12%!

From: J Blackmore 24 February 2017 09:11 AM

Virgin offer flights; so do Ryan Air, both are seats on a plane but you'd not catch me on the latter even if it was free - I want the job done properly. The same applies!. Funny how their turnover devide customers was so much greater than the fee they misleading quote! must be all the "bolt ons you have to take!!"

From: J Blackmore 17 January 2017 09:57 AM

The ban is the stupidest idea yet; If the tenants don't pay a fee to the agent there is no contract or obligation from the agent to the tenant and conversely there will be nothing to prevent tenants applying for multiple houses at the landlord's expense. As there will be no obligation between to the tenants no doubt agents will continue to advertise the house and if a "better" tenant comes along (i.e bigger income, no pets etc) the agent can jump ship whenever he likes and who can blame him. The tenant can jump ship whenever he likes.... the system is socially floored from day one and will favor the ultra-low risk tenants only if landlords or agents are expected to invest their money in referencing a tenant. Imagine walking into a shop and the shop has to give you money - that is how stupid this idea is. The more people mess with a free market, the more it backfires. If they want to help housing - what about the average £1000 mortgage arrange fee for a £90 valuation! of course that won't get banned because of all the "chums" that run the banks.....

From: J Blackmore 12 December 2016 10:04 AM

£1000 per customer that's a much as some high street agents! in fact I know many places where that is actually more - must be all the "bolt" on's you have to have.....what a surprise.

From: J Blackmore 05 December 2016 09:08 AM

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