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What does your role involve? As team manager for the property team, I make sure PAs and clients are happy and...

You might have thought the week after Christmas or the day after Easter would be when agents receive the most calls...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

Calls made to estate agents to book property valuations increased by 26% this spring, according to telephone answering service Moneypenny. Enquiries made...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Student accommodation is positively luxurious compared with the drafty digs of my student days. En-suites, studio flats, even cinemas in halls...

Customers really dislike leaving voicemail messages. This may not be surprising, there may be many times when you have been faced...

It’s never more obvious how important good communication is for letting agents than in times of bad weather. Havoc caused by...

Walk in your customers’ shoes Experiencing your business as your customers do would be our number one rule. How often do you...

One of the most sought-after tools in a marketing armoury is something that money can’t buy. Word-of-mouth recommendations. We are far...

When we meet clients, we go out of our way to make a good impression. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t...

If this past year is anything to go by, outsourcing is firmly on the agenda for estate agents. Rather than being...

Agency telephone answering service Moneypenny says Christmas 2016 is set to be busy if it follows the pattern of the previous festive...

Technology has been continuing to shape the way estate agents manage their customer service offering for years. It’s now a completely...

There were some absolutely brilliant figures released recently by telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny.  The highest call volumes diverted from agents to Moneypenny occurred between 10am-11am...

After two long years, Moneypenny finally moved into its new headquarters over the summer.  It was a milestone we had all been...

A client recently told me how much their estate agency spends on advertising and marketing every year.  It wasn’t pennies, and even...

‘Digital technology in the property industry is here to stay’ was very much the opinion drawn from the recent FUTURE: PropTech...

Estate agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquires after the Bank Holiday weekend. Telephone answering service Moneypenny claims...

A few years ago one of our property receptionists took a call from a vendor whose husband had passed away.  The client,...

Recently, I was speaking to the owner of a chain of estate agents which is thinking of refreshing its company image. They...

At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...

Calls to estate and letting agents to request viewings rose by 70.8 per cent in January over the previous month -...

Over the past six months I’ve noticed a number of key themes emerge from the conversations I’ve had with agents –...

As the year draws to a close, awards season is in full flow. It’s a time to reflect on the highs...

The answer to the question is that we all should; both in terms of the contribution we can make to the...

The founder of high-end shirt manufacturer Charles Tyrwhitt, Nick Wheeler, and the well-known stand up comedian Tim Vine, are amongst the...

It will come as no surprise for those who have read the recently published Which? annual customer service survey which polled...

Like many people these days I rarely make a significant purchase without first checking out online reviews.   Whether it’s for a...

IT’S often said that the secret of a happy and thriving business is one in which every single employee is the...

THE UK housing market is reported to be picking up according to figures this month from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

Data from the estate and letting agency answering service Moneypenny appears to confirm what we have been thinking for some weeks...

Everywhere we look there’s talk of the high numbers of agents clambering for our attention on the crowded high street. So...

Telephone calls taken for estate and letting agents increased dramatically in a number of high-end London postcodes since the general election...

Moneypenny, the telephone answering firm handling 1.2m calls a year for 850 estate and letting agents – has unveiled designs for...

As the nation finally gets to cast its vote at the polling booths, telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny has reported a dramatic...

ESTATE AGENTS are still missing too many tricks when it comes to one of the most important elements of their business...

HAVING revolutionised the face of telephone answering and outsourced switchboards in the UK, Moneypenny has launched its pioneering service in the...

 Telephone answering specialist Moneypenny has topped off a remarkable week by scooping 4th position in the Sunday Times' list of the...