Letting Agent Innovation

As a letting or estate agent working in such a competitive market, instructions are crucial in order to grow your business. We at VTUK are aware that finding instructions is becoming more and more difficult as vendors and landlords go online and become harder and harder to find. As well as this, many landlords are exiting the industry as more and more compliance is introduced whilst vendors are continually being put off by the speed of the sales process. That’s where our Openview property software comes in. Openview is your forever software, with all this constant change Openview brings order to your confusion enabling you to work on the business rather than fire fighting in it. For example, our Openview software provides you with the tools needed to stand out in such a competitive environment and gain new instructions. Openview Toolbox features a repair reporting tool we call Task Manager. …

As we continue into recovery it’s useful to refer to the economic clock which describes four recovery steps. So far we’ve been moving through ‘hesitant and uneven’ recovery where we typically experience one step back for every two forward. As a result, most of us have been noticing the good news/bad news mix in the market. Taking the view that we will ultimately move through recovery, we need to prepare well if we’re to maximise the potential of the next boom. New products and services will be vital, which means innovation must become a priority. But when is the best time to innovate? Do you innovate at the start of a recession? Halfway through? Or at the end? Should you innovate halfway through recovery or at the top of the market? When to innovate? We believe the absolute best time to innovate is right now. At the end of any …