The 5 things that keep most UK estate agency bosses awake at 3am
1. Running out of exchnages before the bills get paid
No instructions means no sales, no sales means no exchanges, no exchanges means you are explaining to the bank manager why the overdraft looks like a phone number.
2. Not being able to cover payroll
.... means putting it on the credit card (gulp!). Then there is the portal fees, rent, and CRM costs, which go out like clockwork, but exchanges are a moving target. One bad month of fall-thrus and you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.
3. Your best neg or lister leaving
Either theyare lured away by the competition, or they decide they can “do it themselves” as a self employed agent.
4. The market suddenly freezing
Rates up, Rates down, mortgage approvals down, buyers vanishing overnight. You’re left with an expensive shop window full of properties that won’t shift and vendors blaming you.
5 Getting publicly called out for bad service
One angry vendor on Facebook, one poor 1 ⭐ Google review, or one local influencer naming and shaming you can undo years of hard work building your reputation.
Running an estate agency in the UK is not for the faint hearted.
You juggle cashflow, staff, clients, market swings, and a hundred tiny fires that never make it into the glossy “we’ve sold another one” social posts.
Yet you keep showing up, holding deals together, and keeping the lights on when most people would have walked away.
For that, you deserve respect.
You are the backbone of your community’s housing market, and you do it under more pressure than most will ever understand.
P.S. I’ve listed five… but what’s your number six?
1. Running out of exchnages before the bills get paid
No instructions means no sales, no sales means no exchanges, no exchanges means you are explaining to the bank manager why the overdraft looks like a phone number.
2. Not being able to cover payroll
.... means putting it on the credit card (gulp!). Then there is the portal fees, rent, and CRM costs, which go out like clockwork, but exchanges are a moving target. One bad month of fall-thrus and you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.
3. Your best neg or lister leaving
Either theyare lured away by the competition, or they decide they can “do it themselves” as a self employed agent.
4. The market suddenly freezing
Rates up, Rates down, mortgage approvals down, buyers vanishing overnight. You’re left with an expensive shop window full of properties that won’t shift and vendors blaming you.
5 Getting publicly called out for bad service
One angry vendor on Facebook, one poor 1 ⭐ Google review, or one local influencer naming and shaming you can undo years of hard work building your reputation.
Running an estate agency in the UK is not for the faint hearted.
You juggle cashflow, staff, clients, market swings, and a hundred tiny fires that never make it into the glossy “we’ve sold another one” social posts.
Yet you keep showing up, holding deals together, and keeping the lights on when most people would have walked away.
For that, you deserve respect.
You are the backbone of your community’s housing market, and you do it under more pressure than most will ever understand.
P.S. I’ve listed five… but what’s your number six?
