Golden Nuggets

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Want to use video as an estate agent but hate the thought of being on camera? You’re probably overthinking it. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Sarah Oliver of SOLD BY Sarah Oliver joins Silvia Eldawi to talk about camera confidence, perfectionism, personal branding and why feeling a little b...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Why do house sales take so long after an offer has been accepted? And is all that chasing actually helping? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Steve Pymm, Managing Director of Pymm & Co, joins Silvia Eldawi to look at what happens between offer accepted and completion — and what estate agen...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Should sellers be tied into a six-month sole agency agreement? Ben Madden thinks absolutely not. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Ben Madden, Principal Director of Fine & Country West London, joins Silvia Eldawi to argue the case for limiting estate agency exclusivity periods to 28 days —...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove What happens when a career built around some of the world’s best-known consumer brands moves into estate agency? For Leone Ashby, it meant starting again. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Leone Ashby, Director of Harry Charles Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi to trace her career from consum...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Why does one estate agent win the instruction while another never gets through the door? For Ashley Cain, it starts with communication. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Ashley Cain, Owner of Moovahome Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi to break down the communication playbook his team uses fr...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Your offer has been accepted. Now what? Liana Loporto-Browne, Founder of Loporto-Browne Residential, joins Silvia Eldawi to explain what happens between offer acceptance and getting the keys — and why a great estate agent should stay closely involved throughout that journey. From solicitors and enquiries to chains,...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Being good at estate agency and being good at running an estate agency business are not necessarily the same thing. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Ben Madden, Principal Director of Fine & Country West London, joins Silvia Eldawi to unpack what agents can underestimate when they move int...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove You’ve found the house. But are you actually ready to make an offer? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Zee Faridi, Owner of Ezmuve Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi to put buyers to the test — from working out what you can genuinely afford and getting a mortgage agreement in principle to prov...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Most buyers start with a wish list. But how much of it do you actually need to get the right home? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Malcolm Prescott, Managing Director at Webbers Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi to break down the home-buying journey — from understanding what you can genuine...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Your property is on the market. You’re getting views, enquiries, maybe even viewings — but still no offer. So what is the market actually telling you? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Alex Ishmael, Founder & Director of Proceed Property, joins Silvia Eldawi to break down the data sellers...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Found the rental property you want? Being ready to move quickly starts long before you make the offer. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Leone Ashby, Director of Harry Charles Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi for a step-by-step look at how tenants can prepare for renting — from working out w...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove What does your estate agent actually need to know before they sell your home? Potentially more than you think. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Claire Kendall, Director of Richard Kendall Estate Agent, joins Silvia Eldawi to explain why details that may seem irrelevant to a seller at the begi...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Would you take over an estate agency if you’d never worked in one before? Zee Faridi did. He had no estate agency experience, no established local reputation and no track record in the market. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Zee Faridi, Owner of Ezmuve Estate Agents, joins Silvia Eldawi to e...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Why does selling a property in the UK still take so long — and what can sellers do before they even find a buyer to make the process easier? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Liana Loporto-Browne, Managing Director of Loporto Browne Residential, joins Silvia Eldawi to unpack where delays can c...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Ben Madden never planned a career in property. He started out in retail and hospitality, moved into estate agency almost by chance — and his first six months in sales were, in his own words, “a bit of a disaster”. Then he moved into lettings. That changed everything. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & S...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove 📌 EDITOR'S NOTE This conversation was recorded shortly before the Government announced its intention to introduce independent regulation of property agents, including licensing and appropriate qualifications. Further details on implementation are still to be confirmed. What should someone have to know before they’r...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Ben Madden has bought three properties in his life. Not one of them was in the location where he originally started looking. And he was already an estate agent. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Ben Madden, Director of Fine & Country West London, joins Silvia Eldawi to explore why the home...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove What happens when an estate agent’s personal brand becomes bigger than the agency they work for? For some business owners, that’s a threat. Ashley Cain sees it differently. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Ashley Cain, Owner of Moovahome, joins Silvia Eldawi to explain why he actively encoura...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove How do you build an estate agency brand people actually remember — without the marketing budget of a major consumer brand? Before moving into estate agency, Leone Ashby built her career in consumer marketing. Today, as Director of Harry Charles Estate Agents, she applies many of the same principles to property. In t...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Is 18 too young to sell someone’s house? Alex Ishmael started in estate agency at 18 and set up his own business by 24. Along the way, he became very familiar with one reaction: “Are you even old enough to buy a house?” In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Alex, Co-Founder of Proceed Property, jo...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove What does 43 years in estate agency teach you about when to sell — and when not to? Malcolm Prescott, Managing Director of Webbers, has spent more than four decades in the industry, progressing from starting out as a teenager to leading one of the South West’s longest-established estate agency businesses. In this ep...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove Would you sell your home to back your own business idea? Sarah Oliver did. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Sarah tells Silvia Eldawi how she went from working across traditional, corporate and hybrid estate agency models to deciding she could build something of her own. The problem was fundi...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove A bad property survey can make even the most committed buyer question everything. But when is a survey genuinely telling you to walk away — and when is it simply flagging an issue that can be investigated, managed or renegotiated? In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Silvia Eldawi sits down with...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove How do you build trust in a market where nobody knows your name? When Zee Faridi entered estate agency, he had no established agency brand, local track record or personal brand. So he made himself visible. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Zee tells Silvia Eldawi how simple property videos, re...

AD | This season of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers is supported by Rightmove What happens when one of the toughest periods of your career becomes the catalyst for what comes next? When the property market crashed in 2008, the business Steve Pymm had spent years building suddenly faced a very different reality. In this episode of Golden Nuggets: Movers & Shakers, Steve tells Silvia Eldawi...