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WHEN PLAYING DIRTY REALLY PAYS OFF!

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales Lettings and Management. As lockdown easing continues to spread, we wish you all the best for safe times ahead. GOOD NEWS We’re bringing you some good news! In a previous blog we were delighted to tell you all about our sponsoring of a great initiative at Highams…

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NOT YOUR AVERAGE DES RES

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. If you go down to the Park (Highams Park) today, you’re sure of a little surprise… The latest “des res” to feature in the McRae’s office window is a bit unusual. It’s a shell, housing a tortoise – called Albert. COMMUNITY Let us explain……

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WE’RE BACKING BUDDING BEAR GRYLLS!

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales Lettings and Management. As lockdown easing spreads, we wish you all the best for safe times ahead. THE GREAT OUTDOORS Normally, as an Estate Agency dealing in property, we’re all about desirable Indoors – bricks and mortar. But we also appreciate the importance of the Great Outdoors….

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BEWARE FAKES … WHY OUR 100’s OF REVIEWS “H.I.T.” THE MARK

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings and Management. As spring knocks on our doors, there seems to be cause for optimism generally and in the property market in particular. The Government has offered an extended period of assistance to help keep trade buoyant and the roadmap to the lifting of lockdown restrictions…

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NEW YEAR LATEST

Welcome to the very latest news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. We hope you had a good – if rather different – Christmas and we’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. COVID LATEST Following the Prime Minister’s broadcast on JANUARY 4 2021 announcing new pandemic measures, we…

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Welcome to the Christmas blog from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. Who would have thought at the start of the year that key words in 2020 would have been Virus, Lockdown, Mask and Tier? COMMUNITY We’re pleased to say that other words have come to the fore and we’ve been delighted to play our part…

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POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA PREVIEWS

Welcome to the latest from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. In this update we want to let you know about the marketing power not only of our website – but also our social media with PROPERTIES PRE-SELLING THANKS TO PREVIEWS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE – BEFORE FULL ONLINE MARKETING. FIND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE: McRae’s Facebook…

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NOVEL NATIVITY

Hello and welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. With the passing of Bonfire Night, we have the advent of Christmas. FESTIVE FEELING Certainly, major stores and food outlets have fired the gun on their Christmas ad campaigns. Of course, none of us knows what this season will bring or what…

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LEADING THE WAY

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales Lettings & Management. We’re delighted to say that our Managing Director Craig McRae has been chosen as a key figure of note in the most recent showcase of business heads highlighted by The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Council casts a spotlight on…

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OUR WORK GOES ON IN LOCKDOWN 2

As England falls under the newly enforced rules of Lockdown 2, we are pleased at McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management to report that we are able to work on for you, our clients. The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England – and the exemptions which…

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VIRTUALLY CHALLENGED  

Welcome to the latest from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management – as we all face a month in Lockdown 2. COMMUNITY SPIRIT We often say here that McRae’s is very much part of the community we serve and we cheer all efforts by local business and local organisations to tackle every challenge the pandemic presents….

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THE ONLY WAY IS ETHICS

Welcome to the latest update from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. In this article we’re looking at how we offer clients peace of mind with a highly respected Reviews system and Code of Conduct. We at McRae’s are proud to have been picked out as a beacon of Best Practice in the Estate Agency industry…

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READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL

Welcome to another update from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. As we’re all aware these are challenging times – and changing times. We are all wondering what the “new normal” might turn out to be. Possibly it is something to be embraced. After all, you don’t have to look back too many years to recognise…

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TRIED TRUSTED REVIEWED

Welcome to the latest news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management. As we head into Autumn and what would normally be the fun – or spooky – period of Hallowe’en, a complicated year for all walks of life continues and the Housing market is no exception. Just as Hallowe’en might be scary for some, tricky…

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OUR EXPERIENCE COUNTS – AND HELPS US HELP YOU

Hello – and welcome to our latest Blog updating you on some of the recent news from McRae’s Sales, Lettings and Management. Obviously, we are all still finding our way through the changes brought upon us by the pandemic and here at McRae’s it is no different. We have introduced a series of new working…

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HERE FOR YOU AS ALWAYS… AND STILL ON TRACK

Hello and welcome to a new-look McRae’s Sales, Lettings and Management with all the same, familiar qualities you can trust. We’re saying “New Look” for several reasons. Firstly, in line with Government guidelines, we’re delighted to announce that our office is open again and we are arranging valuations and viewings. We also have our new-look…

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IN THIS TOGETHER

Hello – and welcome to the latest blog from McRae’s Sales, Lettings and Management. These are challenging times for all of us and there has never been a more important time to have a sense of Community. Our Community is an important part of what we are about at McRae’s. We’re delighted to be part…

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McRAE’s – A COVID-19 STATEMENT FROM CRAIG McRAE

We are living through extraordinary times. The Coronavirus pandemic has taken an effect on many people and many businesses. McRae’s Sales, Lettings & Management is not exempt. I want to assure our clients that we at McRae’s will continue to offer whatever service we can to our highest standard through this crisis. We are, of…

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OUR 2020 VISION – A BIG YEAR AND TRIPLE CELEBRATION

Hello from all of us at McRae’s in what is turning out to be a very big year for us. Firstly, as you can see, we have a new website. We’ve designed it to maximise the way we help you, our customers, through all your property needs and to supercharge the way we market properties…

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING…

Ho Ho Ho indeed! It might not be at the forefront of all our minds, but there is no denying Christmas is on the way and the starting gun for the Festive season has well and truly been fired. It’s on our TV screens and it’s in the shops… and here at McRae’s we’re pleased…

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Parliamentary praise for property agency

PARLIAMENTARY PRAISE FOR PROPERTY AGENCY BRINGING TRUST BACK TO AN INDUSTRY HOW AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE CUSTOMER REVIEW SERVICE IS SETTING A NEW STANDARD NO FAKE NEWS IN McRAE’S REVIEWS At a time when Fake News and Fake Reviews cause many to doubt what they read online, a London estate agency has been leading the way…

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McRae’s – Part of the community

Hello – and welcome to the latest from McRae’s Sales, Lettings and Management. Many summer events will be filling your diaries, like ours. We are delighted to be Sponsors of the Handsworth Primary School, Highams Park, Summer Fete on Sunday June 30th. We are always proud to do what we can in the community –…

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Genuine customer satisfaction

McRae’s is delighted to have been included in the prestigious Parliamentary Review publication focussing on our work to establish the Reference Line independent customer review service. In the magazine, which recognises “Best Practice”, “Determined Leadership” and “Innovative Thinking,” those included are praised for acting as a “Template for Reform.” In a foreword by Lord Blunkett…

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Exciting challenges ahead

Since the 2008 financial crisis and since the Brexit vote, the volume of estate agency business has reduced. Independent agencies now have to compete with the larger, corporate set-ups and online agents. This is a good market, however, for a small firm like McRae’s. We see ourselves as a cottage industry. There are bigger players…

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