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Opening The Gates To More Listings
Simon Gates
241 episodes
3 days ago
Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business. There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
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Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business. There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
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Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 240: Kenny Bruce MBE

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Purple Bricks and is now Senior Non-Executive Director for The Agency UK.

He was also a Founder Member and Volunteer Mentor at Agents Together and owned Larne Football Club between 2017 and 2025, which saw him awarded an MBE for his services to charity and community in Larne.

We discuss marketing, tech, culture, prospecting and loads more invaluable content for estate agents in a very short space of time.

The episode is full of absolute gold with one of the biggest disruptors the UK estate agency industry has seen, you definitely do not want to miss this one!

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3 days ago
30 minutes 46 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 239: Katy Billany

Today's guest is Executive Director at TwentyCi.

Having worked within the property sector for over 17 years, she has seen first-hand how the right data and insights can reduce agents' costs and transform performance.

TwentyEA, part of the TwentyCi Group, provide a unique suite of tools which track almost every inch of the property market with the most accurate and precise data in the UK.

Additionally, their unique insight on upcoming new instructions will directly put you one step ahead of your competition.

Want to know exactly which properties are coming on to the market or who is keen to switch agents?

Want to compare your brand performance against competitors?

Want to know more about a property ready for the market appraisal?

I'm a huge fan of the data TwentyCi provides and in this discussion we dive into their latest insights from the property & homemover Q3 2025 report, which is packed full of insightful data to help estate agents better understand the market.

Q3 market performance, activity levels, off-market sales, withdrawn listings, price reductions, pensioner market, Open Rent, and the self-employed world, we covered a lot of topics into our conversation.

If you're an estate agent serious about using data in your business to track the numbers that matter, you don't want to miss this episode.

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1 week ago
1 hour 45 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 238: Simon Leadbetter

Today's returning guest for a now unprecedented eight appearance is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activity, and talent.

Over his 8 years experience in the estate agency industry, he has worked with Countrywide, Fine & Country, Keller Williams, and Knight Frank.

He's also a mentor at Agents Together, Propertymark Trust Ambassador and Fractional CMO for Lemon and Lime Interiors.

With over 30 years of marketing experience across multiple sectors, from startups to FTSE100, he has turned failing marketing teams around, and educated hundreds of people on the science and art of marketing.

His mission is to make quality strategic marketing and practical advice accessible to every business, whether they need a virtual CMO, a one-to-one mentor, or a marketing trainer.

In this episode, we discuss the results of part four of the Voice of The Agent 2025, covering topics such as how consumers are finding a property, use of AI, confidence in house prices, choosing an agent, stamp duty, brand awareness, Renters Rights, Open Rent, social media, awards, and the conveyancing process.

If you've not already read part four of the report, please do contact me for a copy of it and I will happily share it with you, plus be sure to check if there are still any tickets left for The Voice of The Agent conference on 7th November at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes as it is going to be an amazing event.

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1 week ago
1 hour 18 minutes 18 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 237: Rachel Ollington

Today's guest is Director at Rachel Ollington Consultant supported by The Estate Agent Consultancy.

Rachel has seen it all, from the hybrid space, being a self-employed agent and exiting her own business.

She now combines all of her experience to help letting agents grow their business.

We discuss the power of social media, video, landlord lead generation and loads more invaluable content.

You don't want to miss this episode, especially if you're looking to scale a lettings business.

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2 weeks ago
1 hour 55 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 236: Rory Black

Today's guest is Director at PriceHubble UK (Dataloft).

He is part of the team at Dataloft that transform the marketing for property professionals, helping them win new business through the use of property insights and data.

We discuss the importance of data, insights, marketing, and what the very best estate agents are doing with Dataloft to grow their estate agency business.

Make sure to tune in and hear from someone that has dealt with some of the very best estate agents across the country and find out how to stand out in a very crowded market.

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2 weeks ago
49 minutes 22 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 235: Lottie Foden

Tooday's guest is the owner of YourKeys and is a lettings expert in the Staffordshire and Cheshire area.

She specialises in property lettings & management, single lets and HMO’s.

Having worked in corporate and independent businesses, she launched her own business and has been going from strength to strength ever since.

In our conversation, we discuss personal brand, social media, video, networking, collaboration and so much more to help get an idea of how to successfully launch your own business.

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3 weeks ago
58 minutes 36 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 234: Jorge Gayle

Today's guest is a Negotiations Instructor and Coach at the Black Swan Group and author of "From Jet Who to JetBlue".

He was part of the founding team at JetBlue and after an active and thrilling twenty-year career with this successful airline, his book, From JetWho to JetBlue, takes you behind the scenes of this successful organisation from its early days and reveals how to develop a unique culture and working environment that can last decades.

Black Swan consultants are seasoned former law enforcement negotiators and business savy individuals who have spent significant amounts of time on the front lines of negotiation and understand the distinction between academic theoretical instruction and the requirements of the real world.

In our conversation, we discuss a lot of the techniques used by the Black Swan group such as no-orientated questions, labels, tonality, dynamic silence, and loads more content that estate agents can go action today to make a fundamental difference to their business.

You do not want to miss this episode with a person who offers incredible value and works alongside Chris Voss, who is author of one my favourite books 'Never Split The Difference'.

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3 weeks ago
50 minutes 48 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 233: Lucy Joerin

Today's guest is on a mission to help estate agents break into the luxury market, earn more, and love what they do and is the Founder of Stowhill Estates & The Elite Agent Collective.

She has helped estate agents step into the luxury property market with confidence — and build 6-figure (and beyond) businesses doing work they love.

As the founder of Stowhill Estates, she know first-hand what it takes to stand out, win premium instructions, and grow a high-end agency from the ground up.

Since launching in 2017, she's grown across Oxfordshire and the Home Counties, selling beautiful, unique homes priced at £1m+.
Through The Elite Agent Collective, her mastermind for ambitious estate agents, she now teaches others how to do the same, combining powerful marketing strategies with the mindset needed to thrive in this space.
She's also passionate about supporting women in property, especially those who feel stuck, undercharging, or held back from playing bigger.

As a certified mindset and business coach, she offers private mentorship to help women grow bold, values-led, financially free businesses on their own terms.

In our conversation, we discuss the luxury market, the importance of masterminds and coaching, mindset, direct mail and so much more valuable content.

You don't want to miss this episode if you want to learn from someone who is walking the walk in the higher end of the market.

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4 weeks ago
1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 232: Matt Baldock

Today's returning guest is Director and co-owner of Charles David Casson, who are an estate agents in Chelmsford, Essex and he is also a consultant and coach for estate agency owners.

He also runs the HMO network, the estate agency dinner, and is a member of The FIA.

In this episode we discuss proptech, social media, networking, lettings and loads more from one of the good guys in estate agency.

Make sure to give this a listen and hear from one of my best mates in the industry and before he tells me off for not mentioning it, the brains behind the name of this podcast.

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1 month ago
58 minutes 28 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 231: Mia Evans

Today's guest is a Director at The Agency UK.

She has worked within corporate and independent estate agency and covered, Cheshire, North Wales, Sefton and West Lancashire.

Priding herself on taking the stress and strain out of moving, she is there from the first conversation, to negotiating offers, sales progression all the way down to handing out keys.

She started as a trainee Negotiator several years ago in Cheshire and then moved to Chorley with Arnold and Phillips and decided to be her own boss in February 2023 partnering with The Agency UK.

Having taken the self-employed world by storm, you don't want to miss this chat as she is absolutely smashing it and shares some of the secrets behind her success.

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1 month ago
1 hour 1 minute 48 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 230: Stuart Greenwood

Today's guest is a Business Development Manager for Davies Property Partners.

He has over a decade of experience in the estate agency industry from working across both independents and corporates, plus he has also worked in the proptech space for a few years as well before mocing back into estate agency.

This makes him well positioned to give insights on what the very best estate agents do differently to deliver exceptional results.

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1 month ago
1 hour 9 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 229: Gary Simpson

Today's guest is the Founder of Bayzos Estate Agents and Co-Founder of See It Here First.

We discuss systems, processes, fees, helpful resources, video, social media, community groups and loads more valuable content in this episode.

We close the conversation by talking about the success of the Bayzos Exclusive Buyer Group on Facebook that is now closing in on 4,000 members since launching in June 2021 and seeing them sell approximately 33% of all their listings here before launching to the portals.

This then saw the launch of See It Here First, a property service offering users the chance to see exclusive homes before they appear on Rightmove and this has already resulted in 3,732 active users, 688 active properties, 116 viewings booked, and multiple sales taking place since its launch several weeks ago.

You definitely don't want to miss this episode with a real visionary within the industry that I think has done some amazing things over the past few years whilst going under the radar that you will definitely learn plenty from.

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1 month ago
52 minutes 52 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 228: Jacob Littorin MNAEA

Today's guest is an aspiring personal estate agent in Islington, who is originally from Sweden and is a member of the National Association of Estate Agents, MNAEA, Propertymark.

Since 2019, he has completed numerous courses and awards in residential sales, to be fully qualified to sell property and holds both the Level 2 and the Level 3 Awards in the Sale of Residential Property, which are highly accredited qualifications that have provided him with the essential skills to sell properties while ensuring legislative compliance.

In 2022 he was shortlisted as a finalist for Propertymark's Sales Candidate of the Year. 

He has also been a member of a member of Sell It, the USA's largest sales training community, since 2019, which was founded by one of the most successful real estate agents in the USA, Ryan Serhant.

He is tracking 1,200+ Islington listings, has published 20 monthly property market updates, and has authored 46 pages of buyer and seller guides.

In this episode we discuss industry qualifications, personal brand, creativity, LinkedIn newsletters, knowing your market and much more.

Make sure to tune in if you want to hear from someone who is making a serious dent in the UK property market before he's even getting started!

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1 month ago
52 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 227: Mark Breffit

Today's guest is the Founder of KnokKnok and has 14+ years working within London’s property market, selling in excess of £1b+ worth of property in the capital and the most expensive home in London in 2024 at £70,000,000.

He's worked with some of the biggest names in the business, like Dexters, Hamptons and Knight Frank, managing sales teams and breaking records along the way.

He was also lucky enough to be part of the early crew at Airbnb in San Francisco, witnessing the incredible growth of a budding unicorn. 

KnokKnok is a next-gen real estate platform merging premium agency service with social tech, offering a modern, relationship-led alternative to traditional portals.

Imagine seeing listing from social media, agency websites and the portals in one place all found via AI search!!

From WhatsApp-style messaging to curated off-market opportunities, they're focus is on elevating the client experience and giving agents the tools to connect more deeply with serious buyers.

In our conversation, we discuss proptech, AI, selling Super Prime properties, marketing, video, social media, and loads more super valuable topics.

This is a must listen for anyone who thinks differently and is looking to stand out from the crowd.

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1 month ago
55 minutes 12 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 226: Mark Bevan

Today's guest is the Managing Director at Loop Software.

He's been in and around the property industry for 15 years in multiple roles from training through to solution sales and delivering presentations to agents from 1 offices to 160 offices in size - managing the deal through to completion.

His roles have seen him work in the CRM and portal spaces, which gives him a great position to discuss what very best estate agency looks like.

We discuss buyer and seller data, service, communication, getting the most out of a CRM, prospecting and loads more really valuable content around what it takes to be one of the very best estate agents.

Make sure to check out this episode as you'll be learning from someone who has worked with thousands of estate agents all over the country, so knows a thing or two about what works well for high performing estate agents.

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1 month ago
57 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 225: Mal Mccallion

Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of ModelProp, which is helping estate agents escape Rightmove reliance with AI.

He's spent 30+ years helping businesses grow, from early-stage startups like Zoopla and Primelocation.com to global scale-ups like REA Group and GetAgent.

In our conversation we discuss the portal space and what that is going to look like in the next few years, where AI is going, and the importance behind still having a human connection.

You don't want to miss this episode as you will be hearing from one of the biggest thought leaders in our industry when it comes to innovation and AI.

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1 month ago
53 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 224: Mark Wells

Today's guest Founder and CEO at Invisible Homes, the property market's best kept secret and London’s only online, off-market property platform.

His career has seen him work at Hamptons, Savills, and as a search agent before launching Invisible Homes in 2017.

He set up Invisible Homes to bring the perks of buying and selling off-market to the world, harnessing the power of AI.

A bit like a dating app, but for property.

For buyers, it means getting the best matches sent straight to you, without trawling the market and for sellers, it means getting the best price for their home without the risk of being caught in a downward spiral.

Invisible Homes now has over 75,000 active buyers and 510+ member agencies using the platform and has ambitions to grow across the whole of London and into the home counties.

In our conversation, we discuss the portal space, AI, estate agents working with buyers, price reductions, and obviously the off-market space.

This discussion will give you a really interesting perspective on how estate agents can be working differently and more effectively to achieve better results for their clients and you definitely don't want to miss it.

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1 month ago
56 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 223: Ian Storey

Today's guest is the proud owner of Storeys of Cheshire and is also an estate agent mentor and trainer at The Complete Agent.

In this conversation with arguably one of the very best estate agents in the country who charges some of the highest average fees in the industry, we discuss marketing, direct mail, team culture, social media, video, mindset, charging higher fees and loads more incredibly valuable topics.

You do not want to miss this episode with someone who is at the very top of their game as there is so much to learn from one of the leading agents in the mid to higher end of the market.

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2 months ago
57 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 222: Laura Harvey

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Property Fastrack, which was founded in 2024 to help estate agents and individuals streamline property transactions through expert outsourced sales progression and client support.

In this episode we discuss how they aim to reduce fall-throughs, speed up completions, and make the moving process smoother from start to finish.

If you're looking to increase your chances of getting paid on each sale and turning your pipeline over more frequently to help with cashflow, you definitely want to be checking out this conversation.

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2 months ago
47 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 221: Ashley Would

Today's guest is the Director of Ashley Would & Partners.

He has a decade of experience working as an estate agent and launched his own business powered by eXp in January 2021, going on to to cap multiple times, reach ICON status and achieve over 300 5* Google reviews.

In this episode we discuss the importance of preparation, reviews, social media, fees, door knocking, targeting unsold properties and loads more valuable content.

Make sure to tune in to hear from someone who is absolutely flying in the self-employed world and was kind enough to give away a lot of the secrets behind his success.

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2 months ago
53 minutes 39 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business. There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.