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Opening The Gates To More Listings

Opening The Gates To More Listings

Simon Gates 302 Episodes Jul 2, 2026

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.

Episodes

Episode 311: Craig Thompson Jul 2, 2026 01:00:25 Today's guest is the Founder and Managing Director of North Wall Property.In this episode we discuss his business philosophy, brand positioning, evolution, operations discipline, performance outcomes, flexible fee model, tech-stack, data-driven decisions, professionalism, networks, partner agent models and mindset.His business has some of the best performance metrics across the UK when it come
Episode 310: Alex Pelosi-Buchanan Jun 29, 2026 01:01:08 Today's guest is the owner of Beacons Real Estate eXp and is a multi award winning estate agent, including winner of eXp UK Best Newcomer and 2 X Capper.He is also the Founder of Real Agency & Real Agent.Having launched his own business in partnership with eXp UK in September 2023 after a dozen years as an estate agent, he has gone on to be one of the most well regarded and recognised esta
Episode 309: Russell Jervis Jun 25, 2026 01:00:37 Today's guest is the Group Managing Director at Rayner Personnel and Co-Host of The Two Russells Podcast.He has worked across estate agency, mortgages, and recruitment, serving the sector for almost 40 years.Previously, Managing Director of Spicerhaart, one of the largest estate agency businesses in the country, he has a wealth of experience across various sectors of the property industry.In t
Episode 308: What Two Weeks on the Road Taught Me Jun 22, 2026 01:52:41 In more than 300 episodes of Open The Gates To More Listings, I've spent most of my time interviewing the best minds in real estate. This episode is different.For the first time, I'm going solo.Over the past two weeks, I've attended sieveral major industry events, including a private mastermind with Tom Panos, the Real Estate Agency Summit in Ireland, Propertymark One, the eXp Conferen
Episode 307: Simon Leadbetter Jun 18, 2026 01:04:22 Today's returning guest 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 Am
Episode 306: Simon Leadbetter Jun 15, 2026 00:54:30 Today's returning guest 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
Episode 305: Sonja Townsend Jun 11, 2026 01:03:47 Today's guest is the Owner and Creative Lead at London Property Staging.An interiors-obsessed property geek, she has bought, sold, developed and let properties in London and Australia and studied at the British Academy of Interior Design.Property staging is commonplace in North America and Australia, but it’s a much newer concept in the UK. This has been helped by the wave of reality TV shows
Episode 304: Stuart Dare Jun 8, 2026 00:59:36 Today's guest is the CEO and Founder of Nexpad, which was founded in February 2026.He previously worked for the Connells Group since 2000 and was the Managing Director of Mortgage Services.In this episode we discuss mindset, modern networking, partnerships, referrals, leadership, culture, accountability, leaving the corporate world, data value, customer economics, social media, market conditio
Episode 303: Shane Harris Jun 4, 2026 00:58:49 Today's guest is Company Director at Harris + Wood.He started his estate agency career in 2009 as a trainee negotiator with Spicerhaart before moving across to Sequence and eventually launching his own business in 2017.In this episode we discuss the entrepreneurial mindset, the importance of the right people and partnerships, mentors and coaches, business structure, strategy, expansion, culture, m
Episode 302: Frances Bowling Jun 1, 2026 00:54:47 Today's guest is the Operations Director at Moss Properties and Fine & Country York.She started as an estate agent back in 2012 and has worked her way up the ranks ever since.In this episode we discuss the pandemic era, proptech adoption, work ethic and career progression, communication, culture, loyalty, market cycles, activity discipline, personal brand, content strategy, education, data, re
Episode 301: Opening The Gates X The Complete Agent Part 4: The £100K Mistake Agents Make When Pricing Homes May 28, 2026 00:56:12 In episode four of Open the Gates to More Listings meets The Complete Agent, the focus shifts to the full lifecycle of getting a property sold, and why top-performing agents are achieving around 80% completion rates versus a UK average closer to 55%.The conversation makes one thing clear from the outset. Selling homes is not luck. It is a structured, repeatable process built on pricing strategy, m
Episode 300: Simon Gates Special (Featuring Matt Baldock) May 27, 2026 01:10:17 Today's 300th episode special sees me joined by my very good friend, Matt Baldock, who kindly agreed to interview me on my journey to 300 episodes.We discuss the podcast origins, power of consistency, building a personal brand, strategic insights for estate agency success, episode reflections, memorable guests, key learnings and much much more.Thank you so much to all of you who listen to the

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