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Opening The Gates To More Listings
Simon Gates
260 episodes
4 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 259: Rob Smith

Today's guest is TPFG Group MD of Hunters, Whitegates and Northwood.

He has been in estate agency since 1989 and has worked for some of the biggest names across the industry, including Woolwich/Prudential Property Services, Spicerhaart and Sequence as well as his current role with TPFG.

He is not a prominent figure on social media and rarely does interviews, so this is a very special conversation packed full of value from someone who has almost forty years of experience in being an estate agent.

Our conversation covers topics such as market cycles, pricing strategies, interest rates/affordability, recruitment, talent retention, managing people, delegation, leadership, cold starts, data collection, lettings growth, trust and reputation.

You definitely don't want to be missing this episode with one of the biggest names and roles within estate agency.

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3 days ago
1 hour 1 minute 1 second

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 258: Toby Martin

Today's returning guest is the Chief Content Officer at We Are Unchained.

A failed rock star. Retired stand-up. Former English teacher.

He now specialises in AI, video and unforgettable marketing.

In his role as Chief Content Officer at We Are Unchained, he works with businesses in real estate and beyond who want to break free from bland, copy-and-paste marketing.

He makes property brands unforgettable and that means showing teams how to use AI without sounding like robots, getting comfortable on camera without cringing, and creating content that actually gets remembered.

He's also a popular keynote speaker on AI, video, and marketing.

Alongside Unchained, he's a trustee of the Propertymark Trust, one of the industry's key charities.

If you're looking to find out more about AI, video, marketing and how to stand out from the competition, this episode is 100% fpr you.

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6 days ago
1 hour 11 minutes 4 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 257: Steve Eakins

Today's guest is the Key Partner Director at Lumon.

In this role he became the account director for the firm’s biggest partner snd his role was to build and establish an international based team to support a partner with over 800 staff members.

Achievements within this role included responsibility for trade volume increase of 18% to over £250 million new business annually, an increase in new client aquations by 12% and an improvement of conversation rations for introduction to account, and account to trade of over 9%.




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1 week ago
44 minutes 31 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 256: Ross Burbidge

Today's guest is a personal estate agent with over 11 years’ experience in property.

He started in a junior role and has worked his way up the career ladder, driven by his love of working with people and the thrill of a successful sale.

He believes to be a great estate agent, you need to connect people with properties, secure the best price for your clients, keep the chain moving smoothly and spotting the hidden potential in a property and helping others to see it too.

His focus is on delivering a truly personal service and believes that each client and every property is unique, so he makes it his priority to provide tailored advice and guidance from the first viewing right through to completion.



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1 week ago
49 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 255: David Abbott

Today's guest is the author of How to Price Your Platypus and is an international speaker, specialising in helping audiences to discover simple ways to improve their pricing.

He speaks at conferences (including several estate agency events) about the ways you can make a higher price ‘stickier’. He also works one-on-one with clients, helping them apply his Platypus Pricing Process.

He also speaks to and works with sales teams, helping them improve the profitability and the value they deliver. Similarly, he is frequently engaged to speak to CEO groups and smaller business audiences.

As a fractional CMO, he applies psychology research into consumer behaviour to business and marketing.

In this conversation, you will discover simple, quick and easy changes that will make a dramatic difference to your profits and learn simple techniques that will increase your average order value.

You will be entertained, you will be engaged, and you will leave ready to make immediate changes which will improve your profits.

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2 weeks ago
1 hour 7 minutes 25 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 254: Jayne Twiddle

Today's guest is the Head of Operations at The Agency UK and has been working in the industry since 2001.

As Head of Operations at TAUK, she builds the systems that bring clarity, create consistency, and drive momentum across TAUK because freedom works when foundations are strong.

She's also looking to build a team of like-minded and client-focused Personal Estate Agents in the York area.

With well over two decades in estate agency, she has experienced every part of the business, from working on the front desk as a viewing assistant, Negotiator, Valuer, Branch Manager, heading up a large sales progression team, franchise support, to leading operations nationally.

As a mum of four, her journey has shaped how she leads with empathy, integrity, and honesty, while keeping space for laughter and enjoyment along the way.

For over ten years, she worked within one of the UK’s largest franchised estate agency networks, supporting franchisees and driving growth.

Her time as National Operations Director allowed her to implement strategies that connected people, process, and performance, always focused on helping agents thrive.

In this episode, we discuss some of her key learnings from over the years, self-employed estate agency, navigating the industry as a female, and loads more valuable topics.

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2 weeks ago
56 minutes 4 seconds

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Episde 253: Brett Ray

Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Survey Shack, which is the first interactive, affordable, and informative self-survey app, guiding users through each step of the property survey process.

He left school at 16 with a plan to trade derivatives then build something of his own and by 20, he was one of the youngest traders in London, learning to operate under pressure, think commercially, and back himself.

At 18 he started buying property and later retrained as a surveyor, drawn to a profession where his output could start helping others.

However, he kept seeing the same problems: deals collapsing, frustrated sellers, and a lack of clarity for buyers.

Rather than keep explaining the flaws, he has set out to fix them and that is how Survey Shack began and a simple way for buyers and sellers to assess condition quickly and clearly at low cost.

It reduces risk, saves time, and builds trust. We are changing the status quo.

Survey Shack are now raising under EIS to scale across the UK and expand into B2B across the property spectrum.

Their focus is tools that capture condition data at source and make decisions faster and fairer.

Survey Shack is solving today’s problems and building towards a future where fully autonomous condition assessments are the norm.

In this episode, we discuss surveys, the process of moving home, what can be done to improve the industry, plus many more valuable topics.

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3 weeks ago
55 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 252: Chris Abraham

Today's guest is a 4 times ICON agent with eXp and has sold 600 properties since going self-employed at the start of 2020, having previously been with Purple Bricks since 2017 and was also the number one agent in the UK for eXp in 2023.

We discuss how he has managed to hit these numbers, achieve these records, move to Spain and still keep his business running in Wales, plus loads more absolute gold.

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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 251: Alisa Zotimova

Today's guest is the Founder and CEO at AZ Real Estate and AZ Alliance.

She is a real estate professional with over two decades of experience in the UK and Russia.

Formerly with Cushman & Wakefield and JLL in Russia and the UK, she was top office agent in Moscow in 2006 and then headed Russian Cross-Border Investment desk in London, followed by running C&W's Alliance Program across EMEA.

In 2015 she's advised CBRE Residential on launching their Russian Desk in London.

She is well known and regarded within London and European professional peer network thanks to her long-term involvement in Urban Land Institute (ULI), WIRE and several mentoring schemes.

In this episode, we discuss the international property market, the Prime sector, her new self-employed business, AZ Alliance and so much more.

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1 month ago
47 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 250: Vicky Bibiris

Today’s guest started with Location Location as a junior negotiator in 2006 and within a short period of time became the top-performing sales consultant in the company taking on the role of Branch Manager in 2009.

She became Sales Director and equity partner in 2012 and has been an integral part of establishing Location Location’s reputation as one of North London’s leading estate agents.

Now she is the Managing Director of Location Location and leads one of the UK’s most respected estate agencies, recognised with prestigious awards like the EA Masters for Best Overall Agency and the Negotiator Awards for Best Single Office in the UK.

Her passion for empowering others, exceptional marketing, and fostering a high performance culture has been central to the agency’s success.

And if that wasn’t enough, she is also now the Chair of Ambassadors at Agents Together.

In this episode, we discuss, the power of consistency, authenticity, vulnerability, mindset, networking, Agents Together and so much more.

Make sure to give this conversation a listen with one of the most well thought of leaders in estate agency across the UK.


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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 249: Graham Paterson

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Jitty.

Jitty offers a clearer, smarter way to buy a home, with the tools and transparency buyers deserve.

Consumers can explore, save, and share homes with their AI-powered search features.

For agents, they offer more visibility for your listings, at no cost and help you get in front of new homebuyers that can't find your properties on other platforms.

Jitty is backed by global property leader REA Group — with cutting-edge tech built by the team behind Deliveroo and deep industry expertise.

In this episode, we discuss how Jitty is helping the property market for both consumers and agents, the power of AI and what's to come, the complacency of Rightmove and loads of other useful content for the future of the UK property market.

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1 month ago
51 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 248: Chris Targett

Today's guest is the owner of Social For Brokers and helps busy mortgage advisors create social media posts that keep their pages informative and up to date.

He's worked with top UK networks and 200+ advisers since launching his business in 2020.

We discussed his journey from working in a golf shop in Scotland to estate agent and now business owner.

In this conversation, you will learn how to stand out with social media, the importance of a growth mindset and surrounding yourself with the right people, the power of effort and consistency, self-development, thinking outside of the box and so much more in this value packed episode.

Make sure you don't miss this one as it was a brilliant chat with someone who is really switched on to how things work and attracting eyeballs to your business.

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1 month ago
1 hour 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 247: Peter Thompson

Today's guest was one of the Founding Principal Partners of St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC and after 26 years of helping shape SJP into the highly respected FTSE-100 business it is today, he founded ClozeSure.

ClozeSure is a pioneering new solution designed to support sellers, estate agents and conveyancers in managing the risks associated with property transactions, particularly during the vulnerable period between exchange and completion.

Acting as a safeguard, it is the first-of-its-kind product that guarantees sellers 100% of their agreed sale price if their buyer fails to complete after exchange.

ClozeSure is actively partnering with estate agencies, conveyancing firms, and property portals to bring this solution to market and empowering property professionals to offer a more robust and reliable service to their clients and enhancing the proposition of agents and conveyancers.

In our conversation, we discuss the challenges when selling a home, managing financial risk, standing out from the competition, justifying your worth, defending fees, the importance of relationships and so much more.

Make sure to give this episode a listen and hear from a very experienced professional when it comes to making the right investments and risk analysis.

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1 month ago
56 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 246: Cindy Slaughter

Today's guest is the Marketing Director at Momentum Portfolio and the estate agent who became a marketer and the marketer who built a marketing agency and now helps grow self-employed property brokerages.

As Marketing Director at Momentum, she leverages her background in agency marketing, property (residential & commercial), and operations to build an in-house delivery function for their growing portfolio.

She's on a mission to support their internal customers, from HQ to their self-employed estate agents, fostering collaboration across their brands and nurturing a growing team committed to innovative, omnipresent, data-driven marketing.

With a combination of strategic growth and a hands-on approach, I help our brands thrive in a cluttered landscape, demonstrating how modern ways of working can meet and exceed customer expectations in industries that are only beginning to adapt to current times.

Beyond her career, she's a proud mother of two girls and is aiming for equality and balance, both professionally and personally, showing her daughters and others that they can build a life they love.

In this conversation, we discuss self-employed estate agency, marketing, equality and loads more valuable content for estate agents, so make sure to give the episode a listen and hear from someone right at the heart of one of the leading brokerages in the country.

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1 month ago
55 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 245: Sapna Pieroux

Today's guest is an award-winning author, expert speaker, and Founder of InnerVisions.

She works with entrepreneurs and business leaders and teams to create aligned business and personal brands for those who want to make a greater impact.

In this conversation, we discuss personal/business brand, awards, networking, building trust and credibility, plus loads of other great insights for any agents wanting to make sure their brand is on point and attracting the right type of clients.

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1 month ago
41 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 244: Ben Francis

Today's guest is a partner at Giggs & Company and joined the industry just over five years ago.

He has worked in both corporate and independent businesses and I would describe him as a very wise head on young shoulders.

We discuss the importance of personal brand, social media, video, training, mentoring, open houses and plenty more insights that agents could action in their business today and see an instant impact.

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1 month ago
57 minutes 27 seconds

Opening The Gates To More Listings
Episode 243: Jack Kingsley MARLA & NAEA

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Kingsley Estates, which he launched in March 2025.

After 8 years with Imagine Property Group Ltd, 8 years with Your Move, and 1 year at Taylors, he decided to start his own business.

We discuss social media, video, building a lettings business, old school sales and loads more in this energetic conversation.

Make sure to check out this episode to hear a no nonsense approach to estate agency with someone who has gained lots of traction on social media in recent months from his authentic behind the scenes content.

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1 month ago
55 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 242: Giles Ellwood

Today's guest is the CEO and Founder at Homesearch and is on a mission to transform UK Property Search with AI + CRM.

Homesearch is an intelligent property platform that puts estate agents back in control of the market by combining rich data, seamless tools, and AI-first design.

As CEO & Founder of Homesearch.co.uk, he leads a team transforming how homes are discovered, valued, and marketed with a platform that connects the dots between instructions, CRMs, and serious buyers, giving agents in the Homesearch network an edge.
Over the past 15+ years, he's launched and scaled multi-million-pound businesses in tech and publishing and is now focused on reshaping UK property by creating tools that are smarter, faster, and fairer; for agents, buyers, and sellers alike.

We discuss how Homesearch is aiming to increase transaction numbers, their AI system 'HAILO', leadership, recruitment, leadership, and world records.

Make sure to listen to this episode and hear from one of the two men who took a chance on me in early 2020, helping pave the way for me to start this podcast and launch my own business.


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2 months ago
55 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 241: Dan Woods

Today's guest is a bespoke estate agent who specialises in elite and prime homes across Warlingham, Woldingham, and Caterham, and the surrounding Surrey areas.

With 20+ years of experience, we uncover his tailored approach, innovative marketing and commitment to getting the best outcome for his clients.

We discuss going self-employed, social media, video, door-knocking, off-market opportunities and collaboration to name a few of the topics covered.

Make sure to check this episode out as it is packed full of plenty of things that agents can implement immediately to make a huge difference in their business.

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2 months ago
49 minutes 1 second

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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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2 months ago
30 minutes 46 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.