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This is a practical guide for commercial landlords and agents on how to use RE:match to find qualified occupier demand for vacant commercial premises. It covers how to browse and filter requirements, how to write an effective response, and how to turn a RE:match conversation into a viewing and an offer.
Read article →The difference between a portal enquiry and an active occupier requirement is more than a matter of degree — it is a qualitative difference in the nature of the contact. This guide explains why occupier requirements produce better letting conversations than traditional advertising enquiries, and what this means for how landlords and agents should be spending their time.
A reverse marketplace inverts the traditional property advertising model — instead of landlords listing what they have available, occupiers post what they need. This guide explains how reverse marketplaces work, why they produce better-qualified tenant enquiries than traditional portals, and what they mean for commercial landlords and agents looking to fill vacant space.
Starting your commercial property search too late is one of the most expensive mistakes a growing business makes. This guide sets out the lead times you should be working to — by property type and requirement size — and explains the consequences of leaving it too late.
Whether to use a commercial property agent — and which type — is one of the first decisions a business faces when looking for new premises. This guide explains the difference between a tenant's agent and a landlord's agent, when professional help adds genuine value, and when it is unnecessary overhead.
If you have spent weeks scrolling commercial property portals and found nothing that works, you are not searching in the wrong places — you are searching in the wrong way. A significant proportion of the UK's available commercial space is never publicly advertised. This guide explains why, and what to do about it.
Ask an agent how long it takes to find commercial property and the answer is usually optimistic. This guide gives you the honest timeline — by property type, size band, and market — based on what businesses actually experience, and explains why starting earlier than you think necessary is almost always the right call.
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