Real Estate and Property · City · Cardiff metro

Cardiff property marketing

Cardiff property firms use HeyLead for Google Ads, search and a website that brings seller and landlord enquiries.

We are a marketing team for owner-led agencies. We aim the ads and the pages at the towns you already work in, then show you which enquiries became signed clients.

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  • check_circle Rent Smart Wales and redress scheme details shown where owners look
  • check_circle Your own search and pages running beside the portals

Lead generation

Four kinds of enquiry we aim to send you

Each type gets its own page and goes to its own person. People who are only browsing listings are not counted as leads.

01

Sales instructions

Homeowners in Penarth, Llandaff, Roath and beyond who want a valuation and are choosing an agent. The page speaks to their street and house type, not to a generic Cardiff audience.

02

Landlord and management enquiries

Owners with one flat or twenty, looking for lettings or full management. Fees, Rent Smart Wales compliance and how contract-holders are handled are set out in plain words.

03

Commercial owners and occupiers

Businesses and landlords with offices, units or shops around the Bay, the centre and the business parks toward Newport, who want an agent with commercial experience.

04

Maintenance requests

Managers and owners needing repairs, void turnarounds or planned works across their blocks and houses. Each request captures address, urgency and access details so quoting starts faster.

Who we work with

Typical clients in Cardiff

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Estate agents and sales teams instructing on Penarth villas, Roath terraces and Cardiff Bay apartments

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Letting agents and property managers growing the number of homes they manage across the city, the Vale and the student streets

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Commercial agents marketing offices, units and shops around the Bay, the centre and business parks on the road to Newport

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Property maintenance firms doing common-area repairs, void turnarounds and planned works for managers and landlords

The local picture

Real estate and property marketing in Cardiff: what to know

Your market

What is different about Cardiff

Cardiff property is a mix of very different stock. Cardiff Bay and the city centre are full of flats, with apartment blocks that need managing agents and steady maintenance. Roath, Cathays and Canton are Victorian terraces, with student lets and first-time buyers.

Penarth trades on seafront villas and period homes, and Barry on family terraces and semis near the coast.

Because this is Wales, landlords and agents deal with Rent Smart Wales, with occupation contracts under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act, and with Land Transaction Tax when a sale completes. Redress scheme membership is expected of agents, so it belongs where owners can see it.

HeyLead is the marketing team, not the agent or licence holder, and our fees carry VAT at 20 per cent.

Your customers

How customers find you

Owners and landlords search by role and place: letting agent Penarth, property management Cardiff, sell my house Roath. The three big portals take most searches from people browsing listings, and that is a different crowd from someone ready to hand over a property.

A good lead here is a person ready to instruct you or sign a portfolio over. Maintenance work follows managers, who search for a contractor for a specific block or street, often after a tenant complaint.

Commercial owners look for an agent who has moved a unit like theirs. Reports show instructions won, properties signed and maintenance jobs booked, split by type of lead and by area, in pounds. A plain cost per lead would hide which ones worked.

Our approach

How HeyLead runs it for you

Each type of lead gets its own route. Sellers land on a valuation page for their area. Landlords land on a management page that explains fees clearly and mentions Rent Smart Wales. Commercial owners get an enquiry route to the right person.

Maintenance leads come through a job request form with address and urgency fields. Google Ads covers people searching right now, SEO builds area pages for Penarth, Roath and the rest, and Meta ads bring back visitors who did not make contact.

Tracking links every call and form to the desk that answered it. Speed matters, so we can set up alerts and routing if your team wants them.

Building stock

bay flats, Victorian terraces, and Vale of Glamorgan houses

Listing sites in this market

Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket

Licences you show on your page

UK estate agent redress schemes

Common mistakes

Common real estate and property marketing mistakes in Cardiff

01

One form for four different jobs

A seller, a landlord, a commercial owner and a block manager needing repairs do not want the same conversation. Put them on one form and your desk spends the morning sorting mail. Separate pages mean separate answers and clearer reports.

02

Living on the listing portals

Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket rent you an audience that is looking at properties, not hiring agents. Firms that rely on them pay for visibility they do not control, while landlords searching for management go elsewhere. Building your own search presence is slower but steadier.

03

Copy that ignores Wales

Sales and lettings pages written for England mention the wrong tax, the wrong contracts and the wrong regulator. Cardiff landlords notice. A page that names Rent Smart Wales and Land Transaction Tax earns a faster phone call.

How it works

How it works, step by step

  1. 01

    Sort your lead types

    List what you want more of: instructions, managed properties, commercial mandates, maintenance jobs. We rank them by value and by how many you can handle, then choose where to start, usually one cluster of suburbs such as Penarth and Llandaff.

  2. 02

    Build a page for each offer

    A valuation page, a landlord page, a commercial page and a maintenance request page, each written for Cardiff stock and each with one clear next step.

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    Start ads for people ready to act, then build SEO

    Google Ads runs first for people ready to act. SEO area pages follow, and Meta ads keep you in front of owners who visited and left without asking.

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    Follow each enquiry to a result

    Calls and forms are tracked to a lead type and an area, then matched against what you won. Reports show what you paid per instruction and per managed property, in pounds.

Searches

What people search for

These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.

They search What they want
Cardiff property management Landlord or owner looking for a local manager
letting agent Penarth Landlord choosing an agent by suburb
estate agent Llandaff Seller comparing agents for a family house
Cardiff commercial property agent Owner or occupier with a unit or office
property maintenance Cardiff Manager seeking repairs or a void turnaround

Google Maps

Cardiff metro on the map

Live Google Map. Tap a place to zoom in.

Google Maps. The same map, larger, in Google Maps.

Open Cardiff in Google Maps

Testimonials from HeyLead clients

What clients say about working with HeyLead

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HeyLead was able to quickly bring structure and order to our Search Engine Marketing campaigns. Their methodical approach turned around our SEM performance and allowed us to demonstrate the ROI from the programs. They brought innovations to the table that increased the visibility of the online journeys our prospects and customers were taking.

Paul Liddiatt

Chief Marketing Officer, NewBook

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I've worked with HeyLead for over a decade. There is no one else I'd trust with lead generation and IT. I've tried others, to my detriment. If you want someone who is dedicated and trustworthy, you couldn't pick someone better.

Andrew Woodruff

CEO, Woodruff Property Management

Marketing from $500 USD a month

Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts.

Starting at

$500 USD per month

Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix.

Get a Free Audit

What $500 a month covers

  • Pages

    Included

    Pages built around the searches your buyers actually type.

  • Search and ads

    Included

    Search and ads aimed at people ready to enquire.

  • Tracking

    Included

    Calls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them.

Our team

The same people on the audit and on the work

Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.

Martin, Founder, strategy and audits

Martin

Founder, strategy and audits

Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.

Yoana, Social and app development

Yoana

Social and app development

Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.

Mike, SEO

Mike

SEO

Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.

Robert, Paid media

Robert

Paid media

Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.

Elmer, Analytics

Elmer

Analytics

Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.

Dino, Design

Dino

Design

Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.

Certified and experienced

Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome.

Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.

Google AdsCertified
Google AnalyticsCertified
Google Tag ManagerCertified
Operating since 2010Proven experience

FAQs

Questions about real estate and property in Cardiff

Answers on lead types, methods, coverage and how we judge the quality of Cardiff enquiries.

What leads do you generate for Cardiff property firms? expand_more

Seller valuation requests, landlord and management enquiries, commercial owner and occupier contacts, and maintenance job requests, each captured on its own page. We do not sell people who are only browsing the portals as leads. Your desk receives enquiries tagged by type and area.

What lead generation methods do you use in Cardiff? expand_more

Google Ads for people searching now, SEO for area and service pages, Meta ads for reach and follow-up, and landing pages built for one offer each. Tracking ties calls and forms to outcomes. Alerts and routing are available when reply speed is the bottleneck.

How does this sit alongside Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket? expand_more

Those portals keep the listing shoppers, and we do not try to replace them. We build the layer you own next to them: search, pages and ads that bring a seller, landlord or manager straight to you. Both can run at once.

Which parts of Cardiff should we target first? expand_more

Start where your desk is strongest. For many firms that is Penarth and Llandaff for sales, or Roath and Cathays for lettings. We add Barry, Newport or the valleys once results show where instructions come from.

How do you judge lead quality? expand_more

By what happened next. What you pay per instruction, per managed property and per maintenance job is tracked by lead type and area, so a cheap enquiry that never converts does not look like a win. Where sales, lettings and maintenance share an inbox today, we separate them first.

What do you need from me to start? expand_more

We need login access to your website and any ads accounts, plus your Google Business Profile, the listing that shows on the map. Tell us the areas you want to work, give us your redress scheme and Rent Smart Wales details, and say how many new instructions or jobs your team can handle.

Does HeyLead have a Cardiff office? expand_more

No. HeyLead is an online team, so there is no Cardiff address to call in at. We work with you by phone, video or WhatsApp, and we know how the Welsh market differs from England's.

Other industries in Cardiff

Other pages for this city.

Other cities we cover

The same service, written for each place.

Want more listings and management leads in Cardiff?

Tell us the areas you can cover and the kinds of leads you can handle. We will show you which searches, pages and ads to start with.