A Hackney vendor usually compares a few agents before booking a valuation, and the one with the clearest local proof tends to win.
HeyLead helps independent London estate agents win more valuation appointments and sole-agency instructions, where you are the only agent instructed to sell. We run SEO, Google Ads, Meta ads and your website around valuation requests and what you know about each borough, and we track every lead through to a valuation and an instruction. Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket keep doing the buyer side. Spend and reporting are in pounds.
What we do
SEO, Google Ads, Meta ads and your website all aim at homeowners in the boroughs you cover who could instruct you.
Pages and listings that appear when people nearby search Google for what you do.
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Paid search ads that reach people searching right now, reported against the calls and bookings they produce.
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Facebook and Instagram ads for offers that need reach, including ads shown again to people who visited your site.
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Pages built to turn a visit into a call, form or booking.
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Call and form tracking, so you can see which ad or search produced each lead.
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Optional link to your customer system, so signed work flows back into your reports.
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Who we work with
Independent estate agents with one or two branches in inner London.
Agents covering period houses in Wandsworth, Clapham and Richmond who want vendor valuations.
Sales and lettings agents who want to grow the sales side without buying portal leads.
Agents competing with online and hybrid firms who need a clear local reason to be chosen.
The local picture
Your market
London sales vary street by street. A Victorian terrace in Hackney, a mansion-block flat in Maida Vale and a semi in Bromley attract different buyers and need different advice, and vendors know it.
Most buyer searching happens on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket, so an agent's own site earns its keep on the vendor side: valuations, market commentary and proof of recent sales.
Estate agents must belong to an approved redress scheme, and listings are now expected to carry material information (facts a buyer needs, such as tenure and costs) up front.
Stamp duty changes and mortgage rates move sentiment quickly, so the wording on a valuation page needs updating whenever the market shifts.
Your customers
Good vendor leads come from valuation searches, from estate agents plus a borough or postcode area, and from comparison searches such as best estate agents Wandsworth. We chase those. We exclude tenant searches and quick-sale or we-buy-any-house terms, which bring cash buyers rather than vendors.
A good lead is a homeowner with an address who books a valuation. Reports show valuation requests, valuations attended and instructions won by borough, with spend in pounds, so you can compare the result against your portal costs.
Our approach
Each area you cover gets a valuation page with your own market notes, recent sales you can show, your redress scheme, and a short form or booking link. Google Ads targets vendor searches in those areas only.
Meta ads run to homeowners in the boroughs you cover with local market updates and a valuation offer, and show ads again to people who started a valuation form but did not finish.
SEO pages answer vendor questions like how long selling a flat in Islington takes and what the material information rules mean for a listing. Every lead is tagged to its borough.
Building stock
Victorian terraces and conversions in Hackney and Islington, mansion blocks in north-west London, new-build flats in the east, and suburban semis in Bromley and Croydon
Listing sites in this market
Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket
Licences you show on your page
Redress scheme membership for estate agents, with material information on every listing.
Common mistakes
Rightmove and Zoopla bring buyers to your listings, but the vendor leads they sell can go to your competitors too. A vendor pipeline of your own, built on valuation pages and search, means instructions you did not have to share.
Automated valuation tools collect emails from curious owners who are not selling yet. Without a fast call from a person and a clear offer of an in-person valuation, they become a list nobody rings.
Hybrid agents advertise low fixed fees across London. A local agent wins by showing results on the street, not by matching the price. Pages should show your local sales record and explain what the service includes.
How it works
We focus on the postcodes and boroughs where you already have boards and sales, such as Hackney and Islington, before expanding.
One page per area with your market notes, recent sales, redress scheme and a valuation booking form.
Google Ads on vendor searches and Meta ads to homeowners, with buyer and tenant traffic excluded.
Monthly reports show valuation requests, valuations attended and instructions won by area, in pounds.
Searches
These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.
| They search | What they want |
|---|---|
| estate agents Hackney | Vendor comparing local agents |
| free house valuation Islington | High-intent vendor lead |
| best estate agents in Wandsworth | Comparison; reviews and sales decide it |
| how much is my flat worth London | Someone at the early stage, not yet ready to hire |
| selling a flat in Camden | Process research from a likely vendor |
Testimonials from HeyLead clients
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
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
FAQs
Questions London estate agents put to us first.
Judge any agency on valuations and instructions, not clicks. Ask how they keep buyer and tenant traffic out of vendor campaigns and how quickly leads are followed up. HeyLead reports valuations and instructions by borough in pounds.
Offer a valuation on borough pages that show local sales and market notes, run search ads to them aimed at vendors only, and follow up quickly with a real person. Content that answers vendor questions adds leads over time.
They capture interest, but most people using them are not ready to sell. They work when followed by a prompt call and an offer of an in-person valuation. We track which ones turn into appointments.
Rarely. Portals are where buyers look, and vendors expect to see their home there. Your own marketing adds vendor leads the portals cannot give you exclusively, so most agents run both.
Your redress scheme, recent local sales, clear fee and service information, reviews and a way to book a valuation. Listings should carry the material information buyers now expect. We build pages around those.
No. We are a remote team, so you will not find a HeyLead branch in London. We speak by phone or video, and the campaigns are built around the areas your branches cover.
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