When sales slow or stall on a property development, the instinctive response is often to point to the wider market: interest rates, mortgage availability, consumer confidence or competition. While external conditions matter, developers who jump straight to "it's the market" miss opportunities to diagnose and fix issues they can actually control. This guide walks through nine practical areas to audit before assuming the problem is beyond your reach.​

Property lead generation has never been more crowded or more confusing. Portals, social media, email, PPC, offline marketing and word‑of‑mouth all compete for budget and attention, and it is easy to end up with lots of activity but not many instructions or reservations. The most effective developers and agents focus on building a system, not chasing tactics: a joined‑up approach that attracts the right people, captures their details, nurtures them over time and turns genuine interest into committed buyers, tenants or clients.