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Hosted by Matt Giggs · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 58 episodes
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Estate Agent Showdown is the ultimate debate show for real estate agents, property industry professionals and investors worldwide. Hosted by the dynamic and insightful Matt, this podcast delivers bold discussions on the hottest industry trends, game-changing business models, and the challenges shaping the future. Each episode brings together two expert guests for unfiltered conversations, real-world insights, and the strategies you need to stay ahead in an ever-evolving market. Whether you're scaling your portfolio, refining your sales tactics, or navigating industry shifts, Estate Agent Showdown keeps you informed, inspired, and ready to win. My mission is to challenge the comfort zone of estate agency, one honest conversation at a time.
Matt Giggs hosts Estate Agent Showdown, a business show with 58 episodes published.
How do you go from losing money on low-fee real estate models, feeling like an industry failure, and getting online hate, to building the UK's largest self-employed agency network with over 1,000 agents? In this episode
What happens when you run a business that looks successful from the outside, but on the inside you are burned out, firefighting every day, and feeling like you are failing the people who matter most? In this deeply perso
How does a 24-year-old go from watching livestock auctions on a family farm in regional Ireland to selling and renting upper-quartile luxury homes in prime London? In this inspiring and deeply practical episode of Estate
What does it take to pull off Ireland's very first major real estate summit, bring international keynote speakers to Waterford, and overcome the crippling anxiety of stepping outside your comfort zone? In this high-energ
What does it actually take to walk away from a highly profitable, corporate Managing Director role after three decades of climbing the ladder? In this raw and incredibly tactical episode of Estate Agent Showdown, host Ma
What do you do when your business partnership dissolves, your key staff member resigns, and your entire company shrinks down to just two people in the middle of a shifting market? In this highly transparent and inspiring
The tragic reality of the UK property industry is that nearly 60% of what traditional agents put on the market fails to exchange or complete. This means independent operators are sinking thousands of pounds into client a
In this incredibly raw, unfiltered, and deeply moving episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt Giggs sits down with confidence and assertiveness coach Angie McQuillin. While this show usually highlights external metrics, t
What if the comfort you've built for your team is the very thing stopping them from growing? To mark 50 episodes, the format flips: Simon Gates and James Kendall step into the host chairs to interview Matt Giggs himself.
In this episode of Estate Agent Showdown, we sit down with industry leaders Ian Macbeth (Avocado Property) and Lee O'Brien (iad UK) to discuss one of the biggest shifts happening in UK estate agency today. From self-empl
What separates the estate agencies that evolve and dominate from the ones that quietly disappear? In this unfiltered showdown, industry legends break down the raw truths about modern leadership, the myth of the self-empl
Most success stories are told in hindsight, once the risk has already paid off. This episode is different. Matt Giggs sits down with Luke Pearce, an agent who is only two weeks into his journey as a self-employed partner
In this highly anticipated and occasionally heated episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt Giggs is joined by Ellie Rees, co-founder of Brickworks, and Alexandra Hearn from TAUK. What started as a LinkedIn debate over a l
In this deeply personal episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt is joined by Kim McGinley, founder of Vibe Finance. Kim shares the visceral "epiphany" moment that led her to walk away from a successful 16-year corporate c
In this episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt Giggs is joined by Jonathan Handford, a senior figure at the global luxury brand Fine & Country. Jonathan shares his remarkable "sliding doors" journey—starting as a carpent
In this episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt Giggs is joined by two industry heavyweights: Elaine Penhaul, founder of Lemon and Lime Interiors, and Steve Eakins of Lumen Currency Exchange. Following a major premium mar
In this unfiltered episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt Giggs is joined by Simon Efford, co-owner of Glazebrook Estate Agents. Simon is what Matt calls an "undercover agent"—someone who avoids the public limelight of s
In this unfiltered episode of Estate Agent Showdown, Matt sits down with Andrew Sanderson, owner of AKS Residential. After 20 years in the industry moving from the fast-paced London market to building his own brand in De
In this unfiltered and high-impact conversation, Matt Giggs sits down with three-time Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion Roger Black. Moving from the Olympic rostrum to the world of estate agency, Roger explore
In this unfiltered 1-to-1 conversation, Matt Giggs is joined by Tom Lawrence, owner of Alexander Lawrence Estate Agents in Milton Keynes. Tom shares his journey to becoming a high-performing independent business owner wi
Luke Pearce
Chief Data and AI Officer · Giggs and Co
1 appearance on this show
Steve Eakins
Lumen Currency Exchange
1 appearance on this show
Roger Black
Three-time Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion
1 appearance on this show
Mark Burgess
Dr. · Iceberg Digital
1 appearance on this show
Simon Gates
1 appearance on this show
Steve Carroll
former Sales Director at realestate.com.au · Otsego Local Schools
1 appearance on this show
Tony Morris
international sales expert · Agency Titans
1 appearance on this show
Russell Quirk
co-founder and director · Proper PR
1 appearance on this show
Adam Day
eXp
1 appearance on this show
Darren Somaiya
Portland Estate Agents
1 appearance on this show
Alexandra Hearn
TAUK
1 appearance on this show
Ellie Rees
Brickworks
1 appearance on this show
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Estate Agent Showdown is hosted by Matt Giggs. The show is categorised under business (society) and has published 58 episodes.
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