Moving Your Estate Agency to a Brokerage | Steve Wayne & William Taper

Why would established estate agency owners move their business to eXp UK? Steve Wayne of Benjamin Stevens and William Taper of Willmotts explain. At TheOrg Agent Mastermind Build Event in London, two agency owners share what happened when they brought established brands onto eXp: Benjamin Stevens, an independent agency that ran its own self-employed model, and Willmotts, a West London firm dating back to 1856. In this session they cover: • Why Steve says eXp "wasn't ready" for them five years ago, and what changed • William's experience trying to build a brokerage on his own: portals, logins, compliance and supporting agents • Keeping your own brand: "three little letters by my logo" and clients not asking about it • Lower running costs, fewer salaries and why "turnover is vanity, profit is sanity" • How the transition to a self-employed model affected their teams • Training, events and the friendships that come with the eXp community • Collaborating with eXp agents across the country, from Devon to Canterbury, and the referrals coming through the network • Revenue share, equity and their plans to grow a brokerage slowly and properly If you own an agency, or you're an agent thinking about moving brokerage, this is an honest look at what joining eXp really involves. Chapters 0:00 Introductions 0:45 Steve Wayne: 23 years running Benjamin Stevens 2:31 William Taper and Willmotts, established 1856 5:12 The headaches of building a brokerage alone 6:52 Why a good agent will succeed anywhere 11:06 Keeping your own agency brand 12:21 Running costs and the move to self-employed 14:06 Community, events and training 15:46 Collaborating with agents from Devon to Canterbury 20:02 Growth plans for the next five years 26:47 Audience questions #eXpUK #TheOrg #EstateAgent #SelfEmployedEstateAgent #AgentMastermind #eXpRealty #IndependentEstateAgent #AgencyOwner #Brokerage ──────────────────────── 🤝 ESTATE AGENT THINKING OF GOING INDEPENDENT OR MOVING BROKERAGE? Book a confidential chat with James Hughes about joining TheOrg at eXp UK: 📲 WhatsApp: 07340 702880 📩 james.hughes@exp.uk.com 🤝 TheOrg on Instagram: @theorg.realestate 📸 James on Instagram: @jameshughes.realestate TheOrg was co-founded by James Hughes and Jonathan Woods and is 175 agents strong within eXp UK. 🎧 TheOrg Real Estate Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6P71BjG... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🏡 Selling or letting in South London, West London or Surrey? Free valuation: https://jameshughes.exp.uk.com/ 💼 LinkedIn:   / jameshughes543   James Hughes | Independent Estate Agent powered by eXp UK 2 x ICON Agent • eXp UK Agent of the Year 2025 • Co-Founder of TheOrg ────────────────────────