The Home Stretch The Guild of Property Professionals

This week Iain McKenzie catches up Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, a membership body for the property industry which is working to raise standards, increase regulation and provide support for the property industry in a mission similar to that of The Guild. Listen to Nathan tell us his opinions on ROPA, our revolving door or Housing Ministers and how to educate consumers on the importance of choosing an agent who is part of a network such as The Guild or Propertymark.

Verona Frankish, CEO of Yopa joins Iain McKenzie on The Home Stretch Podcast this week, as he delves into the world of hybrid estate agencies and all the challenges and successes this model presents. Verona speaks about her first 12-months as CEO at Yopa, as well as discussing her time at Purplebricks and the future of the Yopa model. She also tells Holly how important it is to build a community around you in business.

Russell is back for a bonus episode to tell us his story into recruitment and to discuss The Humphrey Group's award-winning customer service, which culminated in the team becoming twice decorated at The ESTAS in 2022. 

Chris Millington, Director of Building and Construction Research at investment bank numis, joins Iain for this week's episode to look at the housing market from an investor and house builder perspective. Chris is optimistic about the market for the remainder of 2023, he tells Iain why he cannot see the UK facing a crash. Iain also asks about the topic-du-jour, Purplebricks... listen to Chris' view on the future of the online agency.

The second episode in our celebration of females in property for International Women's Day sees Kate Taylor from Taylor and Co, Donna Vincent from Millbanks and Lou Fletcher from Piccolo tackle everything from pregnancy to menopause. We understand too how they all feel that being a women in agency is neither their strength nor their weakness, but how preparedness can be!

To celebrate International Women's Day, we have recorded two very special episodes of The Home Stretch Podcast, with some of our proud female Guild Members. In this first episode Angi Cooney from C residential, Gail Furnival form Barbers and Maria Morgan from Platinum Properties discuss their experiences as women in agency, and how we can help other women to thrive in the workplace. We particularly loved finding out who their inspiring females were...