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The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch

Hosted by The Guild of Property Professionals

Episodes

95

Latest episode

May 2024

Language

EN-GB

About the show

The Property Podcast with Iain McKenzie - Make Money. Save Money. Remain Compliant. join.guildproperty.co.uk.

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May 22, 2024Episode 3018 min

Iain McKenzie: What Have we Learned this Series?

With series three of The Home Stretch Podcast coming to an end today, Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett look back on the past 30 episodes and discuss their key takeaways from each of their esteemed guests. Which was your favourite guest or topic in this series? Join Iain and Holly for series four in late summer 2024!

May 8, 2024Episode 2928 min

Wendy Peterman: Have we Forgotten to be Kind?

This week, Iain McKenzie is joined by Wendy Peterman, Managing Director of Petermans Estate Agents on The Home Stretch podcast to discuss what it has been like to be in estate agency over the past five years, mental health and Wendy’s experience as a female leader in the sector.

May 3, 2024Episode 2840 min

Tech: Streets Ahead of the Competition

On this month's tech-focussed episode, Heather Staff, Co-Founder of Street Group, joins host Ben Sellers to discuss some of the technological advancements Street Group have integrated into their platforms to the benefit of businesses and consumers.

April 24, 2024Episode 2734 min

Stephen Brown: The Agency Influencer

Having begun his career in estate agency over 30 years ago, Stephen Brown has become a respected name in the industry, providing training and consultancy to property professionals. Not only is he a knowledgeable agent, he is also a huge advocate for supporting charitable causes, including his Computers for Schools project and more recently, Markers for Mindfulness. Listen to this episode to understand Stephen's motivations as well as gain some helpful tips on negotiation.

April 10, 2024Episode 2633 min

Guy Welfare: Are your Property Listings Compliant?

With parts B and C of the Disclosure of Material Information regulation coming into effect late last year for sales and lettings agents across the UK, we caught up with Guy Welfare from National Trading Standards for some clarity on what this means moving forward. Iain McKenzie asks Guy questions such as, 'how should agents communicate these changes to buyers and sellers?' 'How are the portals preparing?' 'What is classed as material information?' Listen now to find out all this and more.

April 5, 2024Episode 2544 min

Tech: More than a Map

Almost 15 years ago Erica and Lewis Tandy were considering moving home to be near good local schools, in the process they discovered a gap in what estate agents could offer buyers. They began developing something that showed schools on a map, with information at a glance about their Ofsted report ratings and exam results. Today, Locrating is much more than just a map as Ben Sellers discovers...

March 27, 2024Episode 2431 min

Sharing Success: The Guild Conference

On Friday, 22 March 2024, The Guild of Property Professionals hosted its highly anticipated annual Guild Conference and Awards at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. Under the theme ‘Sharing Success,’ the full-day conference brought together innovative and passionate Guild Members alongside industry pioneers for an event exclusive to The Guild's network. Listen to Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild, and Holly Hibbett, PR and Social Exec for The Guild, look back on the day as well as hearing interviews from Members on their successes.

March 13, 2024Episode 2328 min

Anna Clare Harper: Can Property be Net-Zero by 2050?

Anna Clare Harper, CEO at GreenResi.com and podcast host herself, joins Iain McKenzie this week to look at some of the challenges the Private Rental Sector and investors are facing with the race to net-zero by 2050 and other factors limiting supply. With 14% of emissions coming from homes, what impact have changes to EPC gradings in recent years had on the sector? Should housing really be the political football it is? Find out in this episode.

March 1, 2024Episode 2242 min

Tech: AI plus Data will Change the World

The first guest to join host Ben Sellers on The Home Stretch: Tech is Ian Preston. As Director at Greenhouse OS and Founder of Preston Baker, Ian has seen his fair share of innovation and transformation in property technology over the years. In this episode Ben and Ian discuss some of the key changes they have experienced as well as discovering some of the driving forces of Ian's many entrepreneurial endeavours.

February 28, 2024Episode 2133 min

Liana Loporto Browne: Personalised Service and Great Knowledge

With the Women in Estate Agency Conference fast approaching, we caught up with Liana Loporto Browne, Founder of the Women in Estate Agency Facebook Group and Owner at Loporto Browne Residential, to delve into some of the decisions that lead her to be the business person she is today. Listen to Liana tell Iain McKenzie about her career beginning on the island of Malta at 19 years old through to her current role as a trailblazing entrepreneur alongside her husband, Oliver.

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