The Home Stretch

Iain McKenzie is joined by Steve Ryan, Sales Director for Websites and SEO at nurtur.tech, this week to discuss the importance of an estate agency’s website. Steve tells us that an agent’s website is as important as their office was before the digital evolution... so, what is the difference between a good website and a great website?

In the first interview since iamproperty announced their new private equity partner, Perwyn, co-Founder of iamproperty, Jamie Cooke, joined Iain McKenzie to discuss the past innovations and future development of the business. He also discusses the difference between traditional auction and the modern method of auction, as well as helping agents to understand why having auctions in their toolbox co...

In the latest episode of season three of The Home Stretch podcast CEO of The Guild of Property Professionals, Iain McKenzie, speaks to Tom Bill, Head of UK Residential Research at Knight Frank, to understand the latest developments for the sales and lettings market in London and the upper quartile, as well as the wider UK residential market. With Bill and his team producing a monthly house price i...

Iain McKenzie is joined once again by Tim Bannister, Director of Property Science and Innovation at Rightmove for a special bonus episode as they look at the data behind price reductions. Rightmove's September HPI data shows that over 36% of properties currently for sale have had a price reduction, with an average reduction equating to £22,700 nationally. Listen to Tim and Iain discuss what th...

Award-winning estate agent from the French Riviera, Alice Watson-Smith, joins Iain McKenzie for this week's episode to discuss how the buying and selling process in France differs to in the UK including legislation and regulation differences as well as time-scales and motivation to move. Listen to Alice explain how she got to the stage in her career where she believes whole-heartedly that the...

After 30 fantastic episodes with some of the industries most respected influencers joining Iain and Holly throughout the second series of The Home Stretch Podcast, we looked back on some of our favourite episodes from the last five months of recording. A huge thank you to all of our guests including; Grainne Gilmore, Simon Whale, Kevin Ellis, Russell Humphrey, Chris Millington, Russell Humphrey, N...

In the final episode of the second season of The Home Stretch podcast, Iain McKenzie is joined by property market analyst and Head of European Housing and Building Materials at the Royal Bank of Canada, Anthony Codling, to discuss what has been unfolding within the market during the second quarter of the year. In previous episodes Codling had made several predictions regarding what he thought we w...

Don't panic! That is the advice from Mortgage Advice Bureau. Listen to Peter Brodnicki, Chief Executive at MAB, discuss the changing landscape of mortgages in the current property market as he tells Iain McKenzie why it is important consumers understand the role of a broker and that agents articulate that to their buyers.

After Peter spoke to us previously about his early years in agency and the experiences that shaped him, he joins us again on the latest episode to divulge in what came next for the successful director and how the EA Masters and Agents Giving were established some 20 years ago both with the aim of supporting the industry through recognition and philanthropy. Find out more about Property Academy at...

Peter Knight started his career as a negotiator in 1979 and worked his way up through the ranks, working as sales manager at Barratt Homes and eventually becoming director at Jackson Property Services. In the present day, as founder of Property Academy, Best Estate Agent Guide and EA Masters, Peter comments that his purpose is to inspire people to fulfil their potential. Listen to Peter and Iain d...

A recent report from Nationwide suggests that Northern Ireland is the only country in the UK to see an increase in house prices in the past 12-months. We invited Julie McCrory, Director at Kingham Property Specialists in Lurgan near Belfast, on to The Home Stretch podcast to discuss how a changing market doesn't always have to mean a change of tactics, and how traditional lead nurturing is sti...

The nurtur eco-system, a series of integrations revolutionising the property industry, offers smart prop-tech and innovative thinking for estate and letting agents. We invited Richard Combellack, Chief Commercial Officer at nurtur.tech on to The Home Stretch podcast this week to tell us the benefits of managing leads from the very beginning of the customer journey, all the way through to conversio...

Alex Pelosi-Buchanan, Sales Manager at award-winning estate agency Archer & Co, specialises in selling property throughout Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire. Iain invited Alex onto the podcast this week to get to know the man behind the property tours and market update videos and to understand the Welsh property market compared with 'across the water'. We finish up by asking Alex how h...

Bryan Mansell is the CEO and Co-Founder Gazeal and is considered an expert in the UK property market. Not only does he provide consultancy services along with Sarah Edmundson in the form of Allstars Coaching, he also strives towards new and innovative ways to help improve the way people buy and sell property. Listen to Bryan and Iain discuss his latest technology, Gazeal.

Steven Wayne launched Benjamin Stevens Estate Agents in January 2004 aged just 22. We invited him to speak with Iain McKenzie for this weeks episode to discuss some of his keys to success in business, from working hard, being honest, planning your day and not worrying about things you cannot control. Hear Steve let us in on his strategy for listing and his thoughts on EXP and the self-employed mod...

Rob Hailstone, Chief Executive of conveyancing network The Bold Legal Group, is a huge advocate for improving the, often fractious, relationship between agents and conveyancers. Listen to his bonus episode with Iain McKenzie to understand how they used to work together in the early 'HIPs era'.

Elaine is an award-winning businesswoman, entrepreneur and and the author of 'Sell High, Sell Fast - how to sell your home for the best possible price in the quickest possible time' , the first UK book to speak directly to vendors about how to maximise a home sale. We asked her to join us on this week's episode of The Home Stretch to understand how property staging increases the value...

Dr Savvas Savouri, Chief Economist for Toscafund Asset Management, joins Iain again for The Home Stretch podcast this week to challenge our views on Brexit.

The Building Safety Act makes 'ground-breaking reforms' to give residents and homeowners more rights, powers, and protections in a bid to make homes across the UK safer. Much of the Act is unclear and many of the regulations ill-communicated, so we invited Rob Hailstone, founder of Bold Legal Group and conveyancing expert on to The Home Stretch podcast to try and understand the Government&...

Dr Savvas Savouri, Chief Economist for Toscafund Asset Management, tells Iain that, contrary to many predictions, the UK economy was never going to go into a recession. He also says that sectors such as the housing market are still viewed with the same metrics as they were in the 80s, however, much has changed since then, giving us inaccurate GDP data... listen to this weeks episode find out what...

Welcome to our 50th episode! Perry Power decided he wanted to be an estate agent at the age of 12 and began working in the property industry at 15 years old. 21-years later, he has managed a Fine & Country office, worked in some of the largest estate agencies in the country, had four children, opened his own agency - Power Bespoke, became a motivational speaker and even started a self-employed...

After the recent news of the collapse of a well-known property management firm, the issue of whether client funds are held in an electronic money institution (EMI) or a bank, is a hot industry topic. On this week's episode, Iain McKenzie spoke to Matthew Gibbard from LettsPay to understand what these changes to client fund management means for landlords and letting agents and how prop tech is...

Ben Beadle, Chief executive at NRLA (National Residential Landlord Association), joined Iain McKenzie this week to give his frank and honest view on the state of the UK's housing market, in particular with regards to the lettings market. NRLA supports over 100,000 Landlords and Ben recently met with Michael Gove to discuss everything from The Renters Reform Bill to the Purpose Built Student Ac...

On 2nd March 2023, the Women in Estate Agency group held their inaugural conference at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London. The sold out event welcomed more than 250 men and women from across the property industry. Verona Frankish, CEO of Zoopla and member of The Women in Estate Agency group worked alongside Liana Loporto-Browne, Clare Hughes, Sarah Edmundson, Lucy Noonan, Clare Yates, Kirst...

Property market analyst and CEO of Twindig, Anthony Codling, makes his return to The Home Stretch podcast for his 2023 debut this week. He tells us his thoughts on the property market in the first quarter of 2023 after we ended the year with over 1.2 million property transactions occurring during 2022. Iain McKenzie believes that the only aspect he would be concerned about, as an estate agent, is...