The Home Stretch

With the Bank of England's decision to increase interest rates by half a percentage to 2.25% and the UK Government's announcement in last week's mini Budget regarding Stamp Duty cuts, there was a lot to discuss in this episode. Join Anthony Codling and Iain McKenzie as they look into how these changes affect the property market, property professionals and consumers.

Yvonne Martin, alongside Vikki Girton, is the proud Fundraising Manager behind Agents Giving, the official charity for the property industry. Agents Giving works with estate and lettings agents and their suppliers across the UK to encourage, support and promote their fundraising activities. Yvonne spoke to Iain McKenzie, who is also a member of the Agents Giving board, to discuss just how simple i...

Join Simon Whale, Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett to discuss Simon's journey into proptech and how kerfuffle can serve the industry better the more agents sign up to their free dashboard. Listen too to the future of the nurtur Accelerator Programme as brought up by Gary Barker in an earlier episode. Find out more about the Kerfuffle vision and get be part of the revolution here >> www.kerfuf...

We are joined again by Peter Rollings, former Managing Director and current Non-Executive Director at Foxtons, London's largest estate agency brand, on The Home Stretch podcast to look into some of the investments Peter has made into prop-tech and why he made the choice to avoid others.

The nurtur.group accelerator fund, proudly led by Gary Barker, Jon Cooke, Iain McKenzie and a leading industry board, provide a wealth of knowledge and experience to grant investment to relevant and promising companies in the proptech space. Listen to Gary introduce the programme and present the group's developments in 2022 and beyond. Find out more and apply here >> nurtur.group/accelerator...

A recent Plimsoll report discovered that the lettings industry is operating, on average, at 11.9% profitability in the UK. Sally Lawson, former ARLA president and CEO of Agent Rainmaker discusses with The Guild CEO, Iain McKenzie, how to improve the industry for letting agents and consumers by looking to the USA for inspiration and understanding that knowledge is power.

Property technology is improving and evolving at a rate of knots, but how do we ensure the right technologies are being developed at the advantage of the consumer? Iain McKenzie and Gary Barker, Non-Executive Director at nurtur.group, discuss the need for the portals and investors to act now.

Join Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett for a bonus episode as Anthony Codling, leading economist, breaks down published half-year results from the industry, including Purplebricks, Connells and Belvoir.

This week, Iain and Holly are joined by Peter Rollings, former Managing Director and current Non-Executive Director at Foxtons, London's largest estate agency brand. Peter discusses his take on modern estate agency and gives an insight into how his sales team earn an average 2.38% fee.

Leading housing market analyst, Anthony Codling, joins Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett on The Home Stretch podcast to give an August update on the property market since the Bank of England's announcement on interest rates raising to 1.75% on Thursday 4th August - the largest increase in 27 years.

Ben Marley and Simon Brown join Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett in today's episode to help us understand how valuable reviews are to estate and letting agents online. 

*EXCLUSIVE INDUSTRY NEWS* Listen to this episode of The Home Stretch, with Gary Barker, Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett as Gary exclusively reveals his plans for the future...

Russell Quirk thinks he has solved the ongoing battle between estate agents and conveyancers. Listen to him in conversation with Iain McKenzie about the struggles modern day conveyancers face, and how some Guild Members are already ahead of the game.

We are joined by Anthony Codling, leading housing market analyst, again this week to discuss twindig - the platform that gives consumers the knowledge and power to make practical, well-informed decisions on their property journey.

Simon Brown and Ben Marley join Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett in today's episode to tell the story of how The ESTAS came to fruition some 20 years ago. Plus learn more about the event as we look forward to attending the awards in October 2022.

In this bonus episode, James Munro tells Paul Offley what is considered to be an acceptable condition of selling for agents.

In the first of our two-part interview, hear Russell Quirk's interesting, and potentially controversial, take on whether the current estate agency model works and how we should be looking to America for inspiration, as he sits with Iain McKenzie and Holly Hibbett. In Part two, Russell and Iain will discuss the solution for bettering relationships between conveyancers and estate agents.

Join Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild and Compliance Officer, Paul Offley as they speak to James Munro, Head of National Trading Standards for Estate and Letting Agents about changes to the disclosure of information act and what the three sections could mean for property professionals and consumers alike. 

Join Iain McKenzie and leading housing market analyst and CEO of Twindig, Anthony Codling as they discuss the current property market conditions as well as setting predictions for the future. 

Welcome to the first episode of The Guild Podcast with Iain McKenzie, an introduction to the series and an insight of what is to come. Hosted by Holly Hibbett.