Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Bricks & Mortar: How to adapt to an APC referral

APC assessment is often the culmination of several years hard work and intensive study. So it inevitably comes as a huge disappointment for a candidate to receive a referral.

Ralph Charlwood, DeLever APC expert coach, mock interview assessor, RICS chair and APC assessor tells Sarah Jackman why candidates might be referred, what they need to do to prepare for a resit and how, ultimately, they should aim to turn a negative experience into a positive.

As he reflects: "Those around you are likely to judge how you deal with it rather than the referral itself. Try and reframe this as an opportunity to demonstrate maturity and grow as a professional. In the years to come you will look back and see it - in the context of other challenges that you will have faced - as a minor setback and hopefully one that you successfully overcame."

 

A new work order

In this latest episode of EG’s REWIRE podcast, host Samantha McClary talks with Virginia Clegg, senior partner at DAC Beachcroft, Valeria Segovia, principal and design director at Gensler, Louise Kennison, head of people development and engagement at Swan Housing Group and Matt Reed, head of retail asset management at British Land about how business needs to be flexible and inclusive if it is to deliver the new work order.

We talk about making workplaces functional for the wide range of workers and working attitudes that are now prevalent, how to create places that help rather than hinder returners to work and much much more.

Auctions in a Brexit Climate

Property auctions provide the UK property market with an unparalleled snapshot of what is selling in today's market and what is not.

The latest data makes gloomy reading with volumes down by about a quarter compared with a year ago as political uncertainty surrounding Brexit continued to spook investors.

But how can auctioneers get the prices right in a falling market? Is now the best time to get auction finance? Is there a North South divide for auctions? Can auctioneers use big data able to buck the market?

In this EG Property Podcast, George Walker, partner and auctioneer at Allsop, Oliver Childs, head of commercial auctions at BidX1, Daniel Owen-Parr, head of professional sector and auction at Together Money and Max Mason, associate director at 574, discuss how the market will perform as the country prepares to leave the EU.

Future of Real Estate: “Brexit could put the quality of London’s skyline at risk”

This month’s London Festival of Architecture might end up connecting more members of the public with the built environment than ever before. In this latest Future of Real Estate podcast, director Tamsie Thomson tells Damian Wild why this year’s event theme of boundaries is so relevant and why Brexit could mean architectural quality in the capital suffers.

Bricks & Mortar: The benefits of part-time study

For many of those developing a career in property, part-time study is a must. It allows financial freedom and the ability to get established in the industry while qualifying for the next steps of the journey.

Inevitably it's not without its challenges and the ability to self motivate and effectively balance the demands of work and study is key.

To discuss how it all works in practice are Peter Escreet, MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader at the University College of Estate Management and Sara Williams - a recent graduate of the university.

 

If we innovate, will they stay?

In a post-Brexit Britain, the real estate industry needs to embrace innovation in order to retain talent, improve our cities and keep the UK at the forefront of the business world.

Tim Lowe, managing director, Lowe Guardians; Melanie Williams, partner, DWF; Jason Hawthorne, director, VuCity; Martyn Evans, creative director, U+I; and Martin Saunders, director, Avison Young talk about the future.

A fresh approach to global investment

What are international operators looking for when selecting investments? And what might make their choices different from UK-based property specialists? Sarah Hill, chief executive, Greater Sydney Commission, Rasheed Hassan, head of cross-border investment, Savills, and David Inskip, director of EMEA strategy research, CBRE Global Investors joined the discussion at LREF

Can real estate and telecoms deliver 5G?

New legislation designed to accelerate the 5G roll-out is fuelling hostility between telecoms companies and building owners. Operators say agents and landlords are not doing enough to support connectivity. But owners believe they are not being fairly recompensed for hosting mobile phone masts. This discussion in the EG Studio at LREF sought to find consensus.

On the right path: discussing the power of mapping

We all lose our way sometimes. Particularly when it comes to innovation and trailblazing. When you are forging a new, potentially uncharted path, a little bit of guidance to point you in the right direction can be invaluable.

Good news, then, that talk in real estate is increasingly turning to the power, and value, of location tools. From navigating the inevitable twists and turns along the road to digital transformation to the geospatial technologies elevating the real estate sector to new heights, both in terms of tech solutions and data collection/analysis, everything we do in life is, for all intents and purposes, based on a map.

The power of mapping, geospatial data and location services was the subject of one of our EG podcasts at LREF last week – that and confessions around the table of a nerdy yet universal love of all things cartographical.

The Agenda: The law of forfeiture is oppressive

In the latest episode of "The Agenda", Jonathan Seitler QC's alliterative agenda is this: the law of forfeiture is oppressive, obsolete and otiose.

Seitler argues that it is oppressive "both when it is used and when it is not used", putting fear into tenants, and that it is old-fashioned and unnecessary. 

However, Jeremy Stephen, associate director at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner argues that forfeiture is not oppressive and you cannot have leasehold title without it - and he has a special prop with him to prove his point.

Will Seitler or Stephen persuade you to his point of view?