With the big COP 26 meeting in Glasgow almost upon us, we have as our guest in this podcast Jonathan Werran. Jonathan is the Chief Officer of the think tank Localis which has just completed a report, ‘Lagging Behind’ which considers the massive tasks of retrofitting the nation’s homes and how far we yet have […]
Talking about Deposits with Steve Harriott of TDS
If tenancy deposits are your ‘thing’ then this will be the podcast episode for you! Our guest this month is CEO of TDS. With Ben as a former employee of TDS and colleague of Steve they had a lot to talk about. We looked at Lifetime deposits Deposits paid by tenants to the scheme rather […]
An academic analyasis of the Private Rented Sector with Julie Rugg
This month our guest is Julie Rugg who is an academic at the University of York. Julie has spent years researching the Private Rented Sector and has produced a number of reports – the most recent being: Journeys in the Shadow Private Rented Sector (in collaboration with Safer Renting at Cambridge house), and Property supply […]
Deposits, Redress and Mediation
Our guest this month is Eddie Hooker, CEO and founder of Hamilton Fraser Insurance. Although, as well as standard landlord insurance products, the business includes My Deposits, The Property Redress Scheme and Landlord Action. So Eddie has strong views on mediation and is not afraid to express them! The discussion ranged from the mediation aspect […]
Coronavirus and the Courts
In this episode, we speak to Housing Barrister and Deputy District Judge Robert Brown and our main topic of discussion is the courts’ system. There is a lot to talk about! Our discussion ranges over topics such as How the pandemic has changed court procedures from mostly physical attendance at court to telephone and virtual […]
Agents and the lettings market
David Cox is very well known in the lettings industry. For many years he was the CEO of ARLA Propertymark and before then he was the senior policy officer at the National Landlords Association. He is now Legal & Compliance Director at Rightmove, the biggest property portal in the UK and is very well placed […]