Ed Talks - UK Property Podcast

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Ed Talks to Paula Higgins, CEO of The HomeOwners Alliance – Understand the process of buying/selling/owning a home better. Dec 14, 2022

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Does the British public need to understand the process of buying, selling and owning a home better? A big yes - knowledge is power!
In this episode, Ed talks to Paula Higgins - CEO of The HomeOwners Alliance (A solid place for trenchant advice on buying, selling and owning a home) https://hoa.org.uk/
With 10 years of experience and a background as a civil servant, Paula knows her stuff and has an eye for detail.
Ed and Paula dive into what it takes to be a buyer or homeowner these days, reflecting on how previous generations had such a different experience, compared to both Ed and Paula’s children’s realities when navigating property in today’s era.
They both bring strong points to the table, discuss current government/property policy and address the elephant in the room – is The HomeOwners Alliance up against Estate Agents? For instance – they point out Estate Agents don’t like talking about certain things up front, like fees.
As always, Ed is keen to gather the best nuggets of advice from his guest and bring them to you. If you own, buy or sell property, this will be helpful.
A big thank you to Paula for taking the time, it’s been insightful and important to lift the lid on this topic.
🎧 This episode is also available to watch to on the Viewber YouTube channel here.

Ed Talks to Vanessa Warwick – Brutal times for landlords & the private rental sector. An unmitigated disaster. Why? Oct 10, 2022

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No one knows the answers (and problems) better than Vanessa Warwick. As a portfolio landlord, media personality and founder of well supported landlord forum www.propertytribes.com, she's uniquely placed to give a succinct and salient view.

Landlords have witnessed extraordinary times in the last 2 weeks when it comes to Tax, Legislation and Regulation.

Vanessa confesses, “it’s the first time I’m starting to feel buy to let is becoming unviable. What has happened in the last 2 weeks has sent shockwaves through the Buy to Let community. A roller-coaster and I’m seriously thinking about jumping off.”

Not only this, but landlords have dealt with incredibly tough challenges with Covid, Brexit, energy crisis and the Ukraine/Russian war impacting the sector.

There are solutions and better options though - Vanessa explains what is best to do during these times if you are thinking about investing.

Shortly after this episode was recorded, Vanessa attended and voiced concerns to the Ministry of Housing, Community & Local Government at the Tory Party Conference, which she discusses during the episode.

An educational, insightful and honest episode. We will all learn a thing or two.
Watch the full episode here: Brutal times for landlords. An unmitigated disaster. Why? - Ed Talks to Vanessa Warwick - YouTube

Ed Talks to James Tickell - Candid conversations about the UK social housing sector Jul 22, 2022

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Ed talks to someone he’s been very impressed with – James Tickell, Founding Partner of Campbell Tickell (https://www.campbelltickell.com/)
Campbell Tickell is a multi-disciplinary management and recruitment consultancy focusing primarily on the public and not-for-profit sectors. Ed’s interaction with James has been on the property side with particular emphasis on Social Landlords and Housing Associations.
Established for over 20 years, they have worked with more than 900 organisations throughout the UK, Ireland and beyond, with central and local government, housing associations, care providers, sports and leisure bodies, charities, and commercial organisations such as housebuilders and developers, contractors and legal firms.
During this candid and insightful conversation, James leans into the social housing sector in detail. We learn more about how it works, is different from the PRS, challenges they face daily and how the more pressing issues post pandemic, Brexit, the Ukrainian invasion and even global warming are affecting social housing.
James tells it how it is – something you don’t often hear.
One thing shines through, when things get tough this sector pulls together.
The episode has been one of the most eye-opening and important conversations to date on EdTalks. We thank James for taking the time to share his knowledge.

Ed Talks - Solo Episode - Competitors looking over your shoulder, ready to 'eat your lunch!' Jun 22, 2022

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Getting real in this episode of Ed Talks – a new solo episode where Ed reveals more of his extensive career as an estate agent 😲
Being an estate agent can be seriously tough. It’s constantly changing and there are always competitors looking over your shoulder, ready to “eat your lunch.”
Perhaps you are already an estate agent learning the streets of Britain, at the very beginning of your property career or applying for jobs - or you might simply be curious.
Whatever your situation, this episode is sure to inject some motivation into your day. Ed talks about the importance of finding what you are good at, running an office, what it was like being an agent throughout the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s and more.
Sharing TOP advice to get you moving in the right direction, explained from his own experiences and how to differentiate yourself.
*hint* how can a red fleece can change the game?
📧 If you have any questions or would like to chat to Ed directly, do get in touch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-mead-f...
🎧 Listen to other podcast episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

👀 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/-B_PIiIkq88

Ed Talks to Jonathan Hopper, key insider on the buying side of property & co-founded property advice platform with Phil Spencer May 09, 2022

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Jonathan Hopper is a key insider on the buying side of property with unrivalled knowledge of this growing and often misunderstood sector. The buying side of the market has expanded over the last 20-25 years in a meaningful way as Jonathan explains.

Jonathan is Chief Executive of National buying agent Garrington and co-founded advice platform MoveiQ with Phil Spencer. He’s also been a stalwart at The Property Ombudsman ensuring the buy side is represented.

In this episode Ed and Jonathan dive deeper into the buying agent side – what it takes to be a professional buying agent, fees and some great career advice. They also ponder what makes for a good, trusted buying agent to hire?

So, what do buying agents do? Where are the problems? Where does the future lie?? Lots of rarely answered questions come to the surface.

Ed Talks - Solo Episode - Quick update: The *new* Viewber (property viewings, inspections & more) website is here!! Apr 19, 2022

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Teams across Viewber have come together to create a brand new, customer centric website: https://viewber.co.uk/
Here is Viewber co-founder, Ed Mead's thoughts on the new website...

Ed Talks - Solo Episode - Sorry for the rant... 'Sold Subject to Contract', let's discuss. Apr 06, 2022

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Sorry for the rant...
1. Does the public even know what SSTC means??!
2. Should it be illegal to put SSTC (sold subject to contract) in tiny letters - on boards etc.??
3. Should we go back to u/o still showing and u/o not showing?
4. Is it a tool for agents to pump up listings at the expense of wasting buyer time?
5. Is it not endemic of the whole system being out of kilter?
News article:
https://propertyindustryeye.com/eye-newsflash-leaving-sstc-properties-live-on-portals-is-almost-certainly-a-criminal-offence-says-lawyer/
What you think 🤔
#soldproperty #soldhome #sellingrealestate #sellinghouses #sellingproperty #sellingyourhouse #sellinghouses #estateagents #estateagentsuk #estateagent #propertymarket #propertynews

EdTalks to Viewber Business Development & Account Manager, Chris – “Fees at 7.5% plus VAT, there will be people spitting out their teas & coffees!” Mar 10, 2022

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In this episode, Viewber co-founder Ed Mead talks to an insider, and important team member. Chris is a key member of the business development team and talks with clients daily. Many of you might be familiar with him now, so do let him know you’ve listened to this episode, and of course make your comments!

What is Chris’s background? Career journey? It started in South Africa in the fast-paced, banking and property world. Full of interesting facts and knowledge

Want to hear more real ‘behind the scenes’ stuff from Viewber? Here is your chance.

Ed Talks - Solo Episode - WHY is this such a problem?! Trading Standards puts more info on property details Feb 23, 2022

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Trading Standards (NTSELAT's) research showed that >90% of those going on portals wanted to see detailed info about a property. So I'm not sure I understand why there should be any backlash at all against such info being mandated?! I've seen solicitors and agents worrying about it - why?

Interested to hear what James Munro, Head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team thinks about this 🤔

One of many news articles about it: https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2022/2/lawyer-says-some-agents-wont-cope-with-property-listings-regulations

Ed Talks to Angus Gibson - spent spinning discs & putting high-end Audio Visual into properties since the mid-70s Feb 04, 2022

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Ed and Angus knew each other as teenagers, from when Angus was behind the tables doing discos, so there’s a bit of nostalgia here – inclusive for the over 50s.

Angus has become an expert in putting high-end audio and visual into high-end houses (and yes, he’s worked for some big names in the industry) *cough* Rolling Stones *cough*

In this fun episode, Angus teaches us more about the history of audio visual and gives advice on kit, costs and more.

He even reveals some of the biggest mistakes he’s made.

Ed perfectly describes this episode as:

“People will like listening to this episode because it’s a little bit of history. Everyone has seen old high-fi stuff lying around their parents houses and probably wondered, how do I get the best audio for my house? Odd thing is music from that era still dominates and everyone’s talking about ‘vinyls’ - or LPs to those old enough to remember”

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