At the recent Property Investor Show, EYE’s columnist, Russell Quirk, interviewed Nathan Emerson, the interim CEO of Propertymark, in front of a live audience.
It’s quite a long watch at 46 minutes, but the refreshing style of Emmerson in giving straight answers to straight questions makes for interesting viewing.
His candid answers on the need for change at the trade body that may well end up overseeing the eventual licencing of estate agency, and the approach of that body to future policy planning, are revealing.
It might be stretching things a little to accept at face value Emerson’s contention that Propertymark was “fairly instrumental in getting SDLT lifted” for the recent Covid-inspired ‘holiday’ but there is no doubting his openess and sincerity.
Will he eventually change from being ‘interim CEO to ‘permanent CEO’? Watch and listen.
Propertymark has about 25% of estate agents as members. They will find value in watching this video of the interview. So will those who may be pondering whether there is any point in taking the required exams in order to join the organisation.
And for those who have been in the business for years and cannot abide the thought of having to take exams in the event of ROPA/licencing arriving on their doorstep – you might find some reassurance in Emerson’s answers.
Comments (4)
RQ seems very supportive, but previously he’s been very scathing – is the U-Turn a result of being the PR company for PropertyMark? Is he a good choice for that bearing in mind he was due to be kicked out once ( jumped first). I also don’t think kellerWilliams are members? And is PropertyMark only aiming to be the exam body when the Government appoint a true regulator?
At least spell his name correctly PIE !
Well spotted – and our apologies to Nathan.
I see in a report elsewhere (I can’t be bothered to wade through 46 mins of video on a Monday morning and it seems like you can’t either as you haven’t managed to precis it) he describes Propertymark members as regulated agents while all others are not. Still stuck in the same old NAEA ways. Propertymark has never been a regulator. Agents it chucks out carry on trading. Redress schemes are now the regulators with the power to remove agents from both the sales and lettings industries. If this is true then he’s not candid and maybe his job should be interim – and then evaporated in favour of someone in touch with reality rather than the time-worn NAEA myth!