Gráinne Gilmore is Head of Research at Zoopla, where along with the Research & Insight team, she produces market-leading property analysis and insights on all aspects of the sales and rental markets. Prior to joining Zoopla in 2020, Gráinne was Head of UK residential research at Knight Frank for 8 years, and before this she was an economics, business and finance journalist at The Times.
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Nicholas is the Founding Director of Create Streets. He is a Commissioner of Historic England, an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism, leads the advisory board of the Government’s new Office for Place, and was co-chair of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission and chair of the Government’s Design Body Steering Group.
Justin Sullivan is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with more than 30 years’ experience and standing in the construction industry.
Tom Bloxham MBE is chairman and co-founder of award-winning regeneration company Urban Splash, which has received more than 440 awards to date for architecture, design and business success. Tom is also Chairman of Manchester International Festival, and trustee of Tate, the Manchester United Foundation and The Bloxham Charitable Trust.
THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Terry higgins is Group Managing Director for New Build Mortgage Services and has worked with The New Homes Group (TNHG) for over 16 years. Originally a Mortgage Adviser, Terry has a wealth of knowledge and experience within the new build mortgage and new homes market. TNHG works with most of the…
THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Harry Swales, Interim Chief Investment Officer — Homes England Harry Swales has worked with Homes England since 2015 and was appointed Executive Director of their Markets, Partners and Places directorate in February last year. He has over 15 years’ experience in the real estate industry as a developer, investor and funder.…
THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Stewart Baseley began his house building career in 1982 and by 1990 was CEO of Charles Church. Since then he has held several executive and Chairman roles in the industry and joined the board of HBF in 2002, serving as its Executive Chairman since 2006. After overseeing a strategic review of…
THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Peter Bill is a surveyor-turned-journalist who edited Building magazine in the nineties, before editing Estates Gazette for 11 years. He is a former Evening Standard columnist and author of Planet Property. Today Peter writes for Property Week. His new book, Broken Homes, is a caustic study of how residential development really…
Daniel Norman THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Daniel Norman is the co-founder and CEO of Aprao, a cloud-based development appraisal and feasibility tool. Prior to launching Aprao, Daniel spent 10 years working in property development finance. For a free 14 day trial of Aprao, head to Aprao.com Could your business be more productive? I am a…
THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Neil Sinclair has over 50 years’ experience across a variety of leadership roles in the property sector. He is currently CEO of Palace Capital plc, the UK REIT that has a diversified portfolio of UK regional commercial real estate and which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Also known for his…
Stuart Baldwin THIS MONTH’S WISE OWL Stuart Baldwin is the creator of Live BIG® – a way of thinking and being that stops us playing small. A highly sought-after global speaker, trainer and coach he takes big ideas and translates them into simple, practical steps that empower leaders to be great and teaches them how…
