TDM Recruitment Group was formed in 2009 and is now one of the leading property and house building recruiters operating across London, Home Counties and UK.
We recently wrote another blog questioning whether the industry had got it wrong in terms of what diversity means.We equally have done numerous blogs and pushed many articles in regards to Modern Methods of Construction.
This is a question that has become an issue in recent years as targets are being hit at the expense of quality. It has been reported that eight in ten new homes are sold with some sort of default, and 51% of new home buyers are waiting weeks, and sometimes months, to have minor problems repaired.
The estate agency industry has recently been under “attack” from all manner of angles by ultimately the UK Government, mostly focusing on various elements of reform.June (after a significant time) the tenant fee ban took effect, from which the industry has sought many ways to bring income back into the business to make up the shortfall.
Accepting a new residential property job is not simply just about the salary, but what additional benefits or “job perks” that job brings. In fact, many millennials are increasingly basing which job to accept on these benefits, and not just salary. At TDM our team of consultants have come across numerous clients with usual, and unusual benefits. Additionally, they regularly come across candidates with minimum requirements for these benefits when searching for their next job on their property career path.
What do you think of the long awaited NHBC and HBF Customer ratings? As a customer, purchasing a home do you look at these results and base your purchase on the previous year’s results?
Kit Malthouse earlier this month said that the current generation of houses being built will be “ripped down and bulldozed” as unsuitable, just like the architecture from the 60s and 70s is currently being now.Additionally, he went on to say that 70% of people in the UK would not buy a new house, preferring to buy second-hand homes that are every old, unlike the bad new builds which are “soulless, lifeless and ubiquitous”.
We continue to see more announcements, and more importantly from more and more of the volume players within the market. An example of this is Barratt’s recent announcement that 20% of their new homes would be utilising modern methods of construction.These major players, and equally the SME’s are in a fight in a number of key areas within the industry.
Firstly, before reading this blog I suggest you have time to get comfortable, have time to reflect properly and probably a brew in hand (or drink of choice, I however suggest it is non-alcoholic).In our recent residential property industry predictions for 2019 we highlighted that there would be a rise in the number of Diversity Policies and Strategies.
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