AN INTRODUCTION
TO PROPERTY
for Property Secretaries, PAs, Administrators and all those new to the field

Chair
Derek Bruce, Senior Lecturer, School of Surveying, Kingston University and Practising Chartered Surveyor

Speakers
Nigel Dubben, Principal Lecturer and Post Graduate Course Director, School of Surveying, Kingston University
Author, Property Partnerships
Professor Sarah Sayce, Head of School of Surveying, Kingston University
Joint Author, Building Sustainability in the Balance; Joint Author, Property and Construction Economics
Joint Author, Real Estate Appraisal
Penny Schofield, Solicitor, Residential Letting and Property Management Consultant
Simon P Wainwright, Managing Director, J Peiser Wainwright, Real Estate Advisers

 

Matters to be covered include:

• The property life-cycle
• Who does what in the property world: Investors, Surveyors, Agents, Valuers, Pension Funds, Insurance Companies, Public and Private Property Companies, Developers, Dealers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Solicitors, Building Surveyors, Structural and Service Engineers
• What the words mean; a thorough grounding in the actual meaning of the words encountered; day in and day out
• Magic words and phrases - what they are and what they do, for example,
- “subject to contract”
- “without prejudice”
• Valuation: What is value? How value is calculated
• What is worth? What is price?
• How the investment market works; who is involved; what do they do; how do they do it?
• How property financing works; short-term and long-term finance. Why do some borrowers get into difficulty; what happens when they do?
• Comparables; what they are; when and how they are used
• Legal Ownership
• The differences between a lease and a licence
• Major commercial lease terms
• The ways in which leases are changing
• The future of the new lease code and upward only rent reviews
• What happens at a rent review and at the end of the lease
• What to do when a tenant defaults; enforcing the payment of rent; ensuring compliance with the terms of the lease
• Fees: who charges what, when and why
• Insurance - insurance valuations and cover
• How developments are done - how a development is put together, who does what
• How planning works; Brownfield, Greenfield, PPGs, PPSs, Decisions and Appeals
• Marketing a property
• The Agency function
• Buying and selling a property; property particulars
• The residential mortgage market
• The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 - Penalties for getting it wrong
• Home Information Packs and Home Inspectors
• Residential letting law: Regulated tenancies: Assured tenancies: Assured shorthold tenancies
• The Housing Act 2004 – the effect on Residential Lettings
- The Tenancy Deposit Scheme
- Houses in Multiple Occupation
- Implications for Landlords and Letting Agents
• PFI and PPP - what are they?
• Responsibilities for maintenance and management of properties, repairs, defects and dilapidations
• Service Charges
• What occupiers want
• The changing face of retail
• Modern office requirements
- Energy efficiency
• Impact of changing Legislation
• How to learn more - what to read