Desmond has worked for the company for more than 20 years and is currently director, Sales EMEA with focus on the UK and ROI markets. He has also worked in operations and account management.
February 26, 2013 – 9:53 am
As an EMEA Sales Director covering the UK, I like to monitor property market trends closely. I keep my eye out for updates online and in newspapers, and shush the family whenever the newsreader mentions anything about housing! But in the last couple of years, market trends – especially property prices – haven’t changed that dramatically. There never seems to be anything new about the UK property market.
The mortgage market is still the biggest hurdle for many buyers, as lenders require large deposits. The rental market continues to thrive because potential buyers, unable to afford a mortgage, are pushed into [...] Read More
February 6, 2012 – 4:20 pm
As an EMEA Sales Director covering the UK, it’s important for me to keep a close eye on local property market trends in order to provide knowledge and experience to the HR professionals managing relocation with whom I speak daily.
Looking at the current UK market, financial institutions Nationwide Building Society and Halifax both report a moderate annual decline in house prices of between 1% and 1.3%, indicating that even in the current economic climate, house prices appear to have been rather resilient over the last 12 months. Despite this resilience however, experts are highlighting property asking prices as a possible [...] Read More
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Tagged assignment, cartus, corporate relocation, expatriate, global mobility, Halifax, London Olympics, Nationwide Building Society, outsourced relocation, outsourcing, primacy, Realogy, relocation, relocation management company, Rightmove, third party relocation, transfer
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