Nicole Bremner

EP145:  With over 25 years experience in property sales and development, Jerome Roith started in estate agency in a central London eventually founding his own agency. In this discussion Jerome shares his expertise on why he believes the best strategy in property development doesn't even involve breaking ground. Known as planning gain, this is the process of identifying and acquiring prime properties, and managing the planning permission process. He also talks about the importance of maintaining time efficiency and assessing the viability of pursuing certain developments. KEY POINTS:Jerome takes as through his six step planning gain process from identifying opportunities, gaining exclusivity, legal conditional deals, sub-sale transactions, marketing protocols, and finding buyers.The importance of systemisation in the property development business. Jerome stresses the need to track processes, maintain fair timelines, and highlights the crucial role of communication in closing deals.How the complexities of