Proptech group in major recruitment drive following nine figure investment
iamproperty Co-Founder Jamie Cooke says new Associate Auction Specialists will manage relationships with the Group’s network of agents.
Proptech group Iamproperty is hiring 18 Associate Auction Specialists to join its 500 plus strong team as auction demand reaches record levels with agents and both buyers and sellers opting for the speed and security it can deliver.
The Associate Auction Specialists will manage relationships with Iamproperty’s network of over 6,000 Partner Agents, helping them win instructions and push through sales by managing the auction process and educating buyers and sellers about how it works.
AUCTION SOLUTION
Jamie Cooke (main picture, left), with Co-Founder Ben Ridgway of Iamproperty, says: “We’ve supported agents with an auction solution for over 14 years and demand for auction has consistently grown but its growth this year has been phenomenal.
“Our Partner Agents have just achieved their highest selling quarter to date, so it’s a really exciting time to be joining the team.”
The Neg revealed last week how Iamproperty had signed a nine-figure deal with private equity investment house Perwyn which saw Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) exit the business after four years.
And in a new episode of The Home Stretch podcast Cooke tells The Guild of Property Professionals’ Chief Executive Iain McKenzie how the deal came about.
TREBLED BUSINESS
“We went on a great journey with them (LDC) for four years and probably trebled the size of the business on most levels in that timeframe,” Cooke explains.
“But we shook hands with LDC and welcomed a new partner in the form of Perwyn, another really exciting private equity business.
“They have bought in on a minority stake to support the next phase of the growth of Iamproperty. They are a very ambitious firm and are very focussed on technology businesses, and technology forms a huge part of the iamproperty service offering. They really buy into what we are trying to do in terms of the transactional process for the UK.”
And he adds: “It is a challenging environment that agents are operating in and our objective through Iamproperty is to try and improve that process through technology and through service.”
Listen to the conversation HERE.
