Andy Burnham will ship the keynote tackle at Propertymark’s Manchester Regional Convention on 16 September 2025.
Labour’s Mayor of Larger Manchester has grown in style in his place, which he first took up in 2017.
This 12 months he launched the Good Landlord Constitution, an initiative to enhance rental requirements for personal and social tenants. He additionally launched a £300 million housing funding fund and created a spatial framework for the entire of Larger Manchester.
Nathan Emerson, chief government at Propertymark, stated: “We’re delighted to welcome the Mayor of Larger Manchester, Andy Burnham, to Propertymark’s Manchester Regional Convention this 12 months.
“Housing and the personal rented sector specifically are key priorities for the Mayor, so it will likely be a unbelievable alternative for members to know extra concerning the Mayor’s Good Landlord Constitution and the way they are often a part of the answer to driving up requirements working with landlords, tenants and native authorities.”
Different audio system on the convention will embrace Christian Balshen, director of company partnerships at Rightmove, Alex Jeffrey, companion at Brilliant Solicitors, and James Munro, head of the nationwide buying and selling requirements and property letting company workforce.
The Mayor will then be launched to a session entitled ‘Your housing priorities for Larger Manchester’ that begins from 12.15pm and finishes at 12.45pm.
Different present points impacting Propertymark members embrace the Renters’ Rights Invoice which is in its closing levels, the Minimal Vitality Effectivity Requirements which is able to assure personal rented sector properties meet an EPC C score by 2030, updates to the Respectable Properties Commonplace to make sure all personal rented sector housing is protected and sustainable, and interesting with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Native Authorities to enhance the house shopping for and promoting course of.
Propertymark has doubled the scale of its convention programmes and affords members a free place at an annual nationwide or regional convention.
