Property Expert

**The Role**

We’re currently recruiting for an experienced Property Expert to join our dynamic and passionate team. This role is integral to ensure we purchase the right property for our customers and the company. You will be an expert in all thing’s property. You will have a thirst for knowledge and will continually look to widen your knowledge base. You will be responsible for using all the tools available, to find property for our customers. You will carry out all necessary due diligence checks both before and after the customer views.

You will use your relationship and rapport building to negotiate to purchase properties at the right price.

To join us you will need a property related background or experience. You should have excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong organisational and time-management skills. You will have an efficient, professional, solution focussed approach. Just as important is an approachable and helpful nature.

This role is a full-time permanent role which is based in our offices in Working, West Sussex. Salary is £23,000 to £25,000 per annum depending on experience.

**In this role you will**:

- Build rapport and work with Estate Agents to find the right property for our customers and the business
- Carry out all due diligence for properties to ensure all information is available to determine if the property fits both the customer’s needs and the company’s requirements
- Liaise with our partner Estate Agents and other key stakeholders
- Negotiate the purchase of property, speaking directly with Estate Agents to secure the property at the right price
- Keep your property knowledge fully up to date using internal and external resources available to you
- Understand and calculate investment yields
- Prepare property details
- Keep up to date records, using systems and spreadsheets available to you
- Ad-hoc property related administration as directed

**Experience and Qualifications**

**The Property Expert will have (essential)**:

- Experience of working in or with Estate Agents
- Experience negotiating on property sales
- Dealing with customer care issues or complaint resolution

**The Property Expert will ideally have (not essential)**:

- Building and documenting process’
- Property due diligence experience
- Experience of using excel spreadsheets

**Key skills and personal qualities**
- Emotional intelligence
- Complex problem solving
- Active listening
- Strong work ethic
- Excellent attention to detail

**Sound like you? Send your CV and covering letter to **us** **today.**
**A bit about us**
At Homewise, we help change the lives of people aged 60+ through our Home for Life Plan; enabling them to live in their dream home for much less than the market value and create security for their future too.

We're a family run business and have been helping people find their ideal home for over 50 years. Our family values form the foundations of our business - our team are our number 1 priority, and our customers' wellbeing is at the core of everything we do.

Whilst our office is in Worthing, we help people across England and Wales. It's a great time to be joining our growing business as we develop plans for national, digitally led, expansion, and continue to invest into our systems and teams to deliver our plans to help hundreds more people this year.

We pride ourselves on the first-class service delivered to customers and are always looking for ways to improve not only our service but our systems, communications, and marketing practices to drive our performance. We look forward to meeting more like-minded people to join our growing teams.
**Why work at Homewise?**
From our large open plan office that’s just a stone’s throw from the beach and a 10-minute walk from the rail station, we take care of our people by providing:

- Competitive salary with yearly reviews*
- Holiday entitlement starts at 25 days plus bank holidays and increases with length of service
- Homewise Rewards (our in-house recognition programme)
- Regular Health & Wellbeing initiatives
- In-house Learning and Development department
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Company pension scheme*
- Enhanced sick pay scheme*
- Corporate NHS cash back scheme*
- Employee Assistance Programme*
- Regular social and charity-focused events, as well as volunteering opportunities
- Worthing town centre location
- *applicable for some roles after qualifying period_

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**Salary**: £23,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Referral programme
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