We jest that Rupert Collingwood is the poshest estate agent in Britain but he genuinely is from landed gentry - or rather seaborne gentry in that his ancestor is Admiral Baron Collingwood, second in command to Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. He survived even...
Month: February 2025 Articles
Property News from Proper PR – February 2025
You receive this newsletter from us each month and our aim is to provide information to you that’s helpful. It’s not a hard sell for our public relations services. We could bang on about how we are the only property PR agency that’s actually owned and run by people...
Opinion: Can Angela Rayner Build 1.5 Million Homes by 2030? By Russell Quirk
Let’s get something straight first of all. Governments do not build houses and Angela Rayner certainly doesn’t. In fact, the state has not provided housing itself since the 1980’s when council housing was still a thing. Indeed in the 1960’s when 300,000 homes were...
The Two Russells Podcast Ep 24: Kristjan Byfield on Stowe School, Vodka and Superman
The property industry still has some big characters and one such titan is The Viking himself Kristjan Byfield, co-founder of Base Property and The Depositary. In this candid interview Russell Quirk and Russell Jervis get to the heart of Kristjan's background - his...
The Two Russells Podcast Ep 23: John Ennis of Lomond
Lomond are the most prolific purchasers of estate and letting agency businesses in Britain. They have acquired 66 such agencies to date in just four years. They were recently valued at over £400m in a shareholder buy-out. Here, their Chief Revenue Officer John Ennis...
The Two Russells Podcast Ep 22: Rob Jupp of Brightstar
Mortgage giant Rob Jupp reveals all to the Russells in this latest podcast to the property and real estate lending sectors. Rob and the Rs talk success and, importantly, failure. In times of stress and challenge when the chips are down (more on that later) do you...
How to solve the housing crisis
The Agent’s Journal How to solve the housing crisis In the first instalment of our Housing Crisis mini-series, Adam Horton is joined by property PR expert Russell Quirk. Russell brings a unique perspective, having been an estate agent, a local councillor, a PR...






