50 not out - a life in property

About this episode

Mike Day discusses his extensive 50-year career in property with David Opie.

With a 50 year career in property (he claims to have started when he was 3!) there is little Mike Day hasn't seen or heard. In this latest episode of the Today's Conveyancer Podcast, Day sits down with David Opie to discuss a career which has taken him to the very top of estate agency and conveyancing operations as board member at Connells and becoming heavily involved in building one of the UK’s earliest large‑scale, panel‑based conveyancing businesses. Day even remembers the days befo...

People in this episode

Host: David Opie

Guest: Mike Day

Topics covered

• property career
• estate agency
• conveyancing
• panel-based conveyancing
• real estate history

Keywords

• property
• conveyancing
• estate agency
• real estate
• UK property market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Connells

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