Lettings expert honoured in King Charles’ first list

Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list.

Faulkner is well known within the industry for her consumer-facing property service Propertychecklists and for her work on The Lettings Industry Council and the long-running Home Buying and Selling working group, which looks at possible reforms for the transactions process.

Faulkner’s website describes her as “one of the UK’s leading property experts” and notes her frequent media appearances on BBC, ITV and radio station LBC.

She also does substantial corporate work within the industry and her website says she “erns her money by working with lenders, brokers, insurance and legal companies, agents, surveyors and the removal industry. This is on a strategic and communication basis, primarily to help companies better engage with consumers.”

David Mann and Saleem Fazal, founders of LGBTQ+ property network Freehold, were also made MBEs by the King  Mann is a partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP, a property consultancy, while Fazal is a partner at international law firm Taylor Wessing LLP. Their awards were in recognition of the work Freehold has done in making the property industry more inclusive.

Another prominent property figure - interiors expert Alison Cork, whose articles are syndicated across the UK - was made an OBE.

Meanwhile the owner of Nesbit’s agency in Portsmouth, 84 year old David Nesbit, has been made an OBE for his charitable work.