Tom Parker, founder and former managing director of Quest, has joined the E-Homebuying Forum as the new chairman. He takes over from outgoing chairman Mark Riddick.
The news follows the appointment of Sir Bryan Carsberg in June as the E-Homebuying Forum’s first president.
Having been in the property and mortgage sector for over 35 years, his company, Quest, changed the face of the mortgage industry as it became the market leading provider of mortgage valuation and survey software solutions.
Parker will be working with Carsberg to bring together industry to deliver greater efficiency, transparency and commitment to the home buying and selling process. His role will also include working with EHF members – who represent all relevant businesses and stakeholders including estate agents, surveyors, search firms, lenders and solicitors – to achieve consensus on how to bring market-driven improvements to the home buying and selling process. The EHF will subsequently liaise with government and industry to try and bring about these improvements.
Parker said: “It is a great honour to join a group of forward thinking businesses as we work towards transforming the property transaction. This year has already proved to be a crucial year for the property marketplace and the next six to 12 months will be just as important. The recent change of government requires industry to take a different approach in its approach to reforming the process
