Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move has appointed its first dedicated business development manager for the south-east as it seeks to build on a record first quarter.

The firm, which works with developers and primarily Spicerhaart’s own agents and other select firms to help buyers sell their existing homes, has appointed Mark Welberry from London Stone Properties as business development manager covering London, East Anglia and the south-east.

Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move said it saw business increase 33% annually in the first quarter of 2018 and it is up 24% so far this year.

Welberry said: “The property market has been ‘static’ for over two years in my opinion – even before Brexit – so developers need to adapt to this slower market and offer a complete package to secure as many new-build plot sales as possible.

“If they miss those people who are not in a position to proceed straight away with a reservation, because they don’t have a part exchange or assisted move option, they will potentially be at a disadvantage to those developers who do.”

It comes just a month after the firm, which operates from offices in Sheffield and Blackpool, appointed Lewis Watts to head up the division’s south-west region.