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![Agents hit highest quarter for online auction sales - iamproperty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Haus Properties founder aims to revive agency business](/upload/images/1%20AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Jamie Lester is set to revive the HAUS Properties brand that he previously founded and quit. Lester, a former contestant on The...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Posh Property Buyers stand back as prime London cools](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chestertons: Market is moving but shortage of larger homes continues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Supply and demand is rising but there is still a shortage of larger properties for buyers, Chestertons claims. An update from the...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime agent upgrades its HQ as it celebrates 150th anniversary](/upload/images/Logos/John-D-Wood400x310.png)
Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has marked 150 years in business by opening a new headquarters. It has moved...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Prime agent upsizes to meet local demand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has moved its Chiswick office to a larger premises to boost its sales...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Christmas decorations on this office look just Fine (& Country)](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasFine%26Country-695x395.jpg)
With December just days away we’re receiving more videos and images to entertain the industry in the countdown to Christmas. Today’s is from...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London market to see price rises again after years of falls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boost for Winkworth - leading agents take over brand’s Ealing and Acton franchise](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Price falls lead to stronger sales in super-prime London says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![LSL expanding with new London branch for Marsh & Parsons brand](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s to be a new Marsh & Parsons office in London as the LSL-owned brand expands its network to Acton in...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Office to residential conversion: new development is 'vote of confidence'](/img/default/eat.png)
The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand plummets for ultra-expensive London homes, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons AGM goes virtual with new management bonus scheme on agenda](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Bounce on hold? Swathes of London still in the doldrums](/img/default/eat.png)
Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inspirational story of agent ‘going it alone’ with new venture](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons bonus row: pay chief steps down with immediate effect](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Marsh & Parsons bucks market trend by opening 31st London office](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the capital's best-known agents, Marsh & Parsons, has expanded its network with a new office in Streatham Hill, South...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Love or loathe us - Britain’s best agents are the best in the world](/img/default/eat.png)
This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here. A...
23 March 2019
From: Features
![Another agency shuts all its branches and joins the Hub club](/img/default/eat.png)
Orchards of London is abandoning its current branch network and instead opening a single Hub from the middle of next month. Orchards,...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tragedy of estate agent’s death turns into the gift of life for others](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent in London has received a posthumous honour as an organ donor. The Chiswick W4 Local news website says Jordan...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest moves within our industry...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Letting my flat – who won, tech or traditional?](/img/default/eat.png)
Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral. This was...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What crisis? London agents' success stories defy market](/img/default/eat.png)
High-end London chain Marsh & Parsons, part of the LSL Property Services empire, has opened in 30th office in Chiswick. “Chiswick’s wonderful...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agencies show faith in London market recovery by opening new offices](/img/default/eat.png)
London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency bucks downbeat London market by opening new branch](/img/default/eat.png)
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is defying the glut of stories suggesting the London market is beset with difficulties and has launched...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Selling my flat - can I put my money where my mouth is?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hogarth on agency acquisition trail after London independent snapped up](/img/default/eat.png)
Orchards of London, a four-office independent operating in the west of the capital, has been fully acquired by The Hogarth Property...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Boards should be 'confined to Room 101', says campaigning agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from Muse to Dog Shows...](/img/default/eat.png)
As we head into August there’s no let up on your fantastic efforts for charity - thank you! Everyone below has let...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Apprentice' London agency has another try at expansion](/img/default/eat.png)
Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![He's Hired! - 'Apprentice' estate agent takes developer's marketing job](/img/default/eat.png)
Jamie Lester, the former Apprentice reality TV star who ran a high-profile estate agency in London until last autumn, has resurfaced...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says merger expands agency's London network by a third](/img/default/eat.png)
A new statement by Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co says its now-completed merger with Faron Sutaria has had the effect...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency selling home with a difference - all profit goes to charity](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth estate agency in the west London suburb of Chiswick is currently marketing a home with a difference - because all...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Is he fired? Apprentice star quits the London estate agency he set up](/img/default/eat.png)
The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide starts merging and rebranding its agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London. John D Wood...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide agency office shuts - a sign of 'brand rationalisation' to come?](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has closed an office of one of its best-known London brands, Faron Sutaria, and is merging its activities with a nearby...