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Winkworth is expanding its country house operation to capitalise on demand from UK and international buyers. The operation will work from Winkworth’s...

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

Historic estate agency brand Humberts has expanded into the Oxford area with a tenth franchised office. It is led by experienced local...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

A former senior partner of the Fenn Wright agency has died at the age of 82. Roger Dennis, who died on Boxing Day,...

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons, has joined in what it calls “a new residential partnership” with an agency on the...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

Countrywide has announced the death of Nick Hole-Jones, the director of Hamptons International’s prime and country house office, after what it describes...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

Another agency says price reductions of 10 per cent or more are often found in some prime central London areas such...

Knight Frank says the prices of so-called ‘prime’ country houses are still on average 13.6 per cent below their peak, despite...

A digital marketing agency says it has identified ‘top key phrases’ used by would-be buyers when they begin their property searches...

Beresfords, which describes itself as the largest independent estate agent in Essex and Greater London, is strengthening its country property portfolio...

Prime country house prices have been rising for 13 consecutive quarters despite the concerns over stamp duty reform, according to Knight...

The sale of country houses - already tough as buyers increasingly want to live on the edge of market towns and...

Humberts says property values across the south east of England have seen robust growth of almost eight per cent over the...

Prime central London house prices appear to have plateaued in recent weeks, failing to recover from the quiet pre-general election period...

Jonathan Hopper, the managing director of Garrington Property Finders - the search agency originally founded by Phil Spencer - has joined...

A firm described as one of the country’s 20 best small estate agencies has closed both of its offices. Estate Agent Today...