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New housing minister Alok Sharma is set to make his first key speech this week, at the Housing 2017 conference in...

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove - has sharply criticised the appointment of Theresa May’s...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced that its finance chief will step down from its board next month and retire...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

Countrywide has announced an extensive reorganisation of senior management at its Hamptons International brand - with a pledge to "reach into...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...

Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...

A firm is claiming to be allow high street agents to offer vendors an online sale services as well, without the...

There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...

More former Countrywide figures have emerged in new roles at rival organisations. Darren Bowles, former regional sales manager at Countrywide’s Bridgfords brand,...

It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...

Countrywide has promoted Shane Ballard to become one of London’s Retail Directors in the organisation. He will cover sales and lettings for...

A Financial Times article reports a bank analysis shows Purplebricks with a market share of 3.3 per cent of properties marked...

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

One of the estate agency industry’s leading technology figures has been appointed to a key role in a major global property consultancy. Alex...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

One of Countrywide’s most senior management figures has become the managing director of the UK activities of US estate agency Keller...

A new statement by Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co says its now-completed merger with Faron Sutaria has had the effect...

Countrywide has revealed that in 2016 it spent over £8.1m on redundancies, some £7.4m on contract costs relating to closed premises,...

Countrywide has successfully placed 21.6m shares to institutional investors at the competitive price of 175p per share - allowing it to...

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...

Auction House London is celebrating selling the largest number of lots it has ever sold in a single auction, along with...

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...

Former Countrywide director Iain McKenzie is the new chief executive of The Guild of Property Professionals. He replaces Marcus Whewell who has...

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

Another senior Countrywide figure is leaving the organisation to join an independent agency - itself set up by a former Countrywide...

Connells Group’s estate agency business recorded an eight per cent increase in exchanges in 2016 over the previous year, and says...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

The much-discussed merger of Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co with Faron Sutaria brands - with the latter’s name apparently disappearing...

Countrywide’s London properties are in future to be sold via the Auction House UK company - and the Countrywide-branded auction which...

Estate Agent Today understands that Vince Corley, a senior director at Countrywide, is leaving the company. He is one of the longest-standing...

The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...

LSL Property Services has named Helen Buck as executive director of its estate agency business.  Buck has been a non-executive director at...

The stock market appears to be continuing its love affair with Purplebricks, as the hybrid agency share price rose once again...

A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...

Estate agency haart has announced the appointment of a new regional partner for South London. Kieran Hogan will oversee 13 branches from...

Countrywide has amended the website of one of its estate agency brands after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA...

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

Estate Agent Today understands that butters john bee - the independent agency where former Countrywide head of estate agency Bob Scarff...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Countrywide’s share price closed slightly down again yesterday to finish trading at 176.0 after news emerged that the group was selling...

Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial arm of Countrywide, is to be put up for sale. LSH is one of Britain's oldest and...

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...

Countrywide says it is unable to comment on speculation that some Bairstow Eves offices in the south of England have been...

Countrywide estate agency group is to drop out of the FTSE 250 from the start of trading on December 19. The news...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

Gareth Overton, until recently regional director at Countrywide’ Gascoigne Pees brand, has joined regional independent Henry Adams as head of residential...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Countrywide’s marketing chief says the estate agency group’s controversial hybrid sales model - to be rolled out to a quarter of...

Countrywide's regional director Martin Coombes has quit the company, having worked for it since the early 1990s. A statement to Estate Agent...

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

The former ‘retail director’ of Countrywide’s south east operations, Keith Knight, has left the troubled agency group and has returned to...

The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...

The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of...

Jefferies, a major City adviser, is downgrading its 2016 estimate for Countrywide’s performance over the rest of this year. In a statement...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

Hunters has set up a fund-raising site in honour of Andrew Grant (pictured centre), its commercial and operations director and a...

One of the world’s leading property portal and online consultants says Purplebricks, which is now operating in Australia and the UK,...

Countrywide’s share price started the week at below 200 for the first time - about 30 months after it was riding...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

Three former staff members of Countrywide have been recruited to management positions in Haart.  James Dowling, Jason Carlisle and Matthew Jenvey are...

This week we have the Head Shepherd of EweMove, Glenn Ackroyd, in the hotseat. He’s been co-owner of EweMove Sales and Lettings,...

The former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has tweeted that on a four mile walk encountering hundreds of estate agents’...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced another key departure from its senior management team.  Graham Bell, managing director for London, is...

More than 900 sales branches will be taking part in the UK's 'largest open house weekend' later this week.  The event, which...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

Merged estate agents Leaders and Romans, known also as the Property Services Holdings Group (PSH), have taken aim at their competitors...

The former managing director of Countrywide has responded to claims made by Russell Quirk that the UK's largest agency rejected the...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Countrywide’s former senior management rejected an invitation to buy 10 per cent of eMoov for £100,000 five years ago, according to the...

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London.  John D Wood...

EweMove, which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid estate agency, claims it has seen completions over the past two months...

Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...

The see-saw of conflcting post-Brexit indicators is continuing with figures from house builder Persimmon suggesting a strong housing market - contradicting...