Estate agency insolvencies have increased by 11% over the past 12 months, research suggests. Analysis by audit and accountancy firm Mazars found...
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![Property Natter - The long arm of the law that changed the property market](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![40 Not Out! Proof that estate agency is a people business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
A well-known Yorkshire estate agent is celebrating 40 years working at the same firm - and he’s marking his involvement in...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - tales of sponsorship](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents 'entering rocky period' for insolvencies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Estate agents are entering a ‘rocky period,’ an accountancy firm has warned, as research shows insolvencies in the sector are on...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agent puts down roots as part of sustainability drive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/DacreSon%26Hartley-400x310.jpg)
Yorkshire estate agent Dacre Son & Hartley is aiming to offset more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The brand is...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - Dance moves and donations](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents have been celebrating some of the top fundraising exploits of the past 12 months but the activity continues. Remember, if you...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency appoints ex-Savills agent to lead Yorkshire expansion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/open-image400x310.png)
Regional agent Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding into York and has appointed experienced estate agent, Nick Udovicic, to head up...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Yorkshire agent swings into action for local hockey club](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Hockey-400x310.jpg)
More than 70 girls and boys who represent Ben Rhydding Hockey Club in Ilkley, west Yorkshire have benefited from a smart...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - swinging into action](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
From golf days to white collar boxing, agents and property professionals have been swinging into action for charitable causes recently. Remember, if...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and don’t forget to sleep longer this weekend…](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
With a Budget, mild weather and the continuing uncertainty over the pandemic, you might be forgiven for forgetting that we get...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers](/upload/images/library/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![App claims to instantly arrange viewings on leads for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency adopts franchise system for major expansion](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s going where this spring?](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: new cliff edge or cause for delight?](/img/default/eat.png)
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency wins key role in growing retirement community sector](/img/default/eat.png)
The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top Ten! Boomin portal reveals high profile founding agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: Movers and shakers and new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big win for Zoopla as large historic family agency lists on portal](/img/default/eat.png)
Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers and shakers in our industry…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Watch out Rightmove! Zoopla reveals huge rise in branches joining](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - New Year, New Job Moves…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the first industry moves of 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency in long-term deal to provide financial services to regional chain](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla wins back one of Britain’s largest regional estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - we’re back with the latest industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - come rain, come sunshine, come storm](/img/default/eat.png)
A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the industry movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where in our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and here's proof it's not remotely grim up north...](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a distinctly northern flavour to some of the great fund-raising this week - and in particular Yorkshire. This isn’t the only...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today: what's the latest industry employment news?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all this week's big moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry. Despite summer and the...
02 July 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
![High street agents come out fighting against online threat](/img/default/eat.png)
Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - and it's a bumper week for moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - key hires and latest moves in and across our industry....](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - books, sailing, and a lot of work for the homeless](/img/default/eat.png)
Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - our weekly round-up of agents on the move...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - news about agents on the move...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest news about agents on the move](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Veteran ex-chairman of regional agency dies after short illness](/img/default/eat.png)
The death has been announced of Jim Horsley, a former chairman of Yorkshire agency chain Dacre Son & Hartley - and...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another regional chain says it's sceptical of online agency popularity](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with your chance to win new funding too...](/img/default/eat.png)
Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Call for more women to enter agency and rest of property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trio of agency staff celebrate 25 years in the same company](/img/default/eat.png)
Three members of staff are celebrating 25 years with the same company this month. Gail Shepherd, Frances Slocombe and Cath Bradbury all...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Coup for regional independent as it recruits former high end agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Former Knight Frank agent Tim Waring has joined regional company Dacre, Son & Hartley as a director specialising in selling top...