A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee. Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...
Archive
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features

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

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes. An average of 868 £1m-plus...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend? Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A high profile estate agency selling some of the most expensive homes in the west of England has shut two of...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work. This week we show the diversity of charitable...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An owner who enhanced the price of his property by illegally hacking branches off a tree has ordered to pay back...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A long-standing independent agency on the south coast is to rebrand after being snapped up by a Winkworth franchisee. Humphreys & Orr,...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Humberts’ revolution continues apace as it opens its first controversial hub in Dorset and accompanies it with a brand new vocabulary...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

As the spring market gets into full swing, here’s the traditional beach hut story - yet this time, it really does...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been a big week for property news - controversies surrounding Purplebricks, merger discussions between big franchise operators, and another government...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year. They include three offices of Chaffers...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is continuing with its strategy of selling off its corporate offices, with a new franchisee just completing on the purchase...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

HomeXperts says it has recruited new franchisees covering Dorset, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Some 18 months ago the chain - which then had...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has blasted his local council for "unacceptable" delays that mean searches can take up to 17 weeks. Mark Parker,...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...
05 November 2016
From: Features

The network of independent estate agents known as the Property Sharing Experts has become the Experts in Property. The change of name...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff has opened a new branch in in Blandford, Dorset, expanding the agency’s west country presence to nine offices. Simon...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is to offer vendors and buyers a choice of using an online service, a traditional high street branch or a...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's retail chief says the group's new hybrid joint online and traditional project has involved training agents to change the way...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A TV property show presenter and an estate agent's wife have reportedly been involved in a lurid fight that started with...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in the UK’s seaside towns have increased by a third over the past decade. The average property price in...