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The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p. This is less...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents from Purplebricks and Leaders are the latest recruits to sign up as area partners for Spicerhaart. Tyrone Matthews has been named...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month. Tim Wardley, managing...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - is investing more than £6m...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising agents not to settle for simply having their websites up and running, and instead using CRM...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - has redesigned its boards in...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams UK has announced that Paul Sloan - who quit as operations director of Spicerhaart just weeks ago - is...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has revealed how it’s going to fill in following the departure of chief sales office Chris Beckwith last week for...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s not-so-unlucky 13 for national property consultancy Bruton Knowles which has opened its 13th office in the country. The new office is...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period? Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A competitive pricing analysis undertaken for hybrid estate agency Emoov claims that it sells for an average £6,000 more than rival...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

As any agent will know, the task of ordering, erecting and maintaining boards can be time- consuming and cumbersome. While ultimately working...
11 July 2018
From: Features

The managing director of independent agency network Spicerhaart says shop workers who are unemployed because of the latest round of retail...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart is reported to be replacing its fleet of 1,100 cars over the next three years with BMWs. Much of its current fleet...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...
15 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

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Christmas is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to a break - but before then we know many...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents and Fine & Country are offering agent members the option to have in-person reviews and...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is keeping its powder dry over the possible legal action against it by dissident agents who have formed an action...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features

Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agency haart has announced the appointment of a new regional partner for South London. Kieran Hogan will oversee 13 branches from...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...
17 December 2016
From: Features

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features

There’s no need to worry but...er....there are only three weeks to go until Christmas. With traditional feelings of goodwill at this time...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent at an office of London agency Felicity J Lord, who alleged unethical practices were taking place in the...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP says a deal is now on the cards for an estate to be purchased after months of controversy,...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Three former staff members of Countrywide have been recruited to management positions in Haart. James Dowling, Jason Carlisle and Matthew Jenvey are...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are already setting out their stalls ahead of Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s November 23 Autumn Statement with one simple message...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Several agencies have refused to market properties on a social housing estate which was bought by private investors in January. The Mirror...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Surveys on housing and Brexit are coming thick and fast - the latest have Haart estate agency reporting a £30,000 price...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...
17 June 2016
From: Features

Regional estate agency Matthews of Chester says data provided by Rightmove led to an apparently-misleading advertisement which had to be altered...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Average house prices increased by 0.2% between April and May, according to the latest figures from Nationwide. The bank's House Price Index...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The head of one of the country's largest estate agency chains has urged sellers to be more realistic with the asking...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s been another great week of fund-raising for good causes by our industry, as you can see from our roll of...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency claims the number of first-time buyers looking to enter the market saw a 22.7 per cent increase on...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent is suing his former employer for £500,000 after he believes he was unfairly dismissed. Abdul Samad is taking legal...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association is launching a training course for estate agents, as the debate swirls over whether a shortage of conveyancers...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Haart says a shortage of conveyancers and lawyers is leading to delays in transactions, made worse by the high volume of...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A dispute between two agents over a claim that “95 per cent agreed sales proceed to completion” has been resolved informally...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

It’s not just inside the offices that get decorated at Christmas - many of you have done a fine job at...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

UK house prices increase 10.5 per cent annually to an average of £224,242 - a price fuelled by the number of...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Only four per cent of people in the UK who have sold a home have used an online agent claims bricks...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News

There's been a surge in agents letting us know about their fantastic good work - an indication of just how big...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Agency chain Haart says UK-wide property prices have risen 7.3 per cent annually and 0.9 per cent in the past month. It...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

There is controversy in the London suburb of Brixton over an estate agent which has allegedly 'spammed' the area with publicity...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

We are always happy to salute those agents who work tirelessly to improve their communities and those who need help more...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...
17 July 2015
From: Features

You know the drill by now - send us details of events on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we are more than happy to...
17 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News

An East Midlands estate agency has had a regional press advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Kirk Estates Ltd had...