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Hamptons has created a new international department after its latest acquisition. The agent this week revealed it has acquired Venres, a specialist...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...

John D Wood - which along with Hamptons is regarded as the prime end of the suite of agency brands now...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...

Research by new homes sales service Unlatch has revealed how much cheaper energy bills are for new-builds, saving as much as...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

In this piece, Leanna Donkin from house. partnership reflects on what the last year has brought for her after a leap...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...

Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

A regional estate agency is planning an expansion programme after undergoing a management buyout by a former Business Woman of the...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

One of Countrywide’s top-end brands begins a TV advertisement campaign on Boxing Day.  Hamptons’ ad is the first ever TV promotion from the agency and...

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

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

One of Countrywide’s largest shareholders has come out against a £90m investment package in the company proposed by a private equity...

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

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

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

Countrywide’s upmarket brand Hamptons International is urging all owners of homes with septic tanks to prepare for new regulations that kick...

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

Countrywide says London agency Greene & Co, acquired back in May 2015, will become ‘fully immersed’ into its Hamptons International brand...

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

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

Countrywide’s high-end brand Hamptons International says agents at its branches will in future be “delighted” to fill water bottles for members of...

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

Hamptons International - at one time tipped to be sold off or even shut during the recent problems afflicting parent company...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today exclusive details of progress on its Back To Basics programme as it seeks to recover...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

It’s holiday season shortly and we’ve got just the weather for it - good news for some, perhaps less so for...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  Despite summer and the...

One of the country’s best know estate agents, Marc Goldberg, has joined London agency Dexters. Goldberg spent some 30 years at Countrywide’s...

One of Countrywide’s former allies in the City broker community - independent corporate advisor Numis - has downgraded the troubled agency...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

A fund set up in memory of a 27 year old estate agent, who died of cancer just weeks after his...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

Harding Green, an agency with a business model based on freelance associates earning commission of up to 70 per cent, says...

Countrywide appears to be in turmoil with Sky News reports that board members are discussing trying to get rid of controversial...

Sky News is this evening reporting that Alison Platt, the chief executive of the troubled Countrywide agency, may soon be leaving...

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

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...

Online agency EweMove - part of The Property Franchise Group, which recently failed to agree merger terms with Belvoir - claims...

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...

Countrywide’s share price hit a record low during trading yesterday afternoon when it dropped to 137.75p, having opened the day at...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

It’s hot outside but that’s no deterrent to agents helping others, even at the height of summer. Before we honour this week’s...

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

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

A Northamptonshire estate agency has been sold a rival with 16 branches across that county and Buckinghamshire. Insider Business reports that Acorn,...

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

At least one estate agency and one letting agency have been listed on a ‘name and shame’ roll-call of companies not...

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its Residential Development & Investment team - just one of a number of agencies to announce...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Fund-raising is vitally important to so many organisations as one of our agency contributors this week shows - but as other...

It’s always a privilege to publicise fund-raising work by our industry, to show the caring nature of a profession that is...

The Middle Eastern property development company Emaar - at one time the owner of Hamptons International estate agency - is using...

The end of 2016 saw the launch of 30,000 new build-to-rent (BTR) projects in London alone. With market growth projected to...

Hamptons International says that in 2016 the number of Londoners buying a home outside the capital reached the highest level since...

We’re taking a temporary break from showing images of your terrific agency windows and decorations - and instead, we’re concentrating on...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

Figures from London data consultancy Lonres show that since the referendum the average price cut on homes across most of central...

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

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...

Countrywide says there will “almost certainly” be no more acquisitions of agencies or other firms for the group over the rest...

Countrywide has closed an office of one of its best-known London brands, Faron Sutaria, and is merging its activities with a nearby...

A fine of £735,000 imposed on an association of estate and letting agents and a local newspaper publisher has been described...

Complaints made against adverts issued by property firms have increased by 10% in the last year. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reports...

Hamptons International has announced that it is to launch a 'private conveyancing hub' later this year. The initiative has been designed to...

A new managing director is in post at high-end agency Hamptons International - and in line with some recent appointments by...

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...

Keller Williams UK has appointed an agent with financial services experience to focus on recruiting more agents for the firm’s London...

Countrywide has denied speculation in the industry that the names of its Hamptons International and John D Wood & Co brands...

The firm which this week announced it had won a landmark money laundering appeal case says it's not all doom and...

Two property professionals who in the past have worked for Savills and Hamptons International, have launched a hybrid estate agency. Founded by...

Countrywide has rebranded its land and new homes team as Countrywide Residential Development and has announced a raft of new senior...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide has hired headhunters to find a replacement for the estate agency group’s veteran chairman, Grenville...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide has hired headhunters to find a replacement for the estate agency group’s veteran chairman, Grenville...

The number of Londoners moving out of the capital, buying homes in other parts of the country, surged in 2015. Research by...

Newham in London recorded the biggest percentage rise in house prices among major UK towns and cities over the past year,...

The residents of a housing estate in Northamptonshire have gone to a local newspaper to dispute what they claim is an...

The sales market may be troubled by a sharp stock shortage and the rental sector bogged down with a flurry of...

The managing director of a Home Counties estate agency has described how leads “fell off a cliff” when he signed up...

Countrywide says it has Foxtons as its target to beat in a bid to be the number one agency for sales...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...

HMRC says that more homes were sold in the UK in August than in any month since February last year. The Revenue...

Average house prices in England and Wales are expected to rise by 5.0 per cent in 2015 and by 4.5 per...

Time Inc, the owner and publisher of Country Life, has received a query from the founder of the Independent Network of...

Countrywide is to set up a central research team, in the latest sign of the group’s continuing modernisation programme under new...

We’re always happy to publicise your agency’s efforts to help those who cannot help themselves, and we’re delighted that this week’s...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

London chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened another new sales and lettings outlet, this time in South Kensington - hot...

Hamptons International is opening an Earlsfield & Southfield branch in south-west London, taking its network to 86 offices in the capital...

Information Works is a one-stop direct marketing solution allowing Clients to select individuals at over 27 million household addresses, create personalised...

The housing market across the UK is in a pre-election ‘squeeze’ with several indicators used by agents suggesting a significant slump...

Hamptons International has been slapped down by the Advertising Standards Authority for not making it clear that some lettings fees were...

A leading agent's 'ability to buy' measure shows that it is now 77 per cent harder to purchase a home in...