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Winkworth is expanding its country house operation to capitalise on demand from UK and international buyers. The operation will work from Winkworth’s...

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed two new consultant senior directors of sales.  Katya Zenkovich brings with her two decades of...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Homeowners selling in Scotland without an estate agent are being reminded that they still need a Home Report. Scottish surveying firm DM...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Having finalised the deal earlier this year, franchisee Paul Chant...

Fine & Country has welcomed its first Cypriot agency to the upmarket network. Purple International, which was established in September 2007, is...

Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...

Fine & Country is holding a recruitment open evening in its flagship office on Park Lane in Mayfair, London.  The event will...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...

Kent-based agent Miles & Barr has opened its 13th office in the region and is celebrating by offering to sell local...

Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has marked 150 years in business by opening a new headquarters. It has moved...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Oakfield Estate Agents is marking a quarter-century in business with a major rebrand and a pledge to donate £50 to a...

Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

A regional agency has this week opened a new 8,500 square feet office with a pledge to expand and employ 100...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

One of the UK’s oldest estate agency firms has expanded into two new territories.  Nock Deighton was established in Shropshire in 1831...

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

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

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

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

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...

Countrywide shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the offer by Connells to buy the company. At a special virtual AGM today 99.58 per cent...

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

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

Countrywide shareholders will next month have the opportunity to vote on the Connells bid to purchase the troubled estate agency group. The...

Connells has revealed that it’s to keep the existing Countrywide branch structure and staff headcount when the acquisition process is completed...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has reported an 11 per cent drop in gross revenue and profit plummeting 20.2 per cent in the...

An intervention by a magazine has led to Purplebricks refunding the up-front fee to a seller whose husband died suddenly and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

Auction House, which says it’s the largest property auctioneer in the UK, is opening a new branch in Kent, with its...

Hello again and welcome to more festive fun from agents who have kindly shared their office decorations and parties with our...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

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

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...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

Hello and with Christmas just around the corner, and temperatures finally being a little more like winter, what better time to...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

The Connells-owned online agency Hatched is to close with immediate effect. A statement from the company says: “Online estate agency Hatched will...

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...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week.  Essex...

Another member of Countrywide's top table is leaving the company. Kate Brown, Countrywide’s human resources chief with the responsibility for implementing what...

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

Welcome to 2018 and if your charitable activities are an indicator, it’s going to be a busy year with plenty happening...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

London’s long-standing chain Douglas & Gordon is the latest company to embrace the concept of the Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agency. The company’s...

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover.  The Marylebone...

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...

It’s Christmas-Central in the estate agency business if your photographs are any indicator - and we’re very grateful that you continue...

We recently carried a particularly inspiring story of an Essex estate agent who believes that at 21 he is currently the...

One of the great events of the agency year is the Agents Giving Ball, hosted a few days ago at The Lancaster...

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

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

Karl Tatler Estate Agents & Lettings - recently annointed at Estate Agency of the Year at the Sunday Times annual awards...

The year is already in full swing with some agents on holiday in the next few days - and deserving a...

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...

An online estate agent who a year ago predicted that OnTheMarket would not survive for 12 months has issued a statement...

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...

It's only one month before the clocks change so agents have been cramming in their good works before the worst of...

The police are investigating a theft from an independently run franchise in Northampton, according to a report in The Northampton Chronicle &...

You know the drill by now - send us details of events on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we are more than happy to...

Another week, another set of heroes. We love honouring the agents who work for good causes, and if you do the...