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Hamptons boost prime central London offering

Hamptons has made three strategic appointments aimed at fortifying its prime central London offering.  Craig Tonkin, Mark Cullen, and Mark Breffit have...

29 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Wrong To Buy - our worst ever housing policy

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

21 October 2023

From: Features

Off-market property platform adds new locations

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...

18 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - creatures great and small

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Chestertons: London agent Chestertons has added two...

06 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Posh Property Buyers stand back as prime London cools

An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...

26 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Chestertons: Market is moving but shortage of larger homes continues

Supply and demand is rising but there is still a shortage of larger properties for buyers, Chestertons claims. An update from the...

27 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Off-market property platform secures 10,000 registered buyers

A new property platform aiming to help homeowners sell off-market properties has attracted 10,000 registered buyers in its first few months...

16 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

31 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Poor Liz and Kwasi. What Do They Do Now?

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

01 October 2022

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - travelling far and wide

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

27 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The London boroughs with the most million-pound sales

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

11 May 2022

From: Breaking News

London returning to dominant role in high-end market, says agency

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...

04 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Stamp duty bills far higher since end of SDLT holiday - claim

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

25 March 2022

From: Breaking News

From dog walker to Savills apprentice - agency reveals latest recruits

Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...

10 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency that said branches were dead has just opened second office

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

18 January 2022

From: Breaking News

London’s Changing Market: What’s hot and what’s not

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

13 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Prime London recovery gathers pace for higher-priced homes says top agent

The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...

07 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Surge in sellers leaving London dates back to 2018, claims new analysis

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...

20 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty cliff-edge means price renegotiations underway

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

28 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where, why and when

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

17 May 2021

From: Breaking News

German company pours £5m into UK online estate agency

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

31 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - and there’s extra daylight for fund-raising now…

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

26 March 2021

From: Breaking News

League table of Britain’s biggest 2020 house price rises

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

31 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Price rises overtake stamp duty holiday savings in many places

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

23 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Where will agents find the most lucrative housing markets?

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

19 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - bumper bundle of new appointments

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

Agencies use lockdown to sign up to Fine & Country

Fine & Country has announced it signed a string of agencies to its brand during lockdown. Most F&C agents members are High...

30 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Top agency rocked by large number of senior figures quitting

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

16 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Boris Bounce on hold? Swathes of London still in the doldrums

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

07 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency denies any responsibility for cyber security breach

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

30 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Revealed: 'time on market' from first portal listing to Land Registry sold

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

29 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Scourge of the elite Boris sells his £3.75m Georgian family home

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

29 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Over a year - that’s the average time to sell in parts of the UK

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

17 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Is stamp duty to blame for a 20% drop in transactions in some areas?

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

19 September 2019

From: Breaking News

33 applicants for every home on sale in part of London says agent

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

20 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Brexit's Trump card: Sterling slump means rich US buyers flock to London

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

18 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?

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

18 May 2019

From: Features

Latest Brexit delay attracts sellers back to the market

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

10 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - events agents need to keep an eye out for

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

20 April 2019

From: Features

Property Jobs Today - yet more movers and shakers in the industry

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

17 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Savills snaps up independent chain to expand London presence

Savills has snapped up an independent London estate agency in what is likely to be one of the last deals of...

14 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Offices converted to housing are denying affordable homes - claim

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

29 November 2018

From: Breaking News

London agency with 17 branches signs up to OnTheMarket

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.  The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...

06 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Halloween Gore-fest! More photos and a video of your celebrations

Thanks so much for sending in more photographs of your branches as they prepare for Halloween. We have some here but want...

27 October 2017

From: Breaking News

London agent defies downturn by opening new office next month

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

07 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Councils 'spending millions' buying back Right To Buy properties

An investigation by the BBC has revealed that councils are spending million buying back homes they sold at a discount under...

04 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Countrywide says merger expands agency's London network by a third

A new statement by Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co says its now-completed merger with Faron Sutaria has had the effect...

14 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Countrywide completes merger of two major agency brands

The much-discussed merger of Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co with Faron Sutaria brands - with the latter’s name apparently disappearing...

16 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Shock horror - there are too many estate agents in Islington!

It's enough to make the typical Islington resident splutter over their breakfast muesli, or perhaps feel too nervous to drive their...

02 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Yo! Trendy new apartments are to be 'fold-down, slide-out, drop-down'

A 24-unit block of apartments designed by the company behind the Yo! Sushi chain has been given consent to be constructed...

07 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Agency hit with fine for 'false advertising'

An estate agency has been fined by a local authority for putting up a 'Sold' board outside a house more than...

22 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Activists plan decisive protest against Foxtons next month

Anarchist activists are organising what they call “the decisive battle against gentrification” - and it appears Foxtons is in the firing...

09 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Countrywide starts merging and rebranding its agencies

Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London.  John D Wood...

31 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Kill gentrifiers sprayed on estate agency window in latest attack

Two graffiti attacks on a London estate agency office in just one week have involved the slogans “F*** gentrification” and “Kill gentrifiers”...

09 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Property consultancy exposes London's new-build glut and premiums

Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...

08 March 2016

From: Breaking News

The Mansion Tax is back (but only for Labour party members)

There’s bad news today for Labour members living in homes valued at £1m or more - one of their own MPs...

15 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Prime London prices now average £2.3m but agency warns growth slowing

Prime Central London’s residential values have risen 4.3 per cent over the past 12 months and now average £2.3m per property...

16 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Prime central London market to stagnate next year, warns Savills

Prime Central London’s housing market will stagnate with no price growth at all next year, warns Savills. Even in 2017 price growth...

16 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Sheffield: an example of how a local authority can enforce compliance

It’s been nearly a year since all lettings and property management agents have been legally required to join a redress scheme...

25 September 2015

From: Features

Corbyn will end Right To Buy and keep Green Belt

Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn says he would vote for a complete end to all forms of Right To Buy and...

06 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Labour council bids to stop investors 'buying to leave'

Islington’s Labour-controlled council has adopted pioneering new planning measures that require new homes in the borough to be regularly occupied in...

20 July 2015

From: Breaking News

New names at Zoopla, Chestertons and Churchill subsidiary

Zoopla Property Group has appointed Vin Murria as an independent non-executive director. Murria, who left her role as chief executive of AIM-listed...

23 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Further expansion for UK agents

A number of UK estate agents have announced further expansion and investment. Lincolnshire agency Pygott and Crone, winner of Sunday Times Estate...

08 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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