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One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

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

Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

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

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

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

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 a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

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

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

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

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

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

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

John D Wood has announced that Nick Taylor, the agency’s managing director and a well-known figure in the industry for four...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...

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...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

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

Keller Williams, which yesterday revealed two new market centres in the south of England, says up to 25 agents in the...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

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

We all get an extra hour in bed this weekend, giving us more energy to fund-raise for good causes, right? That seems...

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

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

The UK division of Keller Williams, the world's largest estate agency, says it can help entrepreneurial agents to set up their...

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

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

The Court of Appeal is today expected to rule on a legal battle which may be critical in determining the value...

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

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

A former estate agent has teamed up with two interiors experts to offer a home staging rental service to dress properties...

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,...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

One of Countrywide’s most senior management figures has become the managing director of the UK activities of US estate agency Keller...

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

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

It’s been another very busy week for the excellent fund-raising champions of our industry - and the good causes are encouraging...

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

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

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

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

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

Savills is the latest estate agency to consider a TV advertising campaign. The agency’s marketing director Alison Dean has told Estate Agent...

John D Wood, one of Countrywide's two high-end brands operating in London and southern England, has produced a cinema commercial to be...

Several agencies have announced expansion plans and new personnel as they gear up for 2016. Strutt & Parker is announcing that Giles...

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...

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

Peter Young, managing director of John D Wood and one of the capital’s and the country’s best known estate agents, is...

John D Wood & Co’s new look For Sale and To Let boards have been unveiled in a bid to give...

John D Wood & Co., one of the high end agents in the Countrywide stable, has unveiled its new office interior...

John D Wood & Co is launching an international department, promising properties ranging from urban pieds-à-terre to Caribbean beach houses, from...