The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...
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![Keller Williams UK boss unveils new minimum standards for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![KWUK prepares for ‘largest ever’ Megacamp](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event. The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Local agent launches with Tata Steel grant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A new estate agency has benefited from a grant scheme run by multinational company Tata Steel. Lincolnshire estate agent Grahame Barratt-Needham has...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Marketing expert: House of agency brands strategy is ‘inefficient’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams UK replaces chief executive in latest restructure](/upload/images/shutterstock_1117572671.jpg)
Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to change its chief executive in the latest restructure of the self-employed agency brand. Ben Taylor...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - community care](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Agents have been showing there is more to being charitable than just donating money. This weeks charitable exploits have a big focus...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rumours surround future of another Keller Williams market centre](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mystery as Keller Williams’ London Bridge Market Centre closes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Another Keller Williams UK (KWUK) market centre is set to close its doors but it is unclear who made the decision...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams launches training academy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Keller Williams UK has launched a training academy as it looks to nurture the next generation of agents. The self-employed network brand...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide director claims over £1m in fees at new agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A former Countrywide director says that since becoming a Keller Williams agent he’s racked up over £1m in fees. Dominic Marcel -...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks ‘too focused on brand over customer experience’ – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Purplebricks has got itself into a bind due to its addiction to brand awareness over addressing the customer experience of paying...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Franchise agency brand unveils 'university' training platform](/upload/images/Logos/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
Keller Williams UK (KWUK) has launched a new training platform for its network. The digital platform, described as KW University, provides tools...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency franchise brand hosts largest ever’ Megacamp event](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/KellerWilliams-400x310.jpg)
Agency franchise brand Keller Williams UK (KWUK) held its largest ever UK event at the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Blame game starts as local Keller Williams UK Market Centre shuts](/upload/images/library/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
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
![Keller Williams UK marks record month for new agents](/upload/images/library/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
Keller Williams has marked a record month for new agents but has announced the closure of its Bristol market centre hub...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homesearch and KWUK agree multi-million pound long-term agreement](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![House prices to fall next year if market cycle continues - agency](/upload/images/Logos/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide director become agency chief executive](/upload/images/Logos/Fine%26Country-logo400x310.png)
The former group marketing director at Countrywide has been appointed as global chief executive of Fine & Country. Simon Leadbetter has also...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – has Purplebricks dealt a fatal blow to the self-employed model?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...
14 August 2021
From: Features
![Stamp Duty Holiday impact fades as market returns to near-normal](/upload/images/library/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how much stamp duty holiday property has sold in 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: Buyers caught out as higher prices trigger tax take](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![13th hub for agency claiming to be UK’s top self-employed firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty saving all but wiped out by higher mortgage deposits](/img/default/eat.png)
The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart chief defects to Keller Williams for new role](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agency backs converting empty shops into homes](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency is backing the conversion of empty retail units into homes - and has figures to prove how big an impact...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent case studies: ‘abandoning the corporate world for the new’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Ex-Foxtons man slams “relentless culture” of some agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin - What’s the verdict?](/img/default/eat.png)
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Over 550,000 sales (and many agents) benefit from stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity … Who’s sponsored to climb the cliff edge?](/img/default/eat.png)
Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ delight as stamp duty extension helps another 300,000 deals](/img/default/eat.png)
Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London still dominates sales market despite ‘exodus to the countryside’](/img/default/eat.png)
London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New self-employed agents must choose optimum PropTech tools - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Video – Married couple ditch the high street for self-employed model](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...
06 February 2021
From: Features
![Stamp Duty Holiday: is it really just a subsidy for London buyers?](/img/default/eat.png)
London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground-breaking agent mentoring scheme wins lavish praise](/img/default/eat.png)
A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another self-employed agency model boasts of 100 new recruits](/img/default/eat.png)
The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![No experience needed? Agency defends recruiting from outside industry](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![We’re the fastest growing agency in UK, boasts US-owned firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide chief joins mentor team at Agents Together](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of agency’s new recruits have no property experience](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - industry’s latest movers, shakers, appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agents - the way forward for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![US agency to tell UK young people how to be rich and successful](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - this week's movers and shakers in the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Purplebricks territory owner sets up latest hub for Keller Williams](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner. JP Downes...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corporates lose more and more agents to self-employment - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - new moves on the March...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where, why and when](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coup for Keller Williams UK as it signs up Savills director](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![48 hours with...the largest estate agency in the world](/img/default/eat.png)
'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
![20 agents recruited by Hub-style agency even before official launch](/img/default/eat.png)
A new branch of Keller Williams UK - operating from a so-called market centre office rather than a traditional shopfront branch...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portal pledges to remain free to list for agents - forever](/img/default/eat.png)
A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Academy star quits hybrid agency after just eight months](/img/default/eat.png)
Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![US agency Keller Williams takes off with new centre at Gatwick](/img/default/eat.png)
US-based Keller Williams is going to open its next market centre in West Sussex - the latest example of what it...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Power to the People](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - wining, dining, dressing up and cleaning the mud off...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and there's mud flying everywhere…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the industry’s top moves....](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![US estate agency reveals UK expansion plans for more ‘hubs’](/img/default/eat.png)
The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – A to Z of the property market for 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry moves and appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Hubs not branches the future, says agent who rejected easyProperty](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Don’t be hasty in ditching your high street office](/img/default/eat.png)
Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...
06 October 2018
From: Features
![Branches fight back: 'Six reasons why agents should stay on High Streets'](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ditch High Street branches and use serviced offices, urges agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Training is 'key to improve service levels' says agency boss](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK division of US-based estate agency Keller Williams says agents need access to internal training if service levels across the...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide - change it, close it or sell it? Four experts have their say](/img/default/eat.png)
The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: US agency opens fourth UK office with more to come](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks won't succeed in the Big Apple, says UK arm of US agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure at the UK arm of American agency Keller Williams has suggested that Purplebricks won’t succeed in the New...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![US agency opens third office in UK - and pledges more in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Senior Countrywide boss to head UK arm of US estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Countrywide’s most senior management figures has become the managing director of the UK activities of US estate agency Keller...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![US franchise agency makes key appointments for UK operation](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise agency Keller Williams has made new appointments as it follows through its long-term plan to epand to between 30 and...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agencies announce new appointments for London offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams UK has appointed an agent with financial services experience to focus on recruiting more agents for the firm’s London...