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Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...

New homes – we need more in ‘24 2023 was a year which saw the 'need to moves' active in the housing...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

Quick-buy firm Spring has partnered with Connells Group to offer its part exchange and chain repair service to the brand’s Land...

Winkworth is expanding its operations to focus on land and new homes opportunities across London. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth, said...

Connells Group estate agency operations director Simon Arnes is set to step down next year after marking 50 years with the...

There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...

Spicerhaart has posted a 21% boost in revenues despite sales taking longer to complete in the second half of the year,...

Spicerhaart has promoted its group managing director for land and new homes to the board. Tim Wardley will join the Spicerhaat board...

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

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

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

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month.   Tim Wardley, managing...

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

Two companies are to merge to create one of the Home Counties’ largest land and new homes businesses. Ashtons and Putterills Land...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

Hertfordshire based agency Ashtons has acquired an independent agency operating in the same county, Aitchisons Residential. Aitchisons’ offices in St Albans and...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

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

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

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

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

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

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

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

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...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

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

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd has announced its third acquisition in the course of a year. It’s only 15 months ago that Stirling...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Oakwood Homes, a four-branch sales and lettings agency operating across East Kent, has acquired Parkland Estates, a single-branch firm based in...

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

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

The fast-diversifying Humberts has set up regional hubs to handle its new homes and land division, in addition to taking on...

Training for Agents Giving’s Strictly Come Dancing event is now entering its final two weeks - and Estate Agent Today readers...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...

A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...

Jason Howes, the regional director for land and new homes at Barnard Marcus, has extended his role to lead the Fox...

Connells Group says its Land and New Homes divisions enjoyed record performances in 2016.  The group, which includes Connells and Sequence along...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

Sawyer & Co., an agency operating sales and lettings in Brighton and Hove, is the latest firm to be chosen to...

A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...

Estate Agent Today understands that butters john bee - the independent agency where former Countrywide head of estate agency Bob Scarff...

Humberts says it is throwing its weight behind a fledgling organisation set up to bring estate agencies and new-build developers together...

Property sales and lettings agency William H Brown, part of the Sequence UK network, has acquired Porter Glenny estate agents in...

Two high profile property firms have strengthened their land and new homes teams in order to cope with growing demand in...

Humberts is introducing what it calls a ‘personal assistant’ for retirees in a bid to woo the growing market of elderly...

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns and Webber has appointed a new group managing director. Michael Ansell...

Countrywide has taken another step into the residential development mortgage market by acquiring Mortgage Bureau, which works with national house builders as...

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

Countrywide has continued its acquisition programme by taking over a company consulting with house builders in the Home Counties and London.  The acquisition...

Online estate agency easyProperty is marking the start of 2016 by launching a Land and New Homes division. “It’s obviously one of...