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Savills has expanded its residential sales teams in south west London with the appointment of two associate directors. Oliver Morley joins as...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Shares in Foxtons rose 3.42% yesterday off the back of its interim results. The London agent’s half-year update shows while lettings revenue...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year. The London agent has acquired boutique Chelsea agency...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Two major agents have been on the acquisition trail this week. Chestertons, London’s oldest estate agency, has continued its expansion plans with...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Property consultancy JLL has rebranded its residential China division to the APAC Desk. JLL’s residential China Desk was established in 2012 when...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A plethora of property professionals are ending the year with new jobs. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank’s head of London residential sales Rory Penn has been named ‘Property Adviser of the Year at the Spear’s Awards...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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
The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Chestertons, which is itself currently on sale, has snapped up independent London Residential, a firm operating in the north west of...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...
19 June 2021
From: Features
One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of branches closing - but there are...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News
A new buying agency has launched, aimed at well-heeled purchasers and sellers. Called Xander Prime it says it is “acting on behalf...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Tim Hyatt, currently in charge of Knight Frank’s London residential operation, is to take over as the firm’s residential work across...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
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
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
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Hamptons International - at one time tipped to be sold off or even shut during the recent problems afflicting parent company...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News
High-end agency and international property consultancy Savills has reported strong half-year figures for its UK business - but warns that Brexit...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry. Despite summer and the...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Cluttons - which a year ago was bought out of pre-pack administration by a so-called ‘turnaround’ business, RCapital - has now...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has recruited an estate agent from Foxtons to run its Tower Bridge branch. Daniel Woods joins from the firm’s London...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News
A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Savills has revealed relatively strong figures for 2016 in its report to the City this morning, with group revenue up 13...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker says both the volume of sales and the sum of the selling prices of homes in Prime Central London...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has launched its 30th London residential office having opened the doors of its new branch in Victoria. The agency says...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
An agency that has opened a new office in the controversial Nine Elms area of London has published research claiming that...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Some of London’s ailing new homes schemes may have been thrown a lifeline by the decision of technology giant Apple to occupy...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Several agencies have unveiled expansion plans despite the EU referendum, economic uncertainty and fears of a major downturn in the London...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Square foot prices at one of central London’s most controversial new developments - Nine Elms - are down eight per cent...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Savills residential fee income rose 10 per cent in the first six months of 2016 but the firm warns that it’s...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A note to investors sent out yesterday by the international bank Societe Generale is warning that Brexit could wipe 30 per...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The weather may be saying otherwise, but we're now in June and agents will be extra busy as buyers look to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt is one of 10 property industry entries in the ‘Power 100 Women’ list compiled by business...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker is to open a new agency office in South Kensington on June 1, despite ongoing uncertainty over the...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has reported a 4.1 per cent increase in its group revenue in 2015 to £149.8m although its profits dipped by...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Morgan Stanley says fears over a possible UK exit from the EU and other global economic uncertainty could lead to “a...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Cluttons is warning that the prime central London market may stagnate for at least the early part of this year thanks...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...
19 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has become the latest high-end agency to admit that the prime central London market is in the doldrums, with...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is the latest estate agent to admit that the prime London sales market is “subdued” - and it blames...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says it has no comment to make on the decision of high-end London estate agency Chestertons to move from Zoopla...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
The head of research at lettings portal Lettingweb.com says the National Crime Agency’s claims about hundreds of billions of pounds of...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
A London agency has reported that it has not experienced the increase in sales and lettings it had expected after last...