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Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A fifth of all homes sold so far this year in London have been for over £1m. London estate agency Benham and...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has reported an increase in buyer enquiries and listings as it heads into the traditionally busy spring market. The London estate...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The acquisition will boost the group’s presence in South London, and both branches will be re-branded to Portico. John Chase, director at...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Paul Alexander Mortgage Consultants has been acquired by national broker brand Coreco. Paul Alexander worked closely with the Orchards of London estate...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The temperature may be cooling outside but there is plenty of charitable warmth being shown by estate agents. Whatever the cause you...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A high-profile London estate agency has been chided by iconic Hollywood actor Sir Michael Caine for using his image and one...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The historic Chestertons brand, one of London’s largest and oldest estate agents, has today announced the appointment of John Ennis as its new...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Independent London agent Dexters has unveiled its latest acquisition. The brand has purchased south east London firm Conran Estates, taking on its...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Alan Goldin Estates is celebrating 30 years in the business. To mark this milestone, the Temple Fortune-based estate agent...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The founder of prime London estate agency Beauchamp Estates is set to reveal all on his most prestigious property sales. Gary Hersham has...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A high profile London estate agency has appointed two so-called Wellness Ambassadors to look after the mental health and wellbeing of...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency has won a rarely-awarded gong from the Feefo reviews service - and the company says it’s testimony...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
From: Features
Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, set up to commemorate the murdered estate agency, has died at the age...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Some agents have probably already done this, but ties are a thing of the past at London estate agency James Pendleton. Founder...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News
High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...
15 June 2019
From: Features
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
A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
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
Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
London estate agency JOHNS&CO, which specialises in new homes, has opened its seventh office in the capital - the announcement came...
14 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
Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement are reported to have staged what they called a “queer kiss-in" outside...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A website claim by the London estate agency Moveli has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint from...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Personnel recruitment consultancy says more job-sharing could be introduced in the industry, preventing talent going to waste. Managing director Anthony...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has again been recognised for its success in engaging employees with the Payroll Giving fundraising initiative. The Payroll Giving Quality Mark...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes. Dexters...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...
03 February 2018
From: Features
London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward says is reported to be appealing against a court’s decision about commission payable by...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Residential Realtors removed a property listing from its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The property...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News
One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
East London estate agency Spencers is today being rebranded as Portico. The seven-branch network - which also trades as Phillip Leigh -...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The three-office RH & RW Clutton agency has issued a statement to say it’s alive and well - and unaffected by...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded. Land...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News
LSL-owned London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has removed what one Twitter users called a ‘sleazy’ advertisement, following a row over...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Phillip Hammond, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof, all in one image...is this truly the nightmare...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Each year the London Stock Exchange lists 1,000 firms in a league table entitled ‘Companies To Inspire Britain’ and for the...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
As America goes to the polls after one of the most cantankerous, aggressive and abusive campaigns since...well, our own Brexit vote in...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency has revealed that it is offering local homeowners cash incentives for valuations and instructions. Keating Estates, based in...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...
09 September 2016
From: Features
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to resolve a complaint about a small London estate agency’s online references to its...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Haus Properties, the high-profile London estate agency started almost five years ago by Apprentice star Jamie Lester, now appears to be...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
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
Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency has been ordered by a court to pay £3,600 to a recruitment firm after a dispute over...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Agents' boards get a lot of stick. Many see them as stains on the landscape, some see them as useless in...
18 March 2016
From: Features
A London estate agency is opening its eleventh office this month in an area it believes has 'fast growth' potential. ludlowthompson is...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, one of the firms which founded Agents’ Mutual, has launched a new website with a...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News
And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...
27 February 2016
From: Features
Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years. The charity has led the case for change and...
20 February 2016
From: Features
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened two new offices, taking its London-wide network to well over 50 branches. The new offices are...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
A survey of 2,000 existing and former house sellers in London suggests that relatively few regard the age and history of...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar threw his teams into the London property market. As expected, Twitter...
11 December 2015
From: Features
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
North London estate agency Anthony Pepe has introduced what it calls a Zero to Hero fees policy, allowing vendors to choose...