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Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has marked 150 years in business by opening a new headquarters. It has moved...

A new service launched in the UK this week selling one-eight to one-half ownership of luxury holiday homes insists it is...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

An estate agency is to launch its third branch, this time in a seaside location. Stoneridge Estate Agents’ new Brightlingsea town centre...

A property that used to house one of London’s best known prostitutes - and which carries a blue plaque celebrating her...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

One of London’s best known and well respected agents has given insights into how he believes his own prime patch of...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...

We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...

A developer operating in prime central London is offering buyers a deferred-payment scheme. K10 Group says it’s doing this because of the...

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

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

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

It’s Valentine’s Day (have you remembered?) and at least one agency has decided that it’s pretty in pink to celebrate the...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

The independent Sutton-based property business Centro PLC has acquired Cheam and Mayfair based Christies Estate Agents Limited.   The new combined agency is...

The estate agent behind the troubled high end Sanderson Young company is reported to be appearing in court this week as...

A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...

Some 175,000 pieces of data relating to service in the conveyancing sector have been provided by 7,000 consumers for the second annual Conveyancer Awards...

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...

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

Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals are refurbishing the Park Lane showroom they share - and it’s going...

One of the country’s best know estate agents, Marc Goldberg, has joined London agency Dexters. Goldberg spent some 30 years at Countrywide’s...

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

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

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

A new Mayfair-based short-term property finance provider has been launched with Harry Hill, the Countrywide founder and ex-Rightmove chief executive, as...

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...

Harrods Estates has recruited an ex-Savills sales negotiator with 10 years of experience working in prime central London. Michael Harte, who will work...

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover.  The Marylebone...

Three prime London estate agents have this week launched a specialist recruitment company for the property industry.  Hanning Recruitment has been founded...

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards.  Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...

Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals are to keep their current Mayfair office on London’s Park Lane -...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...

The go-ahead has been given to create a group aiming to unite independent estate and letting agents into a single powerful...

Prime central London’s housing market may be suffering a well-publicised downturn but one agency has defied the negative mood by launching...

Thanks so much for your enthusiastic response to our request for pictures of your fabulous office windows and decorations - they’re...

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...

The Financial Times has beefed up its high-end house and apartment listings after the newspaper's property sector saw a 17 per...

Here's a story you probably never expected to read - Simon Cowell used to be an estate agent and says he...

Figures from London data consultancy Lonres show that since the referendum the average price cut on homes across most of central...

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

The finance chief of one of the world’s largest property groups says a correction in the property market across western countries...

Fine & Country this week opens a new London office in Bow, coinciding with the imminent start of its TV advertising...

An impressive piece of research by London agency Kay & Co chronicles a huge surge in the volume and price of...

An estate agent has conducted an interesting test on whether photographs on agents’ details may be improved by being edited on...

An international portal consultancy not previously known for its outspoken comments has sharply criticised OnTheMarket for its “protection of the status...

Happy New Year to all those (bet you’re a little bored of hearing that now, aren’t you?) - but we know...

OnTheMarket has issued testimonials from three agents advertising their properties on the portal, which marks its first anniversary later this month.  A...

Prime Central London’s residential values have risen 4.3 per cent over the past 12 months and now average £2.3m per property...

Clearly no one has told George Osborne’s stamp duty officials but as far as estate and letting agents are concerned, it’s...

We may all be reeling from the surprise Autumn Statement stamp duty shocker but estate agents still find time to do...

Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...

A new-build penthouse in Mayfair, handled jointly by Knight Frank and Wetherell agencies,  has broken the price record for any residential...

Figures from a prime central London agency show a 400 per cent rise in sales to African buyers in the year to...

Raine Countess Spencer - the daughter of novelist Barbara Cartland - has opened the latest Harrods Estates prime central London branch...

There is one common denominator amongst the majority of those who dominate the latest Sunday Times Rich List, regarded as the...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...