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Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

Winkworth has revealed that it has not renewed franchises on offices “where our standards were not being met and results were...

Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...

Agents and other businesses are being reminded of a deadline to upgrade their technology systems for voice and broadband connections else...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has continued its expansion with two new branches announced. Three-branch Hat and Home is growing its...

It’s been a busy week for agency branch openings. Dexters is the latest to unveil new offices in London, opening nine across Blackheath,...

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

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...

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

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

A north of England agency is opening two new branches which will also have coffee shops and deli counters.  Redbrik’s two new...

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...

The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...

Tributes have been paid to an estate agent known for his “infectious giggle” and great sense of humour.  Gerald Flint, who with...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, is to open three new offices in the New Year.  The...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

Hunters has continued its expansion in the north of England with two new branches in Yorkshire and Lancashire.  The Pontefract branch becomes...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

The high-end New York based estate agency Corcoran has issued franchise documents for ‘global markets’ prompting speculation that it could spread...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

Winkworth has opened an office in Northampton.  The operation is owned and run by new franchisee Sunny Kooner, who is joined by...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

Franchise giant Winkworth has told its shareholders that its revenues for 2017 are likely to be less than five per cent...

Franchise giant Winkworth says three new offices are set to open early in 2018 to build upon its seven new branches...

John Taylor, a high-end international estate agency which until earlier this year had a presence in London, says it intends to...

Winkworth has opened its seventh new office of 2017, in Sunningdale.  The new office is fully owned and operated by Anthony Blackstone.  Although...

Carter Jonas has opened a second office in the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough - and this is its third new...

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...

Carter Jonas is expanding its activities in south west England by opening new branches and through the unusual route of a...

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

Foxtons has confirmed that it will be opening a further two branches in the coming weeks.  The agency said in July that...

Franchise network Belvoir says a combination of Brexit and stamp duty have unsettled the housing market - although despite this the...

Franchise giant Hunters is launching three new offices, previously trading as the independent Drewery & Wheeldon Estate Agents.  The Lincolnshire indie, first...

Dexters says it now has 60 offices including 28 in central London - and has declared itself to be "the leading independent...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has expanded its network of branches in central London with the launch of new offices in Clerkenwell,...

The traditional spring season of expansions and new offices continues apace with a series of announcements in recent days. Essex-based Balgores Property...

Winkworth, the franchise giant with most offices concentrated in or close to London, says the high-end of the capital’s prime market...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened two new offices, taking its London-wide network to well over 50 branches. The new offices are...

Up Estates, an online estate agency operating chiefly in Coventry, Nuneaton and Hinckley, says it will next year open a string...

Hunters has four more offices in south east England - the former Black & White Estates branches in Ashford, Folkestone, Hythe...

Strutt & Parker has acquired Edwards & Elliott, a Surrey and Berkshire-based sales and lettings agency with offices in Ascot, Sunningdale...

London estate agency Foxtons is set to continue its expansion with the opening of two new branches next month. The new offices...

A 250-year-old pub in Elephant and Castle looks set to become Foxtons’ latest branch.  The pub, named The Elephant & Castle, closed...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...