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Spicerhaart's top performers have been honoured at an awards ceremony showcasing the agency brand’s culture. The 2024 Elevate Awards were hosted by...

Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...

Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...

Industry stalwart Paul Smith has stepped down as chief executive of Spicerhaart. The company announced yesterday that the 62-year-old is taking on...

Spicerhaart has celebrated the achievements and contributions of its teams at its highly anticipated annual Elevate Awards ceremony. Among the highlights of the...

Spicerhaart’s non-executive chairman John Spence has received a special achievement award after announcing his retirement from the board after more than...

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...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Estate agents are already setting out their stalls ahead of Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s November 23 Autumn Statement with one simple message...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...

An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...

The head of one of the country's largest estate agency chains has urged sellers to be more realistic with the asking...

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...

UK house prices increase 10.5 per cent annually to an average of £224,242 - a price fuelled by the number of...

Only four per cent of people in the UK who have sold a home have used an online agent claims bricks...

Agency chain Haart says UK-wide property prices have risen 7.3 per cent annually and 0.9 per cent in the past month.  It...

First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...

A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...

Haart estate agency claims average UK property prices have risen 5.6 per cent annually and 0.9 per cent in March, to...