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![Spicerhaart honours top-performing agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart's top performers have been honoured at an awards ceremony showcasing the agency brand’s culture. The 2024 Elevate Awards were hosted by...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart maintains turnover but posts 2022 loss after year of investment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart names joint CEO team](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicehaart to appoint new boss as Paul Smith becomes executive chairman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Industry stalwart Paul Smith has stepped down as chief executive of Spicerhaart. The company announced yesterday that the 62-year-old is taking on...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart celebrates top performing agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart has celebrated the achievements and contributions of its teams at its highly anticipated annual Elevate Awards ceremony. Among the highlights of the...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Outgoing Spicerhaart chair handed special achievement award](/upload/images/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart’s non-executive chairman John Spence has received a special achievement award after announcing his retirement from the board after more than...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency group posts increased revenues amid shift to hybrid model](/upload/images/library/House_Money.jpg)
Spicerhaart has posted a 21% boost in revenues despite sales taking longer to complete in the second half of the year,...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart promotes land and new homes boss to the board](/upload/images/Property%20People/Tim%20Wardley-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has promoted its group managing director for land and new homes to the board. Tim Wardley will join the Spicerhaat board...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart staff share emotional stories as conference returns](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference400x310.jpg)
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...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Spicerhaart MD bounces back with key industry Personnel role](/img/default/eat.png)
Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![New ‘lockdown portal’ uses Google and Facebook to find buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart under fire for “inhumane” and “disgraceful” sackings](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top industry figure criticises Spicerhaart sackings and closures](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two-tier system can produce winners if landlords are prepared to move](/img/default/eat.png)
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - if it’s Monday, it’s who-moves-where time...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal targets agents with plots for sale](/img/default/eat.png)
A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam “regurgitated rhetoric” in Hammond’s damp squib statement](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - our last roll of honour of 2018…](/img/default/eat.png)
Well here we are, at the last Agents Do Charity of the year. It’s been a record haul of good works, as...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![No Deal Brexit would see ‘buyers and sellers hit the brakes’ - top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is that it? Industry downbeat after lacklustre Budget for housing](/img/default/eat.png)
The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![We need to wake up before we sleepwalk into a housing crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...
27 October 2018
From: Features
![Locked out: agent says stock shortage stops buyers buying](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Haart says housing market finally coming out of Brexit doldrums](/img/default/eat.png)
The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents welcome latest evidence of robust start to sales in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket signs up 81 new listings agreements in first float week](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![First time buyers back to the market in a big way claims agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart acquisition shows commitment to bricks and mortar agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Down but not out - Haart's verdict on the national housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart confirms butters john bee acquisition](/img/default/eat.png)
Following speculation earlier in the week, Spicerhaart has confirmed that it has purchased 19 branch regional agency butters john bee. The acquisition...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief condemns Theresa May's housing disaster](/img/default/eat.png)
First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![More professionals call for changes to stamp duty system](/img/default/eat.png)
As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty reform can win over voters, says UK's largest independent](/img/default/eat.png)
The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency figures show many more first time buyers entering the market](/img/default/eat.png)
First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
![Agency hires Aussie TV property pundit for staff training](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Brexit will take years 'so buyers have moved on' claims agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Quote, unquote - What the industry said in 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone?](/img/default/eat.png)
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
![Leeds eyes sustainable ripple effect](/img/default/eat.png)
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features
!['Cut stamp duty now' agents tell Hammond ahead of statement](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents are already setting out their stalls ahead of Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s November 23 Autumn Statement with one simple message...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market defies Brexit jitters as rates hit record lows](/img/default/eat.png)
Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features
![Spicerhaart sets aside £26 million for acquisitions](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit benefit for 'Leave' areas while 'Remain' locations slump, claims agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![What will happen to the housing market if Britain leaves the EU?](/img/default/eat.png)
The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...
17 June 2016
From: Features
![Property expert says agents have learned their lesson from financial crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief says sellers need to be more realistic with their asking prices](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of one of the country's largest estate agency chains has urged sellers to be more realistic with the asking...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices up 8.3% in England and 7.8% in all-UK according to ONS](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency predicts 10% price falls for London's £1m+ homes](/img/default/eat.png)
UK house prices increase 10.5 per cent annually to an average of £224,242 - a price fuelled by the number of...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![One in nine people believe estate agents charge 10% or more](/img/default/eat.png)
Only four per cent of people in the UK who have sold a home have used an online agent claims bricks...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in deposits means first time buyers priced out, warns agency](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![13.6% drop in first time buyer registrations](/img/default/eat.png)
First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Why estate agents must come to terms with change](/img/default/eat.png)
A riposte to Paul Smith's article 'Why Estate Agents Must Stand Up to the Power of the Portals' I just read an...
17 July 2015
From: Features
![Agents give enthusiastic thumbs-up to planning reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...