Spicerhaart's top performers have been honoured at an awards ceremony showcasing the agency brand’s culture. The 2024 Elevate Awards were hosted by...
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![Manchester luxury agent names first managing director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Manchester-based premium agency Settio Property Experience has unveiled expansion plans including appointing its first managing director as well as launching an...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart achieves armed forces accolade](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has been awarded the Ministry of Defence’s Silver Award in its Employer Recognition Scheme. The agency brand has achieved the title...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - stocking fillers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart names new estate agency managing director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has boosted its senior team with the appointment of a new managing director within its estate agency division. Tommy Taylor is...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - heatwave helpers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart's HR Director lands board role](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart’s HR director has been promoted to the company’s Board after being credited with helping to foster a high-performance culture and...
05 September 2023
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
![At Ease! Agency wins award for being Forces-Friendly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Spicerhaart has received a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which acknowledges the agency group’s commitment to...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - caring for communities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
21 July 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
![Proptech firm defies investment downturn with £4m fundraise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Blockchain property network Coadjute has secured £4m of funding as it looks to continue efforts to transform the ease and speed...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![From Boomin to boilers! Industry veteran joins Heatable](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Estate agency veteran Paul Vickerstaff has found a new job with Heatable following the collapse of Boomin. Vickerstaff had joined the challenger...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - good tidings](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
Agents have been spreading plenty of festive cheer as the year comes to an end, supporting foodbanks and a variety of...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - kindness towards the kids](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket renews major agency contract deals](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket has secured contract renewals from several major agency brands as it reports a revenue boost for the first six months...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Attention! Agency brand becomes armed forces-friendly employer](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
Spicerhaart has opened its doors for ex-armed forces personnel and reservists to consider estate agency as a career. The agency brand has...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - getting high for a good cause](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency brands name new managing directors](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessDeal-1-400x310.jpg)
Spicerhaart has appointed a former Connells area director to lead some of its most high-profile brands. Daniel Ansell has been appointed as...
09 September 2022
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
![Agents Do Charity - no rest for fundraising exploits](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
Agents and property professionals haven't let the summer holidays slow down their fundraising efforts. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent highlights mental health benefits of going self-employed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MentalHealthImage-400x310.jpg)
An estate agent is marking two years of running her own business through eXp and claims it has been better for...
26 July 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 celebrates success on the slopes](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/SpicerhaartTeam-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has held its first agent reward trip since the pandemic. The top performers at the independent agency group have enjoyed an...
08 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
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Purplebricks' 'Mr Motivator' joins Boomin in senior role](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lavish rewards programme launched for staff at agency group](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency accuses rivals of copying Hybrid Property Centre model](/upload/images/library/LoudSpeaker-1-400x310.jpg)
haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as wintry weather bites...](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where in our industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![High Street Endorsement - agencies celebrate new branch openings](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents get freebie ski trip as firm shifts to work-from-home model](/upload/images/Locations/TheAlps-400x310.jpg)
Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agent says it’s not about money (but has bought a Jag)](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyManagement-400x310.jpg)
An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart names area partners for Sutton and Bristol](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Agent-Training-400x310.jpg)
Agents from Purplebricks and Leaders are the latest recruits to sign up as area partners for Spicerhaart. Tyrone Matthews has been named...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency spends £6m beefing up communications](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - is investing more than £6m...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Agents advised not to settle for ‘ordinary’ websites](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech entrepreneur is advising agents not to settle for simply having their websites up and running, and instead using CRM...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the late summer moves in our industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with an Olympic surge in fund-raising…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - movers and shakers this summer](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rebrand for agency as it shifts from branches to hybrid](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - has redesigned its boards in...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - this summer’s movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency concept likely to fail, warns leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - summer movers and shakers in the business](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart chief defects to Keller Williams for new role](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams UK has announced that Paul Sloan - who quit as operations director of Spicerhaart just weeks ago - is...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - a bumper bundle of movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![More agencies back government Kickstart scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buyer feedback is key in helping agents adapt to market changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity … on Children In Need day…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market boom to carry on into 2021 as mortgage lending soars](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online agency easyProperty expands and seeks new licensees](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another Spicerhaart brand wants agents working remotely](/img/default/eat.png)
Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on…](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency closes 23 branches and employs 'Partners' working from home](/img/default/eat.png)
Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of agency’s new recruits have no property experience](/img/default/eat.png)
US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...
16 June 2020
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
![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
![It doesn’t have to be like Spicerhaart - another agent’s approach…](/img/default/eat.png)
While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...
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
![48 hours with...the largest estate agency in the world](/img/default/eat.png)
'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features
![More market optimism as transactions enjoy end-of-year boost](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket raises £3.4m and buys into PropTech firm](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Early Christmas gift for agents as transactions show surprise rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![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
![Three top online chiefs abandon sector and buy into full-fee agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - forget the election, what about the fund-raising?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - a bumper round-up this week...](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Repossessed homes now sell for 104% of market value, claims agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of the big moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your one-stop-shop for the industry's jobs news](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![New 'market centres' to be opened in south of England by US agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![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
![Agents Do Charity - a huge it's-nearly-Christmas edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency using hub-style Market Centres now has 130 UK agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry moves and appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and there isn't a backstop in sight...](/img/default/eat.png)
Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period? Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: could it really be snapped up by Foxtons or Connells?](/img/default/eat.png)
Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and there's no let up as the heatwave breaks...](/img/default/eat.png)
With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - plenty of industry moves as the holidays start...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Local property experts' - controversial advice issued by ad watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency's Property Marketing Academy to offer training across nine brands](/img/default/eat.png)
The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - inspired by Three Lions...](/img/default/eat.png)
The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss tells redundant shop workers they should 'join us'](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing director of independent agency network Spicerhaart says shop workers who are unemployed because of the latest round of retail...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency group revs up with £20m deal to replace 1,100-car fleet](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart is reported to be replacing its fleet of 1,100 cars over the next three years with BMWs. Much of its current fleet...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - and it's a bumper week for moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
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
![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
![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
![Agents Do Charity - the 2018-is-just-around-the-corner edition](/img/default/eat.png)
A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the strictly nearly Christmas edition...](/img/default/eat.png)
Christmas is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to a break - but before then we know many...