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Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier. As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...
01 June 2020
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There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove. The portal...
01 June 2020
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Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...
18 May 2020
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You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...
03 March 2020
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Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is offering free Virtual Viewings to 1,000 new clients, and says it's the first national agency to offer such...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...
02 October 2018
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OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Young adults rather than the older generations are driving demand in the waterside living market, according to Strutt & Parker. The agent's...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme says it’s recruited another 1,750 members following the shake-out last week when one of its rival redress...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes. Half year figures released by Chestertons...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a new property firm is being launched specialising solely in the sale of off-market homes...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features

Andy Martin, the popular and respected senior partner at Strutt & Parker from 2009 to earlier this year, has been appointed...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is warning that Prime Central London prices could drop as much as five per cent in 2018 -...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has revealed its new board following the takeover by the real estate arm of French bank BNP Paribas. The...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Independent high-end estate agency Galbraith, which operates mostly in Scotland, says local knowledge is key to good customer service - and might...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The real estate division of French bank BNP Paribas has exchanged on the acquisition of Strutt & Parker, bringing together some...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...
23 June 2017
From: Features

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...
17 June 2017
From: Features

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...
10 June 2017
From: Features

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A former partner of Strutt & Parker in prime central London has set up his own firm to provide what he...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Both Strutt & Parker and the French bank BNP Paribas are declining to comment on speculation that the finance house is...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Financial Times is reporting this afternoon that BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France, is in talks to acquire high-end...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is the latest agency to cut staff on the prime London sales side because of the downturn. In an announcement...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have spent the weekend finalising their wish-list and lobbying MPs and government ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Top of the...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features

The latest forecast for the housing market in 2017 and beyond includes a warning that Brexit uncertainty will create a slowdown...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says both the volume of sales and the sum of the selling prices of homes in Prime Central London...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says it has achieved record annual sales figures from its latest National Open House day on October 8. It says...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...
22 October 2016
From: Features

More than 900 sales branches will be taking part in the UK's 'largest open house weekend' later this week. The event, which...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Fiona Stewart, formerly head of marketing and communications at Strutt & Parker, has taken up a newly created role in the...
01 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...
27 May 2016
From: Features

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...
13 May 2016
From: Features

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features

Leaked emails dating from 2013 and seen this week by Estate Agent Today appear to show a number of estate agencies...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is to open a new agency office in South Kensington on June 1, despite ongoing uncertainty over the...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Savills has been named the UK Business Superbrand for the eighth consecutive year, beating rival high-end firms CBRE, BNP Paribas Real...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Every Friday we aim to publicise the often-ignored good work done by our industry and this week is no exception with...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual, the parent company of OnTheMarket, has released another testimonial from one of its directors striking the same tone as...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Several agencies have announced expansion plans and new personnel as they gear up for 2016. Strutt & Parker is announcing that Giles...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A Strutt & Parker senior partner has dismissed speculation that the residential arm of his agency is about to be taken...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...
11 December 2015
From: Features

Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Humberts says property values across the south east of England have seen robust growth of almost eight per cent over the...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is early off the marks with its forecast for 2016 and beyond, predicting the strongest market growth in...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its residential development and investment department with the appointment of David Duke as Director of Residential...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has acquired Edwards & Elliott, a Surrey and Berkshire-based sales and lettings agency with offices in Ascot, Sunningdale...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...
11 September 2015
From: Features

The march of the high-end national agency chains continues with news that Strutt & Parker has snapped up the two-office Buckinghamshire...
06 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The high-end market in parts of prime central London is in the doldrums because of a glut of £2m-plus homes put...
29 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...