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KEYWORD "Westcountry" - 22 RESULTS
Trade group slashes membership fees in bid to boost membership

The Experts in Property trade group has cut its subscription and rolled out marketing initiatives in a bid to woo new...

14 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Popular and well known agent dies approaching landmark year

A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...

04 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Banned? Another housing hotspot ponders second home curbs

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

02 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Management buyout for long-established regional agency chain

A five-branch agency in the westcountry is the subject of a management buy out by two directors. Westcoast Properties - with branches...

17 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Countrywide branches close ahead of private equity investment bid

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...

23 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Successful property newspaper collapses after revenge hack

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

19 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - industry’s latest movers, shakers, appointments

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

01 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Ban on new-build holiday homes likely in another tourist hotspot

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

21 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Ban on new-build second homes going to a vote tomorrow

Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...

26 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Another franchise agency chain reports big growth in applicants

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

09 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Large regional agency chain signs up to white-label online auction firm

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

04 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Rebranding frenzy increases Hunters' branch total by another four

Another four existing estate agency branches have rebranded as Hunters. In the westcountry three branches of Heritage4homes - at Yatton, Nailsea and...

05 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - from Torbay to Malawi and all places in between

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

18 May 2018

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - our weekly round-up of agents on the move...

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

Agency risks losing instruction after speaking out on Boris Johnson 'joke'

Westcountry estate agency Wilkinson Grant is standing  by its opposition to a ‘joke’ about dead bodies made by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

05 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Agent agrees not to repeat advertisement knocking OnTheMarket

Major westcountry agency Wilkinson Grant has told the Advertising Standards Authority it will not re-use wording following a complaint from a...

05 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Glut of expansions for agents and property investment firm

Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...

13 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Second homes 'sales ban': solicitor asks how it can be enforced

A solicitor has asked how the ban on the sale of new-build apartments and houses to holiday home buyers in a...

18 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Court case could undo controversial ban on new-build second homes

A judicial review into the process surrounding the controversial 'second homes referendum' in St Ives means the result could, in theory,...

10 May 2016

From: Breaking News

High-profile agent Chris Wood joins industry training panel

Respected westcountry estate agent Chris Wood is to offer consultancy and training courses through new industry training group Agency Mentors. Wood, who...

01 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - the wheels keep rolling...

It’s mid-summer and distinctly cooler than it should be - but agents’ enthusiasm for helping those in need appears hotter than...

24 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - now the election's over...

It’s over at last. But while the property market has been awaiting the outcome of the closest poll in years, many...

08 May 2015

From: Breaking News

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