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
![Purplebricks tops leaderboards for sales and listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Purplebricks was the top brand for new listings and sales agreed during March, new data shows. A new quarterly market report launched...
17 April 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
![Agent marks 1,000 reviews milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
Agents at haart in Lincoln are celebrating after receiving their 1,000th online review on Google. The branch, which offers both residential sales...
11 January 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
![Agency partnership brand launches roadshow for new recruits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has launched a series of roadshows to attract agents to its offering. The company...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents refute making obscene gestures towards Kwasi Kwarteng](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...
19 October 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
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Heroic estate agent saves pensioner from house fire](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/TomAshby-400x310.png)
A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...
29 June 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
![Purplebricks share price now under 7% of its all-time high](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p. This is less...
08 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
![Property Jobs Today - the latest autumn leavers and movers](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...
18 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
![Agency chain declares latest branch to be ‘a property centre’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/open-image400x310.png)
Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month. Tim Wardley, managing...
08 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
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers](/upload/images/library/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...
09 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
![Purplebricks excluded from industry league table despite surge in instructions](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 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
![Purplebricks reveals team taking over from departed sales boss](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has revealed how it’s going to fill in following the departure of chief sales office Chris Beckwith last week for...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent case studies: ‘abandoning the corporate world for the new’](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![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
![Revealed - staff turnover rates at leading estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...
13 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
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 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
![Property Jobs Today - the latest ins, outs, and moving abouts…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - bumper bundle of new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - latest moves in and across our industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Agencies’ top website hits and social media followings](/img/default/eat.png)
A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...
28 July 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
![Top agencies shut branches as industry adapts to 'new normal'](/img/default/eat.png)
There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...
06 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
![Some agents still financially insecure despite furlough extension](/img/default/eat.png)
The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...
13 May 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
![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
![Independent agents offered ground-breaking new homes opportunities](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...
27 January 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
![Purplebricks leads UK league table of agents with available properties](/img/default/eat.png)
An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...
19 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
![Bucking the trend: new and larger offices revealed for two agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s not-so-unlucky 13 for national property consultancy Bruton Knowles which has opened its 13th office in the country. The new office is...
08 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...