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Arun Estates has introduced a new profit-share scheme for its staff. The profit share scheme is offered across all four of the...

Arun Estates has signed a new long-term deal with Zoopla. The independent agent’s 100 high-street branches in the South East of England...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Arun Estates has unveiled plans to close six Douglas Allen branches as it moves agents in the East London region to...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

OnTheMarket has secured contract renewals from several major agency brands as it reports a revenue boost for the first six months...

From sky dives to golf days, here is how agents have been raising money for charity this week. If there are charitable...

A well-known local agency in Kent is turning 100 this year.   Starting out in Gillingham in 1922, Wards is now based...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

An estate agency has apologised unreservedly for “most regrettable” comments made by two members of staff who described a vendor’s property...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

Veteran estate agency owner Paul Rooney has again featured as the most wealthy individual agency owner in the annual Sunday Times...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Part of the Arun Estates Group has rebranded - by dropping the ‘& Partners’ element of its name. The agency formerly known...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

One of the best known and respected country agents has returned to Countrywide after 12 months working with Arun Estates.  Jill Bennetts...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

The long haul back for Countrywide appears to have begun with the first major name who left during the Alison Platt...

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

A senior figure in another regional estate agency group has expressed scepticism about the popularity of online choices for vendors. Last week...

Arun Estates says his group’s four main operating companies are to become ‘premium brands’ through a mixture of marketing and PropTech...

Just a fortnight today we’ll be packing our bags and preparing for a well-deserved but all-too-short festive break...but until then, there’s...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

Chris Bell, a former chief executive of bookies’ organisation Ladbrokes, has been named as the non-executive chairman of Agents’ Mutual as...

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...

Arun Estates reports that it has netted an additional £350,000 in fees thanks to a scheme designed to woo vendors using online...

It’s that strange period - the bit-in-the-middle between Christmas and New Year, when most agents are back in the office for...

It’s perhaps appropriate that we kick off this week’s Agents Do Charity with an appeal for winter clothing for the homeless...

The former ‘retail director’ of Countrywide’s south east operations, Keith Knight, has left the troubled agency group and has returned to...

It’s been a tough week for the reputation of some estate agents but across the country the industry continues to do...