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More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...
23 January 2024
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The intellectual property of collapsed online agency brand Doorsteps has sold for just £3,666. Begbies Traynor, the liquidator for Doorsteps, sought offers...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The liquidator for Doorsteps is seeking a buyer for the collapsed online agent’s intellectual property. Prospective buyers have been messaged by restructuring...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Housebuilder Barratt Developments has implemented a hiring freeze and reduced land approvals as it warns of uncertain buyer confidence. A half-year trading...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
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An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features
The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News
It will be 'business as usual' for Humberts following the announcement of its sale to Natural Retreats, says the agency's new...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
It has today been announced that the Natural Retreats group has purchased Humberts. The entirety of Humberts has been included in the...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that Humberts will announce a possible buyer of some of its agency activities this week - on...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...