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19 March 2024
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Hamptons’ branches have been getting into the Christmas spirit with some lovely festive window displays that include plenty of tasting-looking properties. Staff...
19 December 2022
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Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...
07 October 2021
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In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...
25 September 2021
From: Features
An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...
06 July 2021
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As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...
26 April 2021
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A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...
09 April 2021
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Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year. In a trading statement to shareholders...
09 April 2021
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A Sheffield estate agency is pioneering a new form of branch office - one that sells homes at the same time...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...
21 January 2021
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One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...
21 October 2020
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...
06 November 2019
From: Features
A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...
30 January 2019
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Royston & Lund, the Nottinghamshire estate agency set up by former Notts County player Gary Lund, is expanding with a second...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the many estate agencies hoping to market increasing numbers of new homes has been praised by a developer client...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News
It was an end of an era in the property world this week. Christopher Hamer stepped down as the Property Ombudsman...