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Savills has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Tommy Newbigging to lead its new homes department across Essex and parts...

Throughout the general election campaign, the Green Belt was central to the debate about the housing crisis. The new Labour government...

Building and development plans Recently, Carter Jonas has marketed development sites which have attracted multiple bids, higher offers than had been anticipated...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...

Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...

The Government recently consulted upon a revised approach to local plans. Throughout the consultation document, frequent use is made of the...

Agency brands Knight Frank and Savills are among 12 of the largest real estate consultancies in the UK behind a new...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

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

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

With increasing numbers of portals battling for membership and revenue, Zoopla has revealed that all Carter Jonas’ residential branches will list until...

A new firm has been launched by two agents who formerly worked at Carter Jonas and are aiming at the £400,000...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Carter Jonas has doubled the footprint of its UK headquarters in prime central London. It’s added a further 6,760 square feet of...

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

Carter Jonas has opened a second office in the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough - and this is its third new...

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...

Carter Jonas has launched a new website which it says ”reflects and enhances the business’ role in delivering a highly personalised...

New figures produced by estate agency Carter Jonas show that the long-term consequences of the credit crunch have exacerbated the historic...

Carter Jonas has promoted one of the best known figures in lettings, Lisa Simon, to equity partner level, together with six...

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...

Carter Jonas is expanding its activities in south west England by opening new branches and through the unusual route of a...

The industry has reacted angrily to the Chancellor declining to change stamp duty despite pleas from agents and suppliers ahead of the Autumn...

Estate agency Carter Jonas has made critical comments about the high-end housing market, suggesting a combination of factors have created “a toxic landscape”. Rory...

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

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Former Knight Frank agent Tim Waring has joined regional company Dacre, Son & Hartley as a director specialising in selling top...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

The People Awards, which honour the very best individuals in residential agency for 2016, are one of the highest accolades any...

A referendum vote to leave the European Union would pose a serious challenge for the UK property market, according to research...

Diversity is a hot topic in offices across the UK as issues regarding the difference in pay and opportunities are being...

We've caught the apparent death of the high street estate agent on video - or at least that's what online estate...

An estate agency analyst has queried whether the £2 billion spent on the equity loan Help To Buy scheme in England...

Simon Pallett has been elected chairman of Carter Jonas LLP. Pallett, a partner in the firm’s Winchester and Newbury offices, takes over...