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Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

An independent agency brand has become the latest firm to sign a listings agreement with CoStar-backed OnTheMarket. Edward Mellor, one of the...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

Forget baubles and tinsel, one estate agent has taken a different approach to festive branch window decorations, Christmas films. The Wirral and...

Industry partner Jerry Lyons is launching a new network to support independent ethical estate agencies. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) aims to...

Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

The directors of the Harrogate based residential estate agency for Knight Frank have gone independent. The change of ownership will see the...

Property brokerage and estate agency Nest Seekers International is set to reveal the highs and lows of luxury property sales in...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Today is the 11th day of the 11th month - the traditional annual Armistice Day, commemorating the signing of the armistice...

So with only hours to go before Halloween, here are our final three entries from agents who've entered into the ......

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

Knight Frank is opening a new branch in Shrewsbury, covering Shropshire into the Cheshire Borders, north Wales, and mid Wales.  The opening...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

A businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast investment property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

A Connells’ agency brand arguably best known because of legal action by OnTheMarket is to open its 21st office. Cheshire property consultancy...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

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...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...

HomeXperts says it has recruited new franchisees covering Dorset, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Some 18 months ago the chain - which then had...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

Despite Brexit and economic uncertainty, there is still confidence from many agencies that are expanding, opening and acquiring even this late...

A Cheshire estate agency has had to amend its website following a complaint to the advertising watchdog over its claim to...

North West estate agency Gascoigne Halman has confirmed it is looking for acquisition opportunities.  Yesterday the firm, which has 18 branches, announced...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it has signed up five branch estate agency Meller Braggins.  The firm, which is based in...

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

It is reported this morning that OnTheMarket has lost one of its key early investors, the Gascoigne Halman agency which is...

Estate agent Butters John Bee based at Nantwich in Cheshire has won the latest ESTAS Agent of the Month title.   The...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

The Connells Group has acquired independent agency chain Gascoigne Halman, an 18-branch company operating in south Manchester.  Gascoigne Halman, founded in 1990,...

It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries – frequently online agents in the selling and letting business – to...

An estate agent who co-presented BBC programme Living in the Sun has opened a hybrid estate agency with what he calls...

A new analysis of rising property values measured in price per square metre, suggests one location has risen 773 per cent...

A financial advisory firm based in Ewloe, Flintshire has launched a sales and lettings estate agency service.  Chesterton Grant Estate Agents will...