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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

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

A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Rickmansworth with the appointment of associate director Rozanne Edwards from Strutt & Parker. Edwards...

Consultancy We Are Unchained is expanding its 30 Years of Marketing in One Day course across the country. It follows successful marketing...

An analysis of Rightmove data shows that sale stock levels were up 9.2% across England during the first quarter of 2024,...

Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new director to lead its Rickmansworth office. Steven...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

A branch manager who appeared to celebrate the death of Jewish financier and philanthropist Lord Rothschild and call for other Zionists...

An estate agency based in the heart of one of the UK’s largest Jewish communities has faced backlash after one of its...

Two estate agency businesses have already signed up to self-employed agency brand eXp’s new brokerage model just weeks after launch. Mackays, a...

Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...

Agency brand Anthony Pepe has announced the acquisition of Chamberlains Estates in Enfield. The former owners of the Chamberlains business, Andrew Ryde...

After achieving sell-out success and exceptional feedback in Hertfordshire, London, and Leeds, Simon Leadbetter’s 30 Years of Marketing in a Day...

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

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

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

Former Fine & Country global chief executive Simon Leadbetter is set to embark on his first national tour with his own...

Fine & Country has welcomed a further London agency into the fold.  Property entrepreneur, Justin John, will soon be operating under the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

A father and his two sons have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s St Albans branch. Kevin...

A plethora of property professionals are ending the year with new jobs. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

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

Hertfordshire estate agency Ashtons has continued on the acquisition trail by snapping up Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings (HCSL). It is...

The founder of London property consultancy and agency The Landmark Partnership has launched an auction brand. Tommy Hughes, who has worked in...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

Hello and if it’s Friday, it’s definitely the day for Agents Do Charity. We’re leading up to Valentine’s - a neat opportunity...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

There’s an ingenious twist to one agency’s fund-raising this week, and EAT readers (along with the wider public) can have a...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

Hertfordshire agency Sewell & Gardner has cut the ribbon on a refurbished and extended office, which will incorporate two previously-separate branches...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

It’s Remembrance weekend, and on Sunday at least we fall silent to honour those who gave so much for many generations. When...

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...

Two companies are to merge to create one of the Home Counties’ largest land and new homes businesses. Ashtons and Putterills Land...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

Hertfordshire based agency Ashtons has acquired an independent agency operating in the same county, Aitchisons Residential. Aitchisons’ offices in St Albans and...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

Hello and welcome to the latest of our parade of estate agency videos and photographs to mark Christmas 2020. It may be a...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

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

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

Regional estate agency chain Ashtons has been listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for, for the...

Tributes have been paid to an estate agent known for his “infectious giggle” and great sense of humour.  Gerald Flint, who with...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

A few days to go before Halloween and it’s great to see agents getting into the swing of the event. Today’s shout...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

An estate agency in St Albans has rebranded as Fine & Country. JW&Co Langleys office in St Albans was acquired by Tom...

The founder of the Hunters franchise agency group, Kevin Hollinrake - now a Conservative MP - is the latest parliamentarian to...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Maybe it’s the Brexit Blues but something is making the industry excel itself this year when it comes to celebrating Christmas....

Thanks so much for cheering us up in these challenging times with your terrific pictures of this year’s Christmas decorations.  We have...

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

A new book has revealed that one of the long line of recent housing ministers was known as “the invisible minister”...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

A 15-branch agency group operating in parts of London and the Home Counties has joined OnTheMarket according to a statement from...

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

Three Country Properties offices in Hertfordshire have been rebranded as Hunters - over two years after their acquisition.  The regional agency Country Properties...

The industry appears to be embracing this year’s Halloween celebrations like never before - tomorrow’s the big day but we’ve got...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

A regional estate agency has urged the Government and the new housing minister to implement the policies outlined in the housing...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Almost half the agents in London surveyed by LonRes say that 10 per cent or more of their vendor clients intend...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

A local council says it is considering restricting how estate agent use boards for advertising community events like school sports days...

We’ve spotted a video from our friends at Kings Group which impressed us with its mix of acting and fun -...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped into a dispute over a property listing which claimed a property was a two bedroom...

Pete Wallace, appointed as Countrywide's retail performance director just a year ago and a long-standing employee of the group before that...

Bonfire Night is upon us but the brightest lights this weekend are those from our industry tirelessly working for good causes. As ever, those...