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Arun Estates has introduced a new profit-share scheme for its staff. The profit share scheme is offered across all four of the...

The ‘UK Seniors Housing Market Update Q2 2024’ from Knight Frank brings positive news that the supply of new seniors housing...

Lomond has acquired one of North Yorkshire’s oldest independent agencies, Joplings The deal will see Lomond’s Linley and Simpson brand take over...

Arun Estates has signed a new long-term deal with Zoopla. The independent agent’s 100 high-street branches in the South East of England...

Agency brand Phipps & Pritchard has given its branch windows a football-themed overhaul in time for Euro 2024. The independent agent, which...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network (RAN) are to get access to Crux Careers' specialised recruitment and training programmes as part...

The franchisees of Martin & Co’s Rochdale branch have completed their first independent acquisition – less than a year after taking...

A new estate agency has been launched in Northumberland, offering a VIP member’s club to provide early access to properties. The new...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has set a date for its annual conference. It will take place on 12 July 2024...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Liz Morrell meets Women in Estate Agency’s co-founder Liana Loporto-Browne Liana Loporto-Browne, managing director of LB Residential, fell in love with the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has chosen 20 new member agents in the first quarter of the year.  With the property market...

East Sussex brand Oakfield Estate Agents has acquired independent local operator Rowland Gorringe. It will be taking over the company’s offices in...

OnTheMarket has signed a listings agreement with independent agency brand Seymours. The South East England focused 20-branch estate agency network primarily operates...

A network uniting ethical estate agents has officially launched today with 25 members. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) is led by industry...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a referral arrangement for its members with The Land & New Homes Network.  New home...

On the 24th of January, Adam Walker wrote a very interesting piece about the consolidation of the lettings industry where he...

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

A Newbury estate agent is looking to sleigh the competition with its festive-themed branch window display this Christmas. Hillier & Wilson has...

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

Agents are feeling more positive about the next 12 months after reporting higher prices and fewer abortive sales. The Federation of Independent...

Winkworth has launched a talent drive to find rising stars to build a career and a business within the franchise network.  The...

Pattinson Estate Agency has acquired a rival brand. The independent agency has announced the takeover of Ryedales Estate Agents, a well-established agency...

Three firms run by the same family have merged to create one of Derbyshire’s largest independent estate agency brands cope&co. Husband and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced eight new members to its network of independent agents. One is George F White in...

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

Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...

Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has unveiled a new collaboration with Dataloft. The partnership will give FIA members access to Dataloft’s...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has released a sneak peak of its 2023 brand marketing campaign.  Renowned for its distinctive advertising...

Spicerhaart has received a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which acknowledges the agency group’s commitment to...

Agency brand Hat and Home has launched a new branch in Ascot that will be led by Paul Price. He joins the...

Here’s the news you don’t normally get to hear about - the agency industry in full swing doing good work. If you’ve...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has continued its expansion with two new branches announced. Three-branch Hat and Home is growing its...

Members of the Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) are to be given free access to an exclusive quarterly online masterclass session...

Independent agency brand Pat Robson & Co is celebrating 25 years of residential sales, lettings and property management. Tim Nixon launched the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...

Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched criminal record bureau and directorship checks for all new and existing members. Graham Lock,...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched a new mobile app for members. It is described as the first of its...

Former Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has been appointed as the new chairman of Dexters. King is credited with turning Sainsbury’s around...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) members are to be given access to exclusive training schemes from industry expert Julian O’Dell. The...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has opened its third branch just 18 months after launching the business. Hat and Home launched...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has partnered with industry data specialist TwentyEA to offer a new tool for the membership...

A North West England-based independent agent is marking its 40th anniversary. Independent agent Hackney & Leigh has reached the milestone in the...

A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...

Independent agency group Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward (KFH) is marking its 45th anniversary. Established by Lee Watts in 1977 as Kinleigh, the...

Following a rigorous process, Lifesycle has been chosen as the software provider for By Design, a new high-end network brand for independent...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

Former Fine & Country chief executive David Lindley has teamed up with other industry heavyweights to launch a network of independent...

Spicerhaart has held its first agent reward trip since the pandemic. The top performers at the independent agency group have enjoyed an...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

An estate agency in Snodland, Kent, has been honoured with an award for services to the local community. Independent agency was presented...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

NB Estate Agents has added a royal touch to its branch window display.  The Loughborough-based independent agent, which covers Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire,...

Oakfield Estate Agents is marking a quarter-century in business with a major rebrand and a pledge to donate £50 to a...

The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

An estate agent has hit back at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog banned a poster advertising the firm’s...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

The Federation of Independent Agents is to hold its third ‘in person’ conference - called FIACON - this coming Friday in...

Two London agencies have announced acquisitions as consolidation in the capital continues apace. Dexters has six new branches after the acquisition of...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

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

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

The Federation of Independent Agents has today announced a strategic partnership with award-winning website creative firm Estate Apps. The partnership will enable...

The Federation of Independent Agents has passed the key milestone of 50 member branches covering in excess of 200 exclusive postcode...

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month.   Tim Wardley, managing...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

Fenn Wright, a prominent East Anglian independent agency, is to open its first office in Felixstowe this autumn, making this the...

An independent agency has signed up to an international property sales platform designed to place UK new build developments on the...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

The debate over For Sale and To Let boards continues apace with some local councils wanting to make it difficult or...

The intense rivalry between portals continues today with Zoopla announcing one of its longest-standing agent customers has renewed for five more...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...