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Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals have been revealed as the next acquisition for The Property Franchise Group...

Irish estate agent Sherry FitzGerald Group has acquired Simon Brien Residential (SBR), described as of Northern Ireland’s leading estate agents. SBR will...

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

The estate agency industry is being urged to do more to tackle the issue of gender jaws, it has been warned. The...

New self-employed estate agency iad UK hosted its first UK business opportunity presentation (BOP) in Moorgate, London last week at a...

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

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

The Acorn Group has promised its clients that it will be business as usual following its acquisition by Leaders Romans Group...

The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...

Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to take up the work of the chief operating officer too. In a statement to shareholders...

Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...

Glynis Frew will be stepping down as managing director of franchise giant Hunters from the end of this month after 20...

Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with business coaching specialists, Property Academy.  OTM will provide full fee-paying customers with free access...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...

The former group marketing director at Countrywide has been appointed as global chief executive of Fine & Country. Simon Leadbetter has also...

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Paul Creffield, a veteran figure at Countrywide involved in a controversy over bonuses, is staying on to “support” the transition into new...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

A statement this morning from Countrywide's board says both its executive chairman and its group managing director are leaving the company.  It...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Connells has issued a counter statement to this morning’s announcement by Countrywide that a possible takeover is underway. At 7am Countrywide revealed...

Foxtons has announced that its remuneration policy for senior management is to stay unchanged - and it says a voting problem...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Boomin, the new portal being set up by the founders of Purplebricks, is holding a series of confidential webinars next week...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

There appears to have been a small shareholder rebellion at Countrywide’s annual general meeting over the company’s remuneration of senior management. No...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Rightmove has confirmed that its group finance director is to step down at the end of next month. Robyn Perriss is retiring...

Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...

There's widespread expectation that Foxtons’ senior management will face sharp criticism at the company’s Annual General Meeting today. The hottest issue at...

Foxtons' Annual General Meeting next month is to be held virtually, meaning voting will be electronic. A feature of last year’s AGM...

OnTheMaket has this morning announced a raft of what it calls ‘mitigating measures’ to help it survive the Coronavirus crisis. These include...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares.         Earlier...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

Purplebricks' senior management avoided a shareholder revolt yesterday during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Last weekend, it emerged via the Sunday...

The Purplebricks share price dropped by 1% to 108p yesterday as investors prepare for today's Annual General Meeting. The hybrid agency's market...

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...

London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

It appears that at least three Countrywide brands are undergoing branch closures as the company’s cuts continue to bite. Estate Agent Today...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

The Annual General Meeting of Foxtons shareholders in London has seen a dramatic rebellion against bonuses for senior management. There were 14 resolutions put...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

Purplebricks has revealed that it’s given its new global chief operating officer 700,000 shares - valued at around £165p each that...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

It’s not just the bosses’ pay incentives that have been a problem for Countrywide’s senior management - it appears the company...

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Countrywide is in no rush to appoint a new chief executive, following the experience of having Alison Platt in the post...