Hybrid estate agency Yopa has appointed former Hamptons sales chief Peter Everett as its first Commercial Director.

He is tasked with overseeing its sales operations including recruitment and sales field expansion while influencing Yopa’s future proposition as the company pushes for more growth.

Yopa says it has experienced a good pandemic with new listings this year 40% up on last year and 25% up on 2019. It now claims to be the fifth largest estate agency brand in the UK.

Average revenue per instruction is up 50% and agent revenues have increased by 71% year-on-year, it says.

Everett has spent the past year as a consultant at Irish proptech firm Offr where he helped launch the residential property sales offer management platform after a more than ten-year stretch at Hamptons.

Your Move

Before that he worked at property software firm CFP and before working at General Accident where he helped forge the Your Move brand and business.

At Hamptons from 2010 to 2020, Everett was Head of Sales, covering 50 offices outside of London.

His key achievements included managing two acquisitions, the establishment of the New Homes business and a new conveyancing brand. He also acted as Business Development Director at Hamptons over 2007 and 2008.

“I’m a huge believer that technology can be a force for good in the estate agency industry and this, combined with continued high levels of personalised customer service, will enable Yopa to further cement itself as one of the most trusted and recognised brands for UK home movers,” says Everett.

Everett is also a mentor for industry mental health charity Agents Together.