Agencies & People
News covering the businesses, activities, people and personalities in estate agency and letting agency and wider residential property industry.
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Staff turnover in property industry hits 30% as agents demand better pay
Three out of 10 estate agents are quitting their jobs in search of extra cash as the cost of living bites and salaries remain stagnant leaving agents poorer now than they have been in a long time.
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Sad loss of property software pioneer and visionary
Stewart Anderson, trailblazer in cloud-based estate agency software, has died, The Negotiator is sad to report.
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Can an estate agency branch really be green? Leaders says ‘yes’ again
Leaders has launched another sustainable office as part of Leaders Romans Group commitment to being carbon neutral by 2030.
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Talent shortage hits estate agencies, reveals major report
Recruitment giant Manpower says more than 80% of estate agencies are struggling to find skilled staff.
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Property services group makes three acquisitions, and plans more
Teesside-based company SDDE Smith is aiming to quadruple its turnover in just two years including via estate agency.
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OBIT: ‘True gentleman’ estate agency founder Alexander Taylforth
Founder of a Pendle-wide estate agency business, Rotarian, Round Table member and Justice of the Peace and 'true gentleman' has died at the age of 88.
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Opportunity knocks! Love Island agent may soon have own show
Estate agent Love Island finalist Samie Elishi (main picture) has hinted that she may soon have her own TV show. Elishi from London, who is an estate agent co-ordinator, tantalised her fans with an Instagram post suggesting she is talking to ITV about a Love Island spin-off. She finished third in the final with her footballer partner Tom Clare after the public voted for their favourite couple. And she has been pictured since the show ended with Clare at Macclesfield Town football club where he is a player. The 22-year-old celebrity posted a picture on Instagram (see right) of a notebook and pen with an ITV mug, and a caption that reads: ‘Busy & exciting day ahead’. Grafting Her stylist Raquel Sewell also posted (picture left) of Elishi on her mobile phone in the ITV studios and holding a suitcase, with the words: “This is her chatting to her dad on the phone after back to back meetings form 10am to 6pm. “I know people think it’s just a show but it’s actually not I’m ngl! [not gonna lie].” “I tell you this girl has been grafting – she really has.” She also says: “Third wheel jokes aside I’ve been…
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LGBTQ+ estate agency support group launches
The new group aims to bolster representation, give support and champion the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning property community.
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Estate agency steps up expansion plan with latest acquisition
Longstaff acquires Eckfords as the two south Lincolnshire agents merge their operations in Lincolnshire.
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Purplebricks lettings chief jumps ship to join rival
Spicerhaart CEO Paul Smith says Emma Fagan is one of a number of Purplebricks staff who have applied for jobs.
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