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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Leading SW estate agency buys three-year-old rival firm
Largest independent agent in Gloucester makes another acquisition and eyes up further expansion plans across the county.
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Shortage of valuers for ‘Red Book’ sales forces leading agent’s hand
A shortage of independent valuers in Somerset has forced the hand of chartered surveyor Andrew Simmonds to become RICS ‘Red Book’ qualified
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Major SE estate agency reveals New Homes expansion plans
New build sales at Michael Jones Estate agents topping £112m will allow agency to expand into new territories.
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Major independent estate agency Acorn Group sold to LRG
After nearly 40 years in business as an independent firm multi-branch group Acorn is now joining the corporate blue-chip world.
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The day Gorbachev flew in to attend an estate agency party
Following the news of Mikhail Gorbachev's death, agent Trevor Abrahmson remembers the day the former Russian leader dropped in for a drink.
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Lomond Group’s John Shepherd sweeps up SecureLets
Further expansion for the Lomond Group as it takes over the Midlands lettings book of Jeremy McGinn's SecuredLets.
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Agent sentenced for threatening to kill fellow directors hauled back before court
A judge summoned Gareth Wills to reappear after breaching a restraining order within minutes of leaving the court.
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Ben Taylor: ‘Keller Williams UK model is strong’
Following the collapse of one of their franchises in the Midlands yesterday, Keller Williams' CEO defends the business model.
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Keller Williams Market Centre Warwick closes
Keller Williams Warwick Market Centre is closing with immediate effect, wound up by the franchise owners.
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‘Online agents don’t have what it takes’
Richard Murray, CEO of software provider Veco, asks why online and hybrid agents aren't gaining more traction.
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