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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SW estate agency network slashes members’ monthly subscription by 20%
The Experts in Property organisation, which has over 40 members, says price drop is alongside several additional services and marketing initiatives.
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LSL buys another mortgage brokerage via its new joint venture
Estate agency giant says latest purchase is part of a plan to buy up 50 brokers across the UK with its recently-announced £200m fund.
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Strike is fastest growing estate agency at the moment – report
Data from TwentyCi shows the agency has grown its market share of instructions by nearly 50% over the past 12 months to 1.4%.
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Huge majority of Foxtons shareholders vote through D&G acquisition
The deal, which many within the industry consider to be in Foxtons favour, includes the disposal of D&G's sales arm to CEO James Evans.
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Mega Mansion Hunters – Reality TV bluster or the future of UK estate agency?
Show's star Tyrone Ash is clear that his aggressive US-style commission-only estate agency brokerage is set to 'turn the industry on its head'.
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Recently-launched online-only lettings platform raises £250,000 from investors
Rentd says its unique tech enables landlords to find and onboard tenants 'without human involvement' but admits it's not the first to try it.
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Purplebricks stock hit all-time low as investor confidence ebbs away
Yesterday its shares were trading at 19.5p, the lowest price they have ever achieved since the company launched on AIM in December 2015.
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Billionaires’ favourite estate agent predicts £10,000 PSF prices this year
Peter Wetherell says per-square-foot asking prices for Mayfair's super-prime addresses are accelerating fast as a 1920s-style boom plays out.
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Haart promotes 24-year-old to run latest hybrid ‘super branch’
Tom Howell, who joined the industry aged 17 years old, is tasked with expanding the agency's Bristol Property Centre in a competitive market.
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Estate agent launches private prosecution against fraudulent employee
Amersham agency has successfully brought a private prosecution against Paul Cheriton who admitted stealing £50,000 from firm's landlords.
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