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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Savills reports ‘extraordinary’ final quarter performance for its UK estate agency
Its prime residential operation helped the firm beat its forecasts for 2021, although 2022 is likely to be more difficult.
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Tech, a hot market and mandarin-speaking staff help agency expand
Birmingham agency Davidson Estates has more than doubled its team during the pandemic to cope with its increasing workload.
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Is this the new breed of digital, hybrid estate agent coming through the ranks?
Boomin's latest hire has spent time in traditional as well as hybrid estate agency, a CV that more and more agents now hold.
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John D Wood celebrates 150th founding anniversary
Celebrations follow the latest twist in its history when Connells acquired the agency via its purchase of Countrywide in March last year.
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Is this the ‘most stylish’ estate agency billboard in the UK?
Judges in a national competition organised by Billboard Media thought so after being sent entries from dozens of firms across the UK.
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Leading lettings pioneer awarded OBE in NY Honours List
Peter Girling set up what is now one of the UK's largest specialist lettings firms for older renters, and is also a charity stalwart.
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Two big independent estate agencies open new HQs
Confidence in the traditional estate agency model has been underlined by new, large facilities for Adair Paxton and Miles & Barr.
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BREAKING: Strike officially launches its national free estate agency service
Company, which is spending £11 million on its national roll-out, says it has now sold over 56,000 homes.
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Industry giant SDL sells its block management operation to rival
Both SDL and subsidiary CP Bigwood's 7,000 block management business has been sold to the HML Group for an undisclosed sum.
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Big changes for estate agency giant Belvoir’s main board
Mortgage broking boss Michelle Brook is elevated while Newton Fallowell founder announces retirement after joining industry in 1976.
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