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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Estate agent calls out online advertising sites hosting rental scams
Bournemouth-based Phil Skorochod says prospective tenants are easily conned by convincing fake Facebook, Airbnb and other adverts that use stolen property details and photos.
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Letting agents decline £7,000 bribe to ignore cannabis farm house
Agents in Exeter report tenant to police who has now been jailed after cannabis plants worth £200k were discovered in property.
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Self employed agency platforms like KW will struggle to succeed, says Shinerock
Industry figures and Choices founder is sceptical that the UK's low commission rates can support the self-employed hybrid model in the long term.
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Dexters reveals it paid £3.21 million for rival Wetherell last year
Latest accounts for the London-wide estate agency reveal its huge acquisition effort last year during the height of the pandemic.
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Agents should come from more varied walks of life, claims Foxtons
Chief Patrick Franco says those from varied socio economic backgrounds should be encouraged to join the industry which in turn will help inclusion across the board.
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Yopa bags senior industry figure Peter Everett to lead its sales team
Everett arrives at the hybrid estate agency after a stint at proptech firm Offr and before that a long career at Hamptons.
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Sussex estate agent attacked in broad daylight after house viewing
Young negotiator in Haywards Heath says attack was unprovoked and gave her a black eye.
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Spicerhaart takes giant strides towards Disneyland
Fundraisers for Spicerhaart charity, Magic Moments, will take part in a half marathon around London to raise money for a dream Disneyland trip for children.
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BREAKING: Hunters launches hybrid self-employed estate agency model
The franchised estate agency giant has already signed up two people to its new network and says agents will be able to work 'on their own terms'.
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Let me win! Estate agent is final Love Island 2021 contestant
26-year-old from Exeter is latest candidate from property industry to make a bid for fame and fortune on the dating TV show.
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