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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Michael Jones acquires Easylet
Michael Jones & Company, has announced that it has acquired another independent letting agency.
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Hunters now claims to be the UK’s third largest estate agency by properties sold
Claim is made by the chain within its 2019 full-year results in which the company also reveals that it will soon unveil a huge investment in productivity and CRM tech.
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Another big corporate claims to have ‘beaten the tenant fees ban’
Belvoir is the third large estate agency chain to claim the expected 10% drop in lettings revenues following the ban did not materialise last year.
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Investors in fund behind Purplebricks to get as little as 46p in the £1 back
Initial payments to battered investors by company winding up the fund will leave hundreds of thousands of people and many high profile institutions out of pocket.
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Are your company emails safe? London agency’s clients scammed after ‘security breach’
Young couple lose their rental deposit and rent for their dream flat after being duped by fraudsters, although they and agency dispute who is to blame.
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Story of estate agent jailed for fraud to feature in TV crime series
Roger Darnton recently pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud after stealing £100,000 from people in his home town of Guisborough where he ran an agency.
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LATEST: Sales income dips by 16% at LSL’s high street brands following closure programme
Company reveals damage done to its business during 2019 by the closure, merging or transfer of some 120 Your Move and Reeds Rains branches during the second quarter of the year.
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Breaking: Martin & Co parent company says franchisees have ‘beaten the fees ban’
Upbeat trading statement from TPFG reveals increases in revenues from its lettings operations and significantly higher profits at EweMove.
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Revealed: Why agents should be careful when posting pics on Instagram
After Knight Frank agent Daniel Daggers resigned following client complaints over an Instagram post, two experts explain why super-rich vendors and buyers can be tricky to deal with.
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Estate agency directors banned for six years over collapse of Manchester business
Christopher Wilcock and Adam Balmer built up their company before it got into financial difficulties although the business now operates under new ownership.
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