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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Battle of the hybrids ignites as Strike hatches plan to take on Purplebricks
Essex-based national agency has signed up a new advertising agency to cook up new creative to go head-to-head with Purplebricks.
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Agent’s honest video tour of former cannabis house goes viral
Adam Protheroe's no-nonsense attempt to talk up trashed terraced house despite heavy damage gets shared online thousands of times.
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Foxtons is coming to your area as agency prepares huge expansion
'Virtual' offices are to be opened in 15 cities as well as in the Home Counties outside London, the company has announced.
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Buyers are turning away from leasehold, claims leading agent
Chestertons says it has seen a significant swing to freehold within its markets as buyers become more wary of leasehold's potential pitfalls.
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Foxtons battles Catalist criticism with renewed growth plan
Foxtons to hold event today for investors and analysts to set out how it intends to grow the business after a disastrous few years.
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Branch opening: Winkworth capitalises on booming SW property market
Winkworth franchisee opens their second branch in the Bournemouth area in two years as more people look to relocate to Dorset from London.
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Have your say: Agent sustainability survey launched
Property professionals are being asked to take part in a survey which aims to reveal the industry's sustainability credentials in a future report by Just Move In.
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Building society moves its mortgage broking operation to Belvoir
The Nottingham and the estate agency are already close after Belvoir took over its property operation in July last year.
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Campaigners target lettings agency over ‘No DSS’ tenant rejection
ACORN says agency sent tenants email saying landlord 'did not have insurance cover' for renters on Universal Credit.
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Fund-raiser for family launched after estate agent dies tragically young
Keller Williams agent Julian Jacobs has died aged just 44 years old from a heart attack at home.
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