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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Ascend makes second acquisition as it ramps up to buy TEN agencies
The build-to-rent and lettings specialist says it wants to expand fast over the next three years largely through acquisition.
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Connells purchase of Countrywide officially completes
After years of uncertainty and internal ructions, Connells says Countrywide now faces a brighter future under its ownership.
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Only 13% of estate agencies are owned by women, latest research shows
Industry is finally getting to grips with gender equality but there is still long way to go, research from Belvoir shows.
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Are opportunities for women within property industry improving?
Three agents from London firm Benjamin Stevens with many years working in the industry reveal their experiences of being women in property.
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New Suzy Lamplugh documentary to offer fresh evidence on her whereabouts
Sky Crime says its contribution to the growing oeuvre of TV shows about the disappeared estate agency offers new evidence of her remains' whereabouts.
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Eviction demonstration outside lettings agency leads to arrests
15 Acorn campaigners gathered to demonstrate outside Ryeview Homes over a disputed eviction in High Wycombe.
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Estate agency brings in mental health expert to support staff during Covid
Nine-branch James Pendleton has been running the scheme for six months and says improvement in personal and team morale has been amazing.
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Connells snaps up another multi-branch estate agency
Hall & Benson, which operates five branches around the Derbyshire borders of the Peak District, has been bought.
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Acquisitions surge: Dexters buys famous London estate agency Roy Brooks
Agency famed for its overly-honest property descriptions during the 1960s has been snapped up for an undisclosed sum.
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Foxtons confirms purchase of rival Douglas & Gordon for £14.25m
After several weeks of talks, Foxtons has agreed the sale with D&G's owners the Talbot Willcox family.
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