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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Chestertons is first large UK estate agency to reach ‘net zero carbon’
Central London agency, which has invested heavily in carbon emission offsetting in UK and Asia, is urging other agents to follow suit.
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Inbound! Estate agents are national No.1 at answering customers’ calls
Estate agents beat legal firms, doctors, phone firms and utilities for call response times, says new research.
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Online agency mergers gather pace as Howsy buys another rival
Leading online agency snaps up The Happy Tenant Company, its third online lettings and property management platform acquisition in 18 months.
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Hunters to join TPFG stable on 22nd March, latest City update reveals
Final days of Hunters as a standalone estate agency have been set out by its Directors – 29 years after it was founded.
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Harding Green escapes to the country with new operations outside London
Founders say success in its traditional central London areas has persuaded the firm to extend its self-employed network of agents.
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Another hybrid estate agency adopts ‘no sale, no fee’ model
Four-year-old 99 Home is the latest hybrid to adopt a more traditional approach to fees to its customers.
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Historic estate agency buys up rival’s management and valuations divisions
200-year-old firm PS&B, with branches in Brighton and Bognor, says the acquisition will not involve job losses.
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Agency launches free ‘improvement cost reports’ for vendors and buyers
Power Bespoke and Stoke Park Developments have signed a partnership that will enable buyers to understand a home's development potential early on.
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Estate agency claims ‘world first’ as it embeds revolutionary viewings tech
Walton & Hipkiss says the What3Words platform will make it much easier for those tracking down out-of-the way properties.
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You gouda admire her: letting agent makes cheesy exit from job
Maria Billington has started up an unusual food company after losing her job two months ago at a Plymouth estate agency.
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