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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Savills reports 10% rise in revenue for 2019
Profits are stable at the blue-chip estate agency after a ‘resilient’ performance in 2019 – but fears grow over Coronavirus.
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Leaders Romans Group (LRG) acquires Moginie James, owned by Nick James who founded the business in 2001
A residential sales and lettings agency located across three branches in Cardiff, the business also includes a short lets Airbnb-style company created in 2019, called ‘Hello Ted’.
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Student letting agent reveals record-breaking year
Student lettings and development team management company Uni2 Rent reports a record-breaking 2019...
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LSL restructure delivers the goods despite a ‘challenging market’
LSL Property Services reported a 30% increase in underlying operating profit in its estate agency division after closing 164 branches last year.
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Martin & Co. Plymouth grows
The Plymouth branch of Martin & Co. has grown by more than a quarter after acquiring a local independent agent.
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Chestertons confirms first global franchise partner
Living the Ionian dream: Chestertons opens up in the Greek islands, under a franchise run by Piers Williams.
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Meet the estate agent who thinks Instagram is just as important as the portals
Adam Sutton thinks social media is a game changer for the industry particularly if, like him, you have celebrity client names to drop into your posts.
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Founders of leading South East estate agency paid £3.8 million as they exit business
Stuart Barr and Christian Miles along with two other shareholders get a golden goodbye following a buyout led by existing director and branch manager Mark Brooks
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Shocking levels of discrimination complaints about estate agents revealed
TPO says nearly a fifth of the complaints it handled last year were customers who said their estate agents had discriminated against them.
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Strutt & Parker new CEO is high flyer from BNP Paribas side of business
Two-and-a-half years after the two businesses came together, UK boss Andy Martin is to move to group level and be replaced by his deputy Etienne Prongué.
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