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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Leading ten-branch Welsh estate agency goes into administration
Roberts & Co Estate Agency Limited has called in a business recovery firm following a winding up order filed by HMRC.
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BREAKING: Former Your Move MD Gareth Samples to take top slot at Martin & Co parent company
The 51-year-old has joined the TPFG empire eight years after leaving Your Move to run digital marketing platform BriefYourMarket.com.
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Online is now 7.5% of the sales market, new report claims, with Purplebricks at 4.98%
The report commissioned by The Guild of Property Professionals also shows that at 5% of sales in 2019, Countrywide is just ahead of Purplebricks.
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Estate agent banned from being director after clients lose £28,000
Jane Russell ran Ipswich agency for eights years but it collapsed in 2018 and investigators found she had used deposits and rent to keep it going.
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Second time! Leading estate agency bags silverware at property awards
Sleaford, Lincolnshire based estate agency Pygott & Crone continues its winning streak with win at regional awards.
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Charity launch: agents get onboard with the Karma Club
Australian bushfire charity appeal is one of the first to benefit from an initiative that enables agents to improve their marketing while raising funds for charity.
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Former Purplebricks CEO spells out challenges for UK estate agency
Lee Wainwright, who led Purplebricks in the UK for 15 months but now works for industry supplier FocalAgent, spells out how he sees the industry's future.
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Estate agency reported to Ombudsman and Trading Standards over unprotected deposit and late rent payments
Landlord says she is disappointed that light industry regulation means agents who fail in their responsibilities or break the law are allowed to continue trading unchecked.
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Marsh & Parsons forced to pull another tube ad after outcry
Posters featuring bald man and humorous headline hit the wrong spot with alopecia sufferers and hair loss groups on social media.
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Countrywide’s sale of commercial arm LSH hits the buffers
Estate agency giant says Monaco buyer is having 'logistical' problems finding the £38 million agreed between the two parties.
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