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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Latest Love Island contestant is London lettings negotiator
Harley Brash is one of three new contestants to join the programme, and is the second estate agent to feature on it.
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Residential property management giant acquired by private equity firm
The Negotiator Awards-winning property management company First Port, which manages 196,000 residential properties, is to have a new owner.
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Another independent estate agency sells up, this time in Suffolk
Halford Wetmore in Southwold is to be rebranded as a Winkworth branch although founder Daniel Wetmore is to remain with the business.
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Two Somerset estate agent rivals die within a day of each other
David Ware and Peter Lee both worked as estate agents in the town of Taunton until retiring but have both died within 24 hours of each other.
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Intrepid estate agent sets world record during ‘whacky’ charity flight attempt
Independent agency owner James du Pavey from Shropshire has so far raised nearly £9,000 for a local children's hospice.
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Estate agency branches are ‘pointless’ says rising industry star
Carmel Gray makes comment during launch of her business as a 'power broker' for buy-to-let lettings platform Houzen.
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Estate agency asked to remove references to Zoopla from its website
Wiltshire firm had claimed to list properties on Zoopla and PrimeLocation but only now uses Rightmove to market its properties.
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Portico lures senior mortgage figure from KFH to launch mortgage brokerage
Paul Tait has previously also worked for RBS, Barclays and Savills Private Finance and has helped gain FCA approval for the Portico launch.
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Veteran online only agency turns to Seedrs for £750,000 funding
Six-year-old online-only agency firm MyHomeGroup turns to crowdfunding to raise extra cash a year after winning a multi-million pound City investment.
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Prime suspect in Lamplugh murder should not be released from prison, says former detective
Det Sup Jim Dickie says he is 'sure' John Cannan murdered the estate agent in 1986 and that he would reoffend if released when he becomes eligible for parole.
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