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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Purplebricks founder Kenny Bruce’s next job? Mowing the grass!
Multi-millionaire reveals he's not yet ready to reveal his next 'project' as he concentrates on gardening and football.
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Sequence lettings branch in hot water over treatment of tenant
Mother and student Kirstyn Wellman claims staff from a Merseyside office gave her harsh advice when she complained about collapsed ceiling.
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Sales at lowest since global financial crisis, reports Savills
Profits at its UK residential estate agency crashed by 44% as its prime central London market and new homes operations struggled during the first six months of the year.
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Knight Frank returns to Zoopla but only for a three-month trial
Estate agency is the last but one of the original OnTheMarket founders who quit Zoopla in 2015 to satisfy OTM's launch 'two portal' rule.
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My Home Move Newcastle announce office relocation
My Home Move, the provider of mover conveyancing services, has relocated its Newcastle site from Milburn House, Dean Street to Blackfriars Court in the city.
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Guess who owns the website for Purplebricks’ new ‘totally sold’ tagline
Step forward Russell Quirk, who has owned the domain name and applied for the trademark in 2013 when launching emoov.
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Hybrid platform signs up 30 partner estate agents as it ‘goes for growth’
Love2Move says it's growing fast after launching in April 2017 and expects to bring more agents on board this year.
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Belvoir says it’s beating the tenant fees ban as revenues rise by 5%
Company says its 300 branches paid it increased management fees both from sales and lettings during the first six months of this year.
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Hybrid estate agency claims 70% listings-to-completion conversion rate
Nick Neil of Ewemove says the extraordinary is one of the key reasons his business has increased turnover by 11% during the past six months.
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Former Purplebricks LPE asks Trustpilot to remove his customer reviews
Young agent who worked for the hybrid estate agency for nearly three years says he no longer wants his name associated with the company despite many glowing reviews.
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