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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Senior industry sales figure Jeremy Gee joins London estate agency Beauchamp
After a short stint at new homes builder Fairview Jeremy Gee is to return to estate agency at the Mayfair-based agency to run its London operation.
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Fees ban is part of official drive to reduce size of lettings industry, claims TPFG
Unusual claim is made by company's CEO of The Property Franchise Group in its final results for 2018 published yesterday.
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Hunters grows in Essex and Hertfordshire
Hunters has four new branches in Essex and Hertfordshire as Mullucks Wells, one of the region’s most well established agencies, with offices in Bishop’s Stortford, Epping, Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden joins the Hunters Group.
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Essex independent estate agency latest to take refuge in franchised brand
Think Property in Leigh-on-Sea has re-branded to Winkworth and says legislative onslaught and uncertain market conditions persuaded it to move over.
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Mother of disgraced letting agent pleads guilty to her part in £266,000 fraud
Angela Treneer and daughter Elizabeth have admitted guilt in fraud that took place over eight years at Premier Property Management in Truro, Cornwall.
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Share of property sales market held by online agents continues to shrink
Figures from home buyers' website TheAdvisory shows market share slipping for second fortnight but continuing dominance of online market by Purplebricks.
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Times research suggests links between high estate agent fees and over-valuations.
Newspaper's researchers looked at 200,000 recent sales transactions and concluded many leading agents with high fees over-value homes.
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Purplebricks – Berenberg slashes target price by over 80%
Analyst suggests Purplebricks may need to take drastic action amid slowing growth and accelerating cash-burn.
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Technology is key battleground for industry, says Hunters Chief Executive
Comments are made as the franchising giant reveals inreased profits and turnover despite challenges of the housing market and Brexit.
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Britain’s hardest-working estate agent dies aged 92
Doug Gascoine established his eponymous and well-known Nottingham agency in 1954 and carried on helping his daughter run the business until very recently.
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