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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Arun Estates’ Kent subsidiary rebrands
The agency formerly known as Ward & Partners - part of the Arun Estates Group and Kent’s largest independent agent - has a comprehensive new rebrand.
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Nested tells 20% of staff to leave and Brexit takes the blame
Despite recently reporting a ‘record year’ and a further £10m investment, co-founder of Nested, Matt Robinson, confirms the departure of 15 staff.
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Profits come to a standstill within Savills’ UK business, its latest results reveal
The £1.76 billion global company says political uncertainty is impacting its business all over the world and has warned of a bumpy ride during 2019.
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EweMove flock grows in Spring!
The Yeovil branch of Hybrid Agency of the Year EweMove has surpassed 200 managed properties in its portfolio thanks to its latest acquisition.
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‘Now who’s laughing at our sheep logo’, says Ewemove boss
Franchised agency has published research that claims the agency is beating its competitors on several fronts including time to completion.
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Former Rightmove exec launches bid to raise £75,000 for fledgling holiday homes firm
Shameem Golamy ran Rightmove's holiday homes operation for nearly seven years before moving to Norfolk and starting up an Airbbn management service for coastal cottage owners.
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Castles Residential Sales & Lettings bucks Brexit trends
Despite Brexit and the resulting downward business trends across some sectors, Swindon-based Castles Residential Sales & Lettings continues to thrive...
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Marsh & Parsons adds new role and branch as LSL cuts elsewhere
Estate agency giant LSL may be busy cutting roles and branches in one part of the business, but within its upmarket London brand Marsh & Parsons, it’s a different story. The 30-branch estate agency has promoted one of its associates, Callum Hodgson, to the new role of Areas Sales Director for North West London. Callum will look after his home branch of Queens Park as well as those in Tufnell Park, Little Venice and its new branch in Willesden Green opened late last week. Marsh & Parsons was untouched by the recent restructure of LSL’s other key estate agency brands Your Move and Reeds Rains and instead would appear to be busy expanding, not retrenching. Announced last month, the restructure of Your Move and Reeds Rains is already well under way and will eventually see 43 branch closures while 39 have already been transferred to an existing franchisee. “All of the training and development I’ve had at Marsh & Parsons over the last few years has undoubtedly helped me achieve my career goals, and I look forward managing a larger portfolio of people, clients and offices,” says Callum. The company’s sales director Alex Lyle, says Callum is “a driven and…
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Former estate agent ‘almost certain’ to face jail after admitting fraud
Recently-retired Roger Darnton worked in Guisborough for 32 years as an estate agent and is said to have misappropriated funds between over a five-year period.
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Outspoken SW agent Chris Wood closes his estate agency business
Wood cites a wide range of reasons for PDQ Estates ceasing trading including both a desire for 'less stress' in his life and a growing 3D film company.
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