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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Chestertons to post profits of £3 million for 2018, two years after making a loss
Chestertons says its profits doubled during 2018, helped by a strong performance from its London lettings business.
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Purplebricks launches in Canada but with directly-employed agents
Purplebricks has officially launched its brand in Canada six months after buying up local hybrid agency DuProprio.
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St Helens estate agent jailed
An estate agent from St Helens has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after carrying out fraud offences and perverting the course of justice.
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Orchards of London gets radical
Orchards of London, celebrating its first decade, has made a radical change to its operation in West London...
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TPO welcomes surveyors as members
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has announced that it is now approved by the RICS to provide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) on all surveying services provided to consumers.
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Allsop auctioneer joins online auctioneer
BidX1, one of the fastest growing online auction platforms in the UK, has brought the hammer down on another strong appointment – recruiting Richard Watson...
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Castles’ boomerang staff
Perhaps believing that an Englishman’s home is his castle, five former staff at Castles Residential Sales & Lettings have returned to the Swindon agency.
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No wonder Emoov ran out of money! Quirk reveals £800k a month costs
During a frank interview firm's former CEO Russell Quirk makes frank admissions about why the hybrid estate agency went into administration.
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Man who drove car into letting agency branch window convicted of murder
A Hemel Hempstead man has been convicted of murder after running a woman over and then ramming his car into a letting agent's branch.
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Fifth of independent letting agents will disappear by 2020, says Belvoir
The UK's largest franchised estate agency chain Belvoir predicts that there will be 20% fewer independent letting agents by 2020.
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