Rejuvenated rural estate agency brand has opened an office in the highly competitive village of Forest Row in East Sussex.

Hortons has acquired the business of former rival Fothergill Wyatt, which will now pass on leads from its lettings business.

The group enjoyed a good year as cost cutting, a housing boom and the stamp duty holiday helped drive up turnover, profits and margin at the 12-agency giant.

Switch to acquisition rather than growth is paying off for the formerly embattled London estate agency giant.

Estate agency says it wants to enable agents to target sales and lettings customers who only want to transact online but still have a single point of contact locally.

Prize competition organised by Home Move Box makes for a special day for Bedfordshire agency and buyers Ben Drake and Donna Lincoln.

Sowerbys reveals that some customers have been sent unauthorised email 'spam' and promises update in due course.

David Cutter steps down as Skipton group chief executive after 30 years at building society and 13 years at the top.