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 launches into Florida with fifth US operation
Purplebricks has announced this morning that it is to launch a fifth operation in the US after establishing a new team serving the Tampa and Orlando property markets. It is now a year almost to the day since the company entered the US with its Los Angeles operation and its latest launch gives it a presence in seven US states. These include within New York and its surrounding areas including New Jersey and Connecticut. Other launches have included in Sacramento, Phoenix and Fresno in California; Phoenix in Arizona; Las Vegas in Nevada and now Florida. “This is our fifth regional launch since starting out in Los Angeles twelve months ago and reflects our confidence in the U.S. opportunity and the reception we are achieving state by state,” says Michael Bruce, Global CEO of Purplebricks (left). “We are encouraged by our progress in the U.S. and excited about the potential in Florida, and we continue to identify new markets in the US where our value proposition can greatly benefit both consumers and agents.” Bruce also claims that there has been a ‘total cultural shift’ in the US favouring ‘transparency’ and that the recent political upheavals over the pond have whittled away…
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Hybrid estate agency Yopa’s huge new contact centre opens for business
Hybrid agency Yopa's large new customers service has now opened for business in Watford and is where up to 100 staff will be based.
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The Property Ombudsman expels six rogue estate agents including one for 10 years
Redress scheme The Property Ombudsman has expelled six of its rogue estate agent members including one that owes 100 landlords £419,000.
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Leading NE estate agent signs up to OTM after originally rejecting its overtures
Leading NE estate agent Pattinson has joined OnTheMarket.com three years after originally rejecting its overtures.
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Connells closes its online venture, Hatched
The online agency arm of Connells has been closed, three years after launch, with the Group CEO David Plumtree saying it is "not the right solution for the customer".
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So long – goodbye. Countrywide chairman quits £360,000 Royal Mail non-exec role
Countrywide Executive Chairman Peter Long has resigned from his role as non-exec Chairman at the Royal Mail.
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Nick Dunnning signs up Townends and Stirling Ackroyd to OnTheMarket
Two brands' 28 branches and 800 sales properties are now listing on the portal, alongside their existing agreements with Zoopla and Rightmove.
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Established Lancashire estate agency shuts up shop
Preston-based Lime Estate Agents Limited is voluntarily wound up by sole director and liquidators appointed.
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Purplebricks radically alters its fees structure in Australia
Purplebricks in Australia has radically altered its fee structure including raising its 'all inclusive' fees to nearly $9,000 in two key territories.
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Leading independent estate agency put up for sale over unpaid tax bill
Sale to rival likely after HMRC issued high-profile Newcastle agency Sanderson Young with a winding up order earlier this year.
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