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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A man’s best friend
Humberts announced their partnership with Canine Partners, a national charity that transforms the lives of people with physical disabilities...
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Davis Tate celebrates 25 successful years
After a modest start at Goringon- Thames in January 1991, Davis Tate now celebrates 25 successful years of trading.
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Answer that phone!
Estate agents’ call handling standards have been called into question following a major study into telephone practice.
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London’s tough sales market squeezes Foxtons revenues
Tough conditions in the London market have driven down sales revenues at Foxtons by over a third during the past three months, its latest trading update has revealed. Total revenues at the company for the third quarter of this year were £37.5 million, down by 13.7% from £43.5 million during the same period last year. It’s total for the first nine months of the year is also down, from £114.5 million to £106.3 million. Such a weak performance is largely down to it sales division, where revenues were down by nearly 34% to £12.2 million, while revenues from its lettings operations rose, but only by £200,000 to £22.8 million. CEO Nic Budden (pictured, left), who will earn £550,000 this year before bonuses and share incentives, said: “The long term fundamentals of the London property market remain very attractive and represent a huge opportunity for growth with nearly £3bn in total sales and lettings commissions on 2015 volumes. “We have built Foxtons to withstand sales market cycles with our lettings revenue comprising over half the business. We are pleased with the response we have seen to the strategic initiatives which we have implemented to grow our lettings business, and also the…
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Millstream celebrates 10 years
Millstream Management Services (MMS), a provider of retirement housing management services in the UK, has celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a special event at its Head Office in Ringwood.
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Father and son complete the Frankfurt Ironman
Father and son estate agents, Sean and Tyler Newman, successfully completed the Frankfurt Ironman to raise money for the Fine & Country Foundation, a charity set up to help the homeless.
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It’s just hearsay…online agent claims celebrity client
Most estate and letting agents have a celebrity client story to tell. It might be an A-lister viewing a city pad or country pile, a downsizing ageing rock star or a recently-enriched boyband member on the hunt for a party pad. It’s not always plain sailing, though. Last year Rowan Atkinson at first listed his Cotswolds home with agent Carter Jonas and then, after a buyer wasn’t forthcoming, decided to switch agent and try Strutt & Parker. But for online-only letting agent Upad their celebrity moment came recently when former Hear’Say member Noel Sullivan decided to log on, much to the surprise of its staff. The singer and more recently TV actor, who was brought up in Cardiff and initially trained as an opera singer, is now a client. He’s currently on tour with the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and also has a new album out, Here I Go Again, and has just landed a TV role in BBC drama Ordinary Lies. Sullivan has been renting out his one-bedroom apartment in SW London for some time and recently switched from a traditional local agent to Upad, and now appears to be an enthusiastic convert to the online model. He cites “astronomical…
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Sheldon Bosley Knight Launches
Two of the most prominent estate agents in Warwickshire are joining forces.
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VeriSmart reaches century
VeriSmart Inventories, based in Poole, has taken on its 100th member of its highly efficient paper free inventory system.
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The Property Centre raises £5,000
A team from Gloucestershire and Worcestershire agent, The Property Centre, with Dee & Griffin Solicitors climbed the National 3 Peaks in 24 hours and raised £5,000 for charity.
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