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Chestertons Golf Day raises £3k for St Mungo’s
Chestertons raised £3,000 at its annual Charity Golf Day in support of St Mungo’s.
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Is this new style of agency the answer to the industry’s problems?
A former Chestertons sales director, Nick Carter has launched Harding Green, a US-style estate agency in central London which, he claims, will be unique way of selling and letting property in the UK. The business will run a central office but instead of staff, the company’s Associates will be self-employed and individually responsible for between 15 and 20 properties for sale or to let. The Associates will be able to either work alone or in pairs and manage between 30 and 40 properties, and choose between several commission structures. This includes receiving a salary and 20% of the commission or working without a salary and taking up to 75% of any commission. Harding Green says it is looking for agents who have a minimum of five years’ experience in the London market in sales or lettings. Kensington office In return, Associates will receive leads from – and be supported by – the firm’s Kensington office including the usual admin, IT and marketing services. This will include advertising and public relations campaigns. The company says each Associate or pair of Associates will remain the sole point of contact for each client from start to finish and therefore be able to dedicate…
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Blow for Zoopla as Chestertons leaves the portal
Zoopla was dealt a blow last week as Chestertons, one of London’s largest estate agencies with 30 offices across the city, announced that it would be leaving the site in to list its properties with Rightmove. The firm, a founding member of Agents’ Mutual, continues to list properties on OnTheMarket (OTM) and is therefore not permitted to list homes on more than one other rival website, under OTM’s ‘one other portal’ rule requiring, in effect, their member agents to stop advertising on either Rightmove or Zoopla. The typical scenario has an agent sticking with Rightmove and choosing between OTM and Zoopla, so Chestertons is unusual. “We had more and more of our clients telling us that they expected to see us on Rightmove and you have to listen to your clients,” said Chestertons Chief Executive Robert Bartlett. The launch of OTM earlier this year had an adverse impact on Zoopla’s business. A number of agents have cancelled their subscriptions with the online property giant in order to list homes with OTM. OTM is now claiming to be on course to replace Zoopla as the number two property portal by the end of 2016 on its way to achieving their medium-term…
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