John Chand, who at one point helped a former Big Brother contestant develop his career, has been promoted to a Area Partner at haart.

Haart’s new Area Director for Lettings in Essex, Claire Ballantyne, is preparing to expand residential lettings further across the county.

Company is using its new Property Centre in Plymouth to push the agency's activities into Devon and Cornwall.

Tom Howell, who joined the industry aged 17 years old, is tasked with expanding the agency's Bristol Property Centre in a competitive market.

Gains by free-to-use estate agency appear to be at the expense of rival Purplebricks but also Yopa, Winkworth, KFH and Hamptons.

Advertising watchdog says the matter has been resolved informally after homeowner complained about letter sent to them even though their property was not on the market.

Cambridgeshire and Essex firm Hockeys is making a habit of persuading its rival's staff to join the company's virtual office-based expansion.

Simon Elliott and Isaac Bull are joining as the hybrid estate agency's new regional directors for East Anglia and the South of England.