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Zoopla celebrates as lockdown fee discounts attract hundreds of new branches
Zoopla offered arguably the most generous Covid-19 support package of any global property portal - worth an estimated £30m to agents; it seems to have worked.
Strutts alumni launch new country house estate agency
Oxfordshire-based start-up The Country House Department is being pitched as "a modern medium for the finest country homes, created to do justice to the most exceptional properties".
Grosvenor launches a ‘community charter’ to improve public engagement
"This new charter is one of the first practical attempts to deliver on the Government’s ambition to give people more meaningful involvement in how their neighbourhoods are managed and evolve," says GB&I's…
Former Spicerhaart chief Jervis joins recruitment agency
Russell Jervis has joined recruitment consultancy Rayner Personnel to run its estate agency division.
Guild reports a ‘remarkable number’ of new members joining under lockdown
27 estate agencies joined The Guild of Property Professionals while the property market was on ice.
Remote Control: Sandy Mitchell on launching design & build projects in the new era
As lockdown begins to ease and the property market re-opens so that buyers can finally move house, Sandy Mitchell of Redbook shares some discoveries made while running the consultancy business and advising…
FT: Meet the estate agents turning themselves into superstars
Emma Jacobs profiles the new breed of Insta-famous US brokers, and looks at why UK examples are so thin on the ground...
LSL gets back to business after suffering heavy lockdown toll
Property services group brings back nearly half of all furloughed staff and reopens 207 out of its 231 estate agency branches
Busiest ever month for The Modern House
Website visits and new instructions soar for the design-led agency as the team returns from furlough
Top brickmakers warn of job cuts and site closures
Forterra and Ibstock have seen dramatic drops in demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Design duo launch new estate agency selling ‘beautiful, refurbished homes with a warranty’
Set up by the team behind design studio Ivar London, Cuvelo is promising to 'take responsibility for every home it sells' by supplying a one-year warranty for buyer peace of mind.
Jackson-Stops recruits Knight Frank heavyweight to head up Cotswold branch
Rupert Wakley jumps ship to Jackson-Stops after leading KF's operations in Stratford-upon-Avon and Stow-on-the-Wold