Purplebricks sees new instructions drop 23% as the market becomes ‘more challenging’

Steph Walker, Andy Vass and Mark Bruce and have set up The Agency UK, with ambitions to expand across the UK.

“I must have dealt with more short-term contracts in the last quarter than in any previous three-month period throughout my 30 years in the industry," says the boss of a property recruitment agency.

Estate agency heavyweight Chris Beckwith - formerly of Foxtons, Dexters and Currell - has joined Purplebricks as Chief Sales Officer.