Buying Agency News
Quintessentially Estates explores management buyout
A Companies House filing has revealed that "the Quintessentially Group entered into discussions with the management of the Quintessentially Estates business, to explore a management buy-out of that business.
West Sussex buying agency builds team
Chichester-based developer Jenny Prager has joined Jennie Hancock Property Acquisitions as a buying agent.
‘Best & final offers is becoming standard’ for top-tier country homes
“Best and final offers have become much more common place over recent months," say property agents in Devon and Cornwall.
New Business Realities: Buying agent Richard Winter on moving out of the corporate life
After three decades in the corporate world, former Savills director Richard Winter took the plunge and started his own buying agency last year, covering the prime Surrey market.
London buying agency AWS expands
Jake Irwin-Brown has joined Alex Woodleigh-Smith's prime property acquisition firm, having previously worked at Aykroyd & Co, Harrods Estates and Wetherell.
Redbook broadens ‘curated introductions’ service to buying & selling agents
Sandy Mitchell & Tom Adams' Redbook Agency is now matching clients with buying agents and selling agents in both London and the country.
Interview: Jess Simpson on the country market revival & why the property industry needs to embrace flexible working
PrimeResi meets top buying agent Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills director and the former head of Strutt & Parker’s buying arm, who set up her eponymous firm in 2018 and now heads an all-female team specialising…
Property Vision expands country team
Buying agency Property Vision has recruited Strutt & Parker and UK SIR alumnus Marcus Gondolo-Gordon to cover the Kent and Sussex patch.
Buying agency ramps up managed sales division with senior appointment
Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has recruited Hamish Bruce from Marsh & Parsons to lead its Managed Sales division.
Falling prices & transaction volumes are ‘a blip and not the start of a permanent trend’ – Garrington
We're in "a three-way market", declares the Garrington team, as it assesses how the property market has started the year.
Myth-busting: A buying agent’s guide to the off market
‘Off-market’ is a concept which is much overused and often misunderstood, writes Philip Harvey - but now, more than ever before, it’s the key to securing the right houses for clients...
Battersea Power Station & Savills heavyweights join boutique buying agency
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hutton & Charlie Bubear bolster the acquisition firm founded by their respective partners, Catherine Hutton & Alice Bubear, as it branches out into development consultancy and PCL sales.