Estate Agency News
Knight Frank heralds ‘a new era for the countryside’ as rural division growth continues
James Farrell has overseen two years of 'unprecedented growth' for Knight Frank's rural division - which continues with another new outpost opening later this year.
Foxtons reports ‘strong start to the year’ as market share grows again
The London estate agency agreed a third more sales in the first three months of this year than in Q1 2023, while the lettings business saw an 'incremental' increase in revenue.
Winkworth sees profits fall on a ‘subdued’ sales market
Rising lettings revenue largely offset a decline in sales activity last year, reports the estate agency group - which also notes a 'stronger than expected' start to 2024.
Foxtons claims digital first with Home & Coadjute partnership
Foxtons says it is 'the first estate agency to implement the comprehensive digitisation of the property transaction process'.
Major Foxtons shareholders reiterate calls for a sale
London estate agency is working with NM Rothschild, reports The Sunday Times.
Online agents’ market share falls as self-employed brokers gain ground
'We do not see hybrid agents posing a significant challenge to traditional high-street agents but that could change if the self-employed model continues to grow in popularity,' says TwentyEA Director,…
‘Fulham mainstay’ Jackson-Stops rejoins Strutt & Parker
Great-grandson of Jackson-Stops founder is now Head of Fulham Sales at Strutt & Parker.
Curchods expands top-end offering in Surrey with key hire from Winkworth
Jordan Sturgess has joined Curchods to lead an expansion of the 'Prime' team into South West Surrey.
Surrey estate agency rebrands to parent company
Burns & Webber's branches in Farnham, Cranleigh, Godalming and Guildford are now identifiably Curchods, having been acquired back in 2007.
Major London firm signs long-term deal with ‘agent-friendly’ Zoopla
Property portal reports a 13% increase in London property listings in the last year.
Hamptons director joins Savills’ country house department
Phillippa Dalby-Welsh continues to strengthen her country house sales team, with fourth big appointment of the year so far.
Daggers’ DDRE to star in new Netflix show ‘Buying London’
A new reality TV series will follow Daniel Daggers’ DDRE Global team as they 'set out to conquer the super prime high-end real estate market from the prestigious streets of Mayfair to the exclusive enclaves o…