Estate Agency News
Prime new-builds grab market share in London – but over-supply is beginning to bite
New-build homes now account for nearly one in five £1m+ sales in London, says Savills, as it warns that "by 2020 the level of prime stock units on the market will reach an unprecedented high"
Estate agents ‘can’t wait around for the government’s plans for professionalisation’
Service levels won't improve until all estate agents have access to training, argues Keller Williams UK boss Ben Taylor
Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls
Britain’s top 30 estate agency suppliers
Property Academy has short-listed the 30 best estate agency suppliers, as voted by estate agents, in advance of its EA Masters conference
Countrywide shares plunge on refinancing news
Share price tumbles after the estate agency and property services company reveals a plan to raise £140m for refinancing
Countrywide loses agency commission case in Dorset
An estate agent should introduce a buyer to the purchase not just the property, rules Weymouth County Court
RICS expels Dorset estate agent for ‘the most serious type of cartel behaviour’
Disciplinary Panel's report publishes astonishing details of how six local estate agencies allegedly fixed prices
Which online estate agencies are listing the most £1m+ properties?
We've totted up how many prime properties the ten biggest non-traditional agencies are currently listing...
Purplebricks global revenues jump by 101% as the ‘non-traditional’ estate agency predicts a 10% UK market share
Britain's biggest online estate agency claims to have sold '3.1 times the number of properties than the next largest UK estate agency brand' in the year to May - but posts a £26m pre-tax loss
7,000 UK estate agencies are ‘showing signs of financial distress’
Over 150 firms went bust in the last year alone, reports accountancy firm
More consolidation is likely for online estate agencies, says sector expert
Online-only estate agency 'doesn't work at low volumes' says Mike DelPrete
Keller Williams expands in London
International estate agency Keller Williams has opened its fourth office in the UK, launching a new "market centre" for 25 US-style brokers in London Bridge.