Estate Agency News
Government makes a major move to ‘professionalise’ the estate agency industry
Sajid Javid announces a plan to introduce mandatory qualifications for estate agents, bringing the profession in line with conveyancers, solicitors and surveyors
Property firms reveal their gender pay gaps
Across the real estate sector, women’s median hourly rate is 9.7% lower than men’s
Super-prime Cresswell House deal crowns a record six months for Beauchamp Estates
Beauchamp's Marylebone branch has completed on £60m-worth of transactions in its first six months
Boutique London agency shakes off winter blues with £100m sales drive
Venerable Chelsea-based firm Russell Simpson reports a storming few months, tucking away £90m worth of deals with another £58m under offer...
Property salaries rise to a ten-year high
But the gender pay gap is still rife; female property professionals earn an average of 31% less than their male counterparts
Hybrid agency eyes Prime Central London expansion
Notting Hill-based YOUhome claims to have 'turned the old estate agency model on its head'
Regional estate agencies post resilient results
Arun and Hunters post annual results after a "challenging" year in the sales market
Property firms embrace flexible working with parent power
Marsh & Parsons recruits from parents' online forum The Daisy Chain, plus five handy links for employers and flexi-workers
Listen: BBC 5 Live investigates online estate agents
Adrian Goldberg chats about high street Vs online estate agencies...
LSL builds non-estate agency business with £5.4m mortgage firm acquisition
The deal "further strengthens the resilience and diversification of LSL's business model" outside estate agency
ZPG signs big estate agency brands in ‘long-term’ agreements
Foxtons, Dexters, Andrews and Yopa all commit to Zoopla with "long-term agreements" - as challenger portal OnTheMarket prepares to float
‘Only upmarket estate agencies will survive’ – The Guardian
"Estate agency has survived longer than anyone expected", says The Guardian's Money Editor