Estate Agency News
Savills takes a stake in fixed-fee hybrid estate agency
Hybrid estate agency YOPA, which offers fixed fees via an online platform with a network of real-life local agents, has secured £16m in its latest round of funding, including a "substantial amount" from Grosvenor Hi…
Long-established Hampshire agency sold out of administration
One of Hampshire's oldest estate agencies has been sold out of administration, saving all 32 jobs
Record profits for ZPG as UK agency numbers rise
Zoopla Property Group Plc has reported that the number of UK estate agencies listing on its property portals has increased by 4%, helping to deliver a 130% leap in revenues for the six months to the end…
Operating Instructions: Mayfair agency pens ‘definitive’ guide to luxury property marketing
With property sales down nearly 50% in some parts of PCL, vendors - or rather their agents - are having to work extra hard to attract buyers these days
Portico buys east London estate agency
London estate agency Portico - formed when Edmund Cude acquired Bushells back in 2012 - has bought eight-branch east London firm Spencers
Chelsea agency makes a move on Spain
Longstanding Chelsea estate agency Maskells has teamed up with an overseas partner to offer clients access to prime Spanish stock.
Villa Colorado in Marbella, on the market at €11.9m
Deloitte offloads real estate divisions to Savills, Knight Frank and Gerald Eve
Deloitte Real Estate has sold off its agency, lease advisory and asset & property management teams to Savills, Knight Frank and Gerald Eve in a deal that sees around 13% of the firm's staff - 89 people…
London estate agency offers fixed fee deal for £1m+ homes
12-branch London estate agency Portico - which started out life as Edmund Cude in 1818 and rebranded last year - is offering a fixed fee promotion for properties it values at over £1m.
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JLL opens tenth resi agency office
JLL has opened its tenth office in the capital, settling on Stratford in East London for the latest venture.
Top Surrey agents launch hybrid firm ‘in recognition of the changing face of estate agency’
Two of the Home Counties's most successful prime property agents have launched a new hybrid "estate agency hub" offering "the best of both" across the Surrey hills and Sussex borders
INTERVIEW: Jo Eccles on the changing face of buying agency
One of London's most high-profile agents
Westminster sees biggest rise in new agency branches
New figures have shown 220 estate agency branches opened up in London over the last 12 months, with Westminster leading the charge.
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