Estate Agency News
Savills Private Office moves into Switzerland
More expansion for Savills' international HNWI offering.
Complaints about estate agents fall, despite rising transactions
1,872 complaint enquiries were received by the Property Redress Scheme last year, a 2.4% drop compared to 1,828 in 2020. 609 complaints were accepted by the PRS, down 4.7% from 639 in 2020.
Savills opens tenth SW London office
Savills' new Teddington High Street outpost covers Teddington, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Strawberry Hill and Twickenham.
The Country House Department recruits Knight Frank’s Loweth as Regional Director
Knight Frank's Hungerford office head has moved to two-year-old estate agency, The Country House Department.
PCL buying agency moves into sales, launching a high-end estate agency division
Aldersley London will provide "a holistic and bespoke service all under one roof", says founder Edward Aldersley, including property search and acquisition, development consultancy - and now property sales.
Property Ombudsman appoints deputy
Lesley Horton is now working alongside Property Ombudsman Rebecca Marsh, as the industry "heads towards a significant era of change with the new proposed regulatory framework."
Foxtons lettings revenue jumps 21% as sales income drops
"We have had a good start to the year," reports CEO Nic Budden, "with all areas of the business trading in line with our expectations."
Specialist SW London estate agency pivots to ‘supercharge off-market selling’ as a platform
Invisible Homes was set up as an "off-market" estate agency in Fulham in 2018;
Strutt & Parker appoints two new heads for Cambridge office
BNP Paribas-owned estate agency makes another brace of senior hires, bringing in former Chestertons PCL Director Lawrence Brown alongside Becky Eeles to run the Cambridge operation.
Winkworth profits more than double
“We made excellent progress in 2021, with a good performance in rentals and sales income exceeding all company records," says estate agency boss.
Boomin has ‘commenced the move from a free to a paid-for platform’
A year after launching, the Bruce brothers' property portal has confirmed its first batch of paying estate agency members.
Millett steps up to run top agency’s HNW Private Clients division
Alexander Millett is "a significant hire whose vast experience sets him up as a key conduit for the super-prime residential market and global wealth network of BNP Paribas Bank," says Strutt & Parker's…