Estate Agency News
Foxtons names new CFO
Company Secretary Chris Hough will take over as Chief Financial Officer of the London estate agency in April.
Lomond buys Scottish agency DJ Alexander
Lloyds-backed estate agency group strikes again, making its 24th acquisition of the year as rumours swirl around a bid for London agency Chestertons.
Lloyds-backed Lomond Group ‘in talks’ to buy London estate agency Chestertons
Top-end London estate agency Chestertons began looking for a buyer again earlier this year
Another major agency makes the switch to electric cars
‘Perhaps the biggest surprise is that our most traditional agents have embraced the change with such positivity’, says John D Wood’s MD Polly Ogden Duffy
Major estate agency ‘could face a bill of as much as £30m’ after alleged tenancy rules breach
The Telegraph has reported that Purplebricks "could face a bill of as much as £30m after it put thousands of landlords at risk of being fined through a failure to follow basic tenancy law." T
Purplebricks names new marketing chief
Ian Cafferky steps into shoes left vacant by Ben Carter, who left the online estate agency after just nine months as Chief Marketing Officer.
Key hire for Strutt & Parker in Chelsea
Agne Karuzaite has moved from Savills in Knightsbridge to Strutts in West Chelsea.
Brace of senior figures leave Purplebricks
Online estate agency's lettings and marketing chiefs move on.
Chestertons’ former training chief moves to Fine & Country in Knightsbridge & South Ken
Sinéad Conlon is now a Lettings Director at franchised estate agency brand Fine & Country in Prime Central London.
Cheffins buys Cambridgeshire planning firm PlanSurv
“This is a strategic acquisition for Cheffins which will significantly boost our long-term growth ambitions," says boss Philip Woolner.
Class action case against online estate agencies moves forward with ‘hundreds’ of claimants
Contractors 4 Justice says it has been "inundated with interest from hundreds upon hundreds of Purplebricks agents in particular". Purplebricks insists "there is no legal basis for this potential action"
Stirling Ackroyd Group picks up another London estate agency
Beresford's three sales and lettings branches in South East London are to be integrated into Nick Dunning's fast-growing and recently-consolidated Stirling Ackroyd network.