Estate Agency News
American private equity firm buys Leaders Romans Group
Bowmark Capital has sold its stake in Berkshire-based estate agency giant LRG to Platinum Equity.
Online estate agents’ market share drops overall – but rises in the £1m+ market
A "considerable underperformance" by online and hybrid agencies through last year's booming property market “will clearly raise significant interest in the viability of the business model that has failed…
Another Winkworth outpost opens as regional expansion continues
Franchisees Jamie Moore and Kylie Cates have opened another Winkworth outpost in East Anglia, as the estate agency continues its expansion drive.
Addland adds four more heavyweight agencies
Recently-launched land platform continues to grow.
Savills teams up with ‘the pre-eminent residential professional in Germany’
JLL's former residential development chief in Germany has joined Savills, as the firm looks to build its presence in the European residential property market.
Winkworth takes a butchers at London’s ‘super suburbs’
"Someone told me recently that it was worth buying steak from the local butcher than the supermarket and paying a bit more," says estate agency chief Dominic Agace, "as it was directly supporting his house…
Foxtons offloads D&G sales business and branches after less than a year
Douglas & Gordon's CEO, James Evans, will now run D&G as an independent brand.
Winkworth duo pick up Fulham franchise
Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach have bought Winkworth's franchise business in Fulham and Parsons Green.
Charlie Willis on the rise of the prime property broker
American-style property brokers "are lapping up the choice it gives them" on this side of the pond in today's prime resi market, writes Charlie Willis of The London Broker (formerly head of Strutt & Parker's…
‘We expect another busy year’ says Winkworth boss as 2021 revenues exceed forecasts
Winkworth opened six new offices in 2021, and expects "an increase in approaches" from new prospective franchisees in the coming year.
Savills’ profits run ‘very significantly ahead’ of expectations as UK prime resi proves ‘exceptionally strong’
"The UK prime residential market continued to perform exceptionally strongly through the last quarter," says Savills, "and volumes in the Prime Central London market clearly began to improve.
John D Wood celebrates 150 years in business
John D Wood has a series of events lined up for this year to mark the prime estate agency's 150th anniversary.