Estate Agency News
The Guardian: Meet Britain’s most successful estate agent
Gary Hersham is the "character-in-chief" in a lengthy and remarkably positive feature on London's super-prime estate agents, published in today's Guardian.
Kensington business leader joins Harding Green
Tom Frost, a former chair of The Kensington Business Forum, has joined broker-model estate agency Harding Green as a sales consultant.
PCL agency expands with new Kensington branch & key hires
Boutique firm Maskells is opening a new office on Kensington Church Street, which will be run by ex-Carter Jonas & Knight Frank agents Gareth Jones & Tabitha Jones
Federation of Independent Agents looks to accelerate growth with franchise model
FIA founder Graham Lock says it is "time to hit the accelerator" on his organisation, which currently has 42 member brands and 55 branches.
‘Transforming estate agency as we know it’: Knight Frank’s head of resi lifts lid on technology ambitions
Anyone who has not pushed the digital modernisation of their business to the forefront should be readying themselves for a shock in the near future, writes Tim Hyatt...
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.