Estate Agency News
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.
Rollings returns to Foxtons
Peter Rollings has returned to Foxtons, becoming a Non-Executive Director on the the Board of the company he used to run.
Dexters builds network with two more agency deals
High-profile London estate agency has picked up two sales/lettings firms in South East London, continuing a spate of agency consolidation and acquisition activity in the capital.
Harding Green signs first franchisee
Four-year-old prime London freelance estate agency announced a new franchise business model in September.
Luxury agency to star in new Channel 4 property series
A one-off version of Britain's Most Expensive Houses, starring UK Sotheby's International Realty, attracted 3 million viewers when it aired last Christmas
Chestertons buys another London estate agency
Independent NW London agency London Residential will be absorbed into Chestertons' existing Camden office.
Estate agents’ earnings around the world, compared
Average earnings of £30,569 a year put British estate agent in 15th place out of the 30 nations, far behind countries where brokers need formal qualifications...
Simplify’s conveyancing system outage continues to affect deals
"The security of client funds was not compromised" in an online security incident, says conveyancing group Simplify - but the firm is "unable to say when systems will be restored to a degree that would…
Knight Frank hires rural specialist from Jackson-Stops
David Lewis has joined the agency to focus on the sale of farms and estates across Devon and West Somerset