Estate Agency News

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, an international network of independent real estate firms now claims to represent more than 150,000 property agents in over 70 different countries.

London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is "forging ahead" with expansion plans in the capital.

Isaac Bull has moved from Purplebricks to fixed-fee estate agency Yopa, to run the South East region; former Spicerhaart director Simon Elliott is running point in East Anglia.

Strike (formerly Housesimple) has secured investment from backers including Channel 4 and Sir Charles Dunstone.

Ben Madden's Turnham Green operation is geared towards international properties as well as covering the local area.

Acquisitive property group Lomond has snapped up another estate agency on the South Coast, buying Michael Jones & Co in Sussex.

Travel marketing specialist Justin Stanton has been hired to fill the shoes of Marcus Flacks - who recently jumped ship from Marsh & Parsons to Strutt & Parker.

The search for Ian Barlow’s successor is on…

Venerable Somerset agency Cooper and Tanner has acquired Jill Meadows Lettings in Wells.

Estate agency "is not broken but it smells like yesterday", says Daniel McPeake, European Managing Director of American "rock star real estate brokerage" Nest Seekers International.

"Today we present Purplebricks 2.0," declares CEO Vic Darvey, as the hybrid estate agency sets an ambition to double its market share to 10% of property sales over the next few years.

Lanes New Homes has been rebranded as a Hamptons, extending the Countrywide-owned estate agency's network in Enfield and Hertford.