Estate Agency News
Leading RE adds 19 global members
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.
KFH adds four London branches
London estate agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is "forging ahead" with expansion plans in the capital.
Yopa recruits two new Regional Directors
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.
Online estate agency bags £11m investment
Strike (formerly Housesimple) has secured investment from backers including Channel 4 and Sir Charles Dunstone.
Fine & Country opens four-storey ’boutique’ branch in West London
Ben Madden's Turnham Green operation is geared towards international properties as well as covering the local area.
Lomond picks up another Sussex estate agency
Acquisitive property group Lomond has snapped up another estate agency on the South Coast, buying Michael Jones & Co in Sussex.
Marsh & Parsons names new marketing chief
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.
Foxtons chairman to step down
The search for Ian Barlow’s successor is on…
West Country agency Cooper and Tanner expands with Wells acquisition
Venerable Somerset agency Cooper and Tanner has acquired Jill Meadows Lettings in Wells.
Interview: Daniel McPeake of Nest Seekers on ‘rock star real estate’ & the importance of having skin in the game
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.
‘Purplebricks 2.0’: Estate agency trumpets strong performance & rolls out a ‘Money Back Guarantee’
"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.
Hamptons expands in North London with Lanes rebrand
Lanes New Homes has been rebranded as a Hamptons, extending the Countrywide-owned estate agency's network in Enfield and Hertford.