Estate Agency News

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.

Jeremy Rosenblatt, a former Director at Dexters and Hanover Residential, has set up his own boutique estate agency business in North West London.

"The stamp duty holiday was perfectly timed to enable more people to improve their set up by moving," says Marsh & Parsons.

Former Thorgills Lettings Director Sean Barrett bought into Fine & Country in West London in late 2019; now he's launching the top-end estate agency brand in Thailand.

Liana Loporto-Brown has taken over as President of NAEA Propertymark.

"My fellow director and I do not share the same strategic vision for the company’s growth," says Akshay Ruparelia, who founded Doorsteps in 2016, aged just 17.

KF's South East Country head Oliver Rodbourne is now also leading the residential sales team on Guernsey and Jersey.

Dexters' latest company accounts shine more light on its acquisition of Wetherell in 2019, as well as on business performance in the year to September 2020.