Estate Agency News
NAEA names new presidential team
London estate agent Liana Loporto is President Elect at NAEA Propertymark.
UK Sotheby’s opens doors to Channel4 for fly-on-the-wall luxury property TV show
Channel 4 will air an hour-long documentary over Christmas, offering insights into the world of super-prime - courtesy of top-end estate agency UK Sotheby's International Real Estate.
Connells bids to buy Countrywide
Countrywide Plc has received "an indicative approach" from Connells Ltd to acquire "the entire issued and to be issued share capital" of the property services giant.
New Scottish chief for Strutt & Parker and BNP Paribas Real Estate
BNP Paribas Real Estate has promoted Gary Cameron to helm Scottish operations across brands including Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co.
Government letter to the housing industry: Carry on building & moving
"House building – and its supply chains that support it - should continue working securely" through the November Coronavirus lockdown, say the Housing Secretary, Home Builders Federation and Federation o…
RoPA is ‘still very much on the agenda. It’s just the precise timing that’s the issue’
Outgoing NAEA chief Mark Hayward has revealed some more details of incoming Regulation of Property Agents rules.
KFH appoints a new Head of Lettings Management
Sophie Danes previously ran residential property management teams at Get Living, Knight Frank, CBRE and John D Wood.
Estate agency sector sees a ‘marked rise’ in short-term 3-6 month employment contracts
“I must have dealt with more short-term contracts in the last quarter than in any previous three-month period throughout my 30 years in the industry," says the boss of a property recruitment agency.
Estate agency network rolls out a new Facebook marketing tool to target potential home-movers – before they start house-hunting
The Guild's latest marketing tool promises to "reel in buyers on social media" before they even start house-hunting.
Fine & Country Leamington Spa merges with Maison Property
Sarah Garland has bought into the Fine & Country brand, teaming up with the F&C incumbent in Leamington Spa.
Change at the top as Countrywide proposes a massive private equity ‘recapitalisation’
Countrywide Plc has announced a proposed "recapitalisation of the business" with a £90m private equity injection creating a new controlling shareholder, contingent on a new Chairman and CEO.