Estate Agency News
Dexters buys SE London estate agency Roy Brooks
Dexters has made its first acquisition since securing multi-million pound private equity backing, snapping up well-known two-branch estate agency Roy Brooks.
LRG buys 13-branch Gibbs Gillespie
Leaders Romans Group has acquired Gibbs Gillespie, an independent estate agency covering Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
London agency bags £90m California super-home instruction
One of America's most expensive listings - once home to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and honeymoon destination for JFK - has been launched for sale from London, sporting a £90 million ($119m)…
John D Wood’s Polly Ogden Duffy on achieving record results & challenging outdated views
Recently appointed as the first female MD of one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, Polly Ogden Duffy has just overseen an outstanding year of trading at John D Wood - in the face of some extraordinary…
Countrywide sets out timetable for stock market departure
Countrywide Plc is due to disappear from the stock market next week, as a takeover by Connells Group forges ahead.
Sotheby’s Realty reports 32% sales jump
Sotheby’s International Realty saw its sales figures rocket by nearly a third last year, despite international travel restrictions and multiple Coronavirus lockdowns.
Rightmove profits plunge by 37%
Estate agents paid Rightmove an average of 28% less per branch in 2020 compared to 2019 - but the property portal expects marketing spending to recover to at least pre-pandemic levels this year.
LSL reports ‘very strong’ estate agency income in January and February
At the end of January, LSL's residential sales exchange pipeline remained over 50% ahead of the the same period in 2020.
Keller Williams names new top table team
Marc King has taken over from Josh Team as President of tech-led Texan real estate franchise Keller Williams, which has a growing presence in the UK.
Foxtons bids to buy Douglas & Gordon
Foxtons has confirmed that it is in discussions to buy rival London estate agency chain Douglas & Gordon.
Dexters secures big-ticket investment; plots major expansion
Oakley Capital is pumping "up to £130m" into London estate agency Dexters, to fund a significant expansion to 100 branches.
Marsh & Parsons director launches new estate agency
Ben Gee has left Marsh & Parsons after 13 years to set up his own firm, called Hat and Home, offering a "fresh, modern and energetic" take on estate agency in Berkshire.