Estate Agency News
New chief for Fine & Country in South Africa
Linda Erasmus moves on to become an International Ambassador for the Fine & Country brand, while Stephen de Stadler takes over the South African operation.
Belvoir takes over The Nottingham’s estate agency business
Estate agency Belvoir Group has signed a "strategic alliance" with building society The Nottingham.
Hunters opens Central London office in Aldgate
National estate agency group has launched two new franchised offices, in London and Manchester.
Propertymark to restructure as NAEA boss steps down
Mark Hayward, boss of the NAEA, is to retire after seven years in charge. His departure is prompting a restructure of the parent Propertymark organisation.
‘Almost 500’ agents sign up to OnTheMarket’s share giveaway
At the end of April - during the Covid-19 lockdown - the property portal started handing out shares in the business as welcome gifts with new listing contracts.
Charlie Willis & Rupert Collingwood on turbo-charging the American brokerage model for the UK market
PrimeResi meets the duo behind The London Broker - a collective of over 20 independent agents, including some high-profile PCL operators - to discuss their US-flavoured business model, the importance…
Work starts on a new code of practice for the whole residential agency sector
Baroness Hayter has been appointed to chair the new Code of Practice Steering Group, led by the RICS and TPO, that will follow through on recommendations made by Lord Best's Regulation of Property Agents…
Savills continues European expansion with Austrian tie-up
Savills has signed up Vienna-based Spiegelfeld Immobilien as its newest associate in continental Europe.
Buyer snaps up London penthouse for £5.9m – sight unseen
An owner-occupier has picked up a three-bedroom penthouse at Lodha's Lincoln Square scheme, having never set foot in the property.
Estate agents have 12% more house-hunters on their books compared to last year
NAEA members managed to agree an average of five sales per branch in May.
Countrywide reveals lockdown impact & bounce-back performance
"Early trading indicators in England are encouraging and we expect a similar bounce back in Wales and Scotland," says Countrywide's Board ahead of the Plc's AGM.
Prime London prices dipped by 1.1% in Q2, but house values have held up as buyers ‘reassess their needs’
"We have been surprised at the extent to which lockdown has made people reassess their housing needs and, more pertinently, act upon it," says Savills.