Estate Agency News
Jenrick reveals the Government’s ‘plan to re-start the housing market’ as estate agents & developers get back to work
The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;
Property industry gets back to work as physical viewings allowed to resume from Wednesday
Buyers, sellers and renters can start moving once again as the Government begins to ease the Covid-19 lockdown.
PM suggests lockdown exit roadmap
UPDATE, 12th May: Revised regulations mean that the housing market can re-open on Wednesday 13th May
Complaints to The Property Ombudsman jump by a fifth
Poor communication caused most complaints about property agents in 2019.
A third of estate agencies are open to permanent remote working after the lockdown
Most independent estate agencies are planning to go back to "normal" office-based work as soon as it's safe, according to a survey by The Guild of Property Professionals - but a significant proportion…
Wealth magazine names its top HNW property advisors
William Cash's Spear's Magazine names this year's top ten London buying agents, London selling agents and country property specialists for Britain's High Net Worth set.
Online agents ‘have been in steady decline’ for a while
Britain's leading hybrid estate agency Purplebricks peaked in 2018 and is now losing market share, according to some new analysis.
How Covid-19 is affecting prime property markets around the world
Savills has surveyed 50 of its top people in property markets around the world to gauge levels of buyer and seller pessimism and positivity, and assess how the Coronavirus pandemic is changing the residential…
New chief for LSL as Crabb steps down
David Stewart has taken over from Ian Crabb as Group Chief Executive Officer of LSL Property Services Plc with immediate effect.
Homes from Home: Priya Black on new-build buyers in lockdown & how Covid-19 could change estate agency
Buyers are not responding to the Covid-19 crisis in the same way as to the 2008 global financial crash or to 2016's Stamp Duty changes, says Knight Frank's Priya Black, who heads up the Baker Street…
Countrywide’s income could plunge by 73% in Q2 – but the company says it can survive a ‘reasonable worst case scenario’
78% of the estate agency giant's employees have been furloughed, with remaining senior management all taking pay cuts.
Agents’ property market webinars attract thousands of clients
Property firms are turning to virtual broadcasts to offer market insights and maintain client relations in the lockdown.