Estate Agency News
KWUK recruits Knight Frank marketing chief
Simon Leadbetter - formerly Knight Frank's Group Head of Marketing, Communications & Digital and Countrywide's Group Marketing Director - has joined Keller Williams UK.
New Presidents at NAEA & ARLA as Propertymark gears up for estate agency regulation
Kirsty Finney is now in charge at the NAEA; Angela Davey has taken the helm at the ARLA.
Property sector recruitment firm expands
Estate agency founders sign up to run a Rayner Personnel outpost in South West England.
Home Counties estate agency acquires Sunninghill rival
As it marks 25 years in business, Waterfords has snapped up Berkshire-based Sapphire Estate Agents.
Estate agencies’ sales numbers hit a 13-year high
An average of 13 sales were agreed per estate agency branch in July, the highest figure recorded since June 2007.
Fine & Country expands into West Wales
New licensee rolls upper-end estate agency brand into Ceredigion.
Savills recruits Knight Frank’s South Bank man for Hackney role
Former RSC actor Daniel Woods has joined Savills to head-up the Hackney office.
KFH reports ‘unprecedented demand’ as SDLT holiday drives a ‘significant spike’ in buyer registrations & seller valuations
'Buyers are entering the market in droves as confidence grows and restrictions continue to ease,' says London estate agency.
Another London agency reports a bumper post-lockdown Summer
“We have been genuinely surprised by the rate at which the London sales market has picked up since lock-down restrictions were relaxed in May," says Chestertons chief Guy Gittins, "which culminated in…
PCL sales are up 85% compared to last Summer – Dexters
"All the activity we are currently seeing gives us every confidence about the outlook for the Prime Central London property market," says Dexters. But others are less bullish.
Jackson-Stops expands with two new launches
National estate agency Jackson-Stops has created a Suffolk Land & New Homes department, and added a Woking branch to the Surrey network.
UBS upgrades Purplebricks on back of market rebound
Hybrid agency goes onto Swiss bank's 'buy' list...