Estate Agency News

New and newly-refurbished rental properties are faring better in the lockdown lettings market, says Knight Frank.

Property portal confirms a two-month extension to its free usage period for agents affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.

Transaction numbers have plummeted since the start of the Coronavirus lockdown, but homes continue to be listed for sale, says Zoopla.

Estate agency network Winkworth managed "another good set of results against testing market conditions" last year, but warns that "it is too early to predict what the full effect" of the Covid-19 crisis…

Property portal fast-tracks video and virtual tour upgrades in response to demand from agents during the Coronavirus lockdown.

A petition calling for commission to be included in the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has gained significant traction.

Lord Andrew Hay has retired from Knight Frank after nearly 40 years.

Savills has cancelled its next dividend payout "in order to retain sufficient cash reserves to mitigate the effect" of the Coronavirus crisis.

London's biggest independently-owned estate agency, Dexters, faced criticism for keeping some staff in branches on the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown last week.

UPDATED: "Home buyers and renters should, as far as possible, delay moving to a new house" says the Government. But moves are still possible and happening.

Left out of the original Coronavirus Business Rates exemption scheme, the Government has now confirmed that estate agents with rateable properties will not have to pay any Business Rates for a year from…

Dexters' offices are not open to the public, but some staff did go to work yesterday - prompting a backlash on social media and in the national press.