Estate Agency News
Rightmove reports busiest ever day as pent-up demand is released from lockdown
Portal visits and buyer enquiries have rocketed since the property market re-opened two weeks ago, but "it’s going to take a considerable time for a return to sales agreed levels seen last year and at…
Hamptons alumni launch new Cotswold estate agency
Liz Whitaker-Street and Amy Seager set up Whitaker Seager just before the Coronavirus lockdown...
Change at the top for Fine & Country as CEO Lindley steps down
Jon Cooke is taking over as Interim Global CEO, as David Lindley departs after ten years with the estate agency brand. Nicky Stevenson steps up to become UK Managing Director.
Cushman withdraws from direct new home sales
Cushman & Wakefield repoints its resi business after "a comprehensive review".
CBRE assembles stellar line-up for new Private Office
Firm brings together four Savills alumni - including one of PCL's best-known agents, Charles Lloyd, and acquisition specialist Marcus Bradbury-Ross - to offer 'bespoke and confidential advice to private…
Listen: KF’s Victoria Garrett on a high-flying globetrotting career in prime resi
Knight Frank's Head of Residential in the Asia Pacific region, Victoria Garrett, talks through her career from London to Dubai to Singapore, revealing how her teams across Asia have adapted during the…
Foxtons reveals lockdown cost; aims to re-open all branches by 1st June
Estate agency chain aims to complete a phased re-opening of all branches by next Monday. Commission earnings dropped by 44% in the last eight weeks compared to the same period in 2019.
A 29-point checklist for estate agency re-openings after the Covid-19 lockdown
As more agents re-open doors, Propertymark has shared a 29-point operating checklist for safe business operations...
Super-prime specialist Beauchamp to open a second French outpost
Top-end estate agency Beauchamp is re-opening its London and international offices after Coronavirus lockdowns, and has ranked the "detail and quantity of procedures" for Covid-19 safeguarding in each…
Countrywide reveals ‘encouraging’ turnaround progress; calls off LSH sale
Countrywide reports an "encouraging" first year of its turnaround plan, with "significant financial and operational progress" - including a return to profit for the Sales & Lettings division.
Online enquiries surge in a ‘lockdown lift-off’
“This shows what happens when you temporarily suppress pent-up demand that had been building for years," says Knight Frank.
Countrywide & other agencies take a cautious approach to branch re-opening
Some firms re-opened offices as soon as the Government allowed it last week, but others - including Countrywide - are only slowly re-opening branches after the Covid-19 lockdown.