Estate Agency News
Humberts appoints Begbies Traynor as administrators
Administrators have been called in again to venerable estate agency Humberts.
Knight Frank names new prime sales chief for Hungerford & Basingstoke
Mark Potter is to handle top-end sales in Berkshire and Hampshire
Douglas & Gordon returns to profit
London estate agency reports improved numbers despite "another tough year".
Century 21 franchisee acquires Hampton estate agency
The acquisition "is the largest of its kind for Century 21 UK"; the combined companies will rebrand to become "Century 21 Luxe Residential"
Foxtons closes four more London branches
Estate agency consolidates its network, shutting up shops in Richmond, Muswell Hill, Barnet and Surbiton
OnTheMarket reports decent progress in converting freebie listing arrangements to paid contracts
3,000 more agency branches are now paying to list on the five-year-old property portal.
Humberts to enter administration again?
177-year-old estate agency Humberts is rumoured to be in trouble, 19 months after being bought out of administration.
Prime Central London buyers’ firepower builds as supply declines
Knight Frank reports escalating pent-up demand for property in prime London, as sales prices continue to fall
Paris predicted to lead global prime property price growth in 2020
Knight Frank flags nine global prime resi trends to monitor in 2020, while picking which prime global cities are likely to see rising house prices in the coming year - and which are set for price falls.
Knight Frank sponsors City Ski Championships
Property firm signs three-year title sponsorship deal with "the premier Alpine event for business executives"
Ben Sloane of Aston Chase on London’s super-prime rental trends
INTERVIEW: The lettings director at one of PCL's most successful boutique agencies discusses how recent policy changes have affected the market, the skills required to make it as a top fee-earner, and…
UK Sotheby’s Realty to ‘explore tokenisation’ of two luxury properties
UK Sotheby’s International Realty has partnered with PropTech platform Smartlands to look into blockchain-powered fractional ownership options for a London penthouse and a Greek villa.