Estate Agency News
Keller Williams partners with Purplebricks alumnus’ ‘Amazon for property’ start-up
Purplebricks alumnus Richard Jacques has launched a property investment marketplace that he calls an "Amazon for property", and signed a deal with franchised estate agency network Keller Williams
Savills hit by UK market slowdown
Profits fall for global real estate advisor as political and economic uncertainty reduces trading activity in Britain and Hong Kong
Knight Frank trials ZPG listings after five-year hiatus
High-end agency makes a return to Zoopla and Primelocation after cutting ties in 2014 over the launch of challenger portal OnTheMarket...
Zoopla launches ‘digital prospecting tool’
AdReach Express allows estate agents to automatically target prospective property vendors on Facebook and Instagram
Knight Frank ‘significantly bolsters’ London China team with series of new hires
Lili Zhang has been recruited from Savills to run Knight Frank's enlarged and restructured residential China Desk in London
Trio of new appointments at Quintessentially Estates
London-based luxury property firm promotes two and recruits another
PCL start-up agency Clifton appointed to Northacre’s No.1 Palace Street
Super-prime developer Northacre has brought in new agency Clifton Property Partners to market luxury apartments at No.1 Palace Street, alongside international heavyweights JLL
Countrywide: ‘Fundamental changes are beginning to bear fruit’
Embattled property Plc's revenue falls again after branch closures and cost-cutting - but the company says it is 're-establishing [its] market-leading position across both Sales and Lettings'
Agency heralds a ‘Boris Effect’ in prime London as buyers take a long-term view
"It looks like Boris [Johnson] has and will put the bounce back into the London property market", says top-end estate agent Mark Pollack
Property marketing firm buys online estate agency easyProperty
Hampshire firm Evolve has acquired online estate agency easyProperty from the parent company of Fine & Country, with support from Sir Stelios
LSL branch closures boost profits
But London's 'challenging' market squashed Marsh & Parsons' profits in the first six months of the year
The average estate agency’s sales commission is 1.2%
But there's a pretty broad range between different regions. Agents in five postcodes manage to bag fees in excess of £30,000 per property sale