Estate Agency News
Knight Frank hires new sales heads from Foxtons & Stirling Ackroyd
Agency brings in new managers to run two of its recently-opened offices in London
Chestertons gears up for lettings acquisition drive
One of London's biggest estate agencies sets about boosting its capability via an 'ambitious investment programme'
London lettings agency reports a ‘staggering three months’ as tenancies surge
Rental properties in Prime Central London have been "snapped up at an astonishing rate", says Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings
Cornish estate agency joins the Winkworth network
Franchised estate agency Winkworth has launched its fifth new branch of the year, opening in Fowey - but a London branch has closed down
Savills extends Alpine reach with new broker partnership
Savills Ski is now working with Morzine Immobilier in the French Alps
Vingt Paris partnership gives Rokstone a European network
Super-prime property agencies agree to work together in London, Paris and Ibiza
Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts
Savills predicts 6% house price ‘bounce’ for post-Brexit PCL
"Our five-year projection may look ambitious at this moment of peak uncertainty," says Savills' research chief Lucian Cook, "but it looks pretty modest when viewed against history
Strutt & Parker moves into Windsor
Estate agency opens its 67th branch with a VR giveaway
Property ads should not feature estimated yields without ‘adequate evidence’, rules watchdog
Advertising Standards Authority bans property development factsheet for estimating investor returns without backing up the numbers
Online agents’ market share dips (despite increased deal numbers)
Online estate agencies accounted for 7.2% of all resi exchanges in Q3, says TwentyCi