Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: DM & Co. Homes appoints sales director; UKAA CEO Dave Butler is retiring; Persimmon Homes benefits from graduate programme
News Archive
House price growth slowed in January
House prices in January 2022 were 9.7% higher than the same month a year earlier.
Stamp duty receipts hit all-time high after tax holiday ends
A sharp rise in property sales at the top end of the market pushed takings to almost £3bn in the last quarter of 2021.
Property firm buys well-established estate agents and now has 11 offices
The estate agency now has 11 offices and more than 100 in-house staff.
Property industry reacts to latest Bank of England interest rate rise
Rightmove, Savills, The Guild, and Boomin, among the firms offering their views on the Bank’s decision to raise interest rates to deal with soaring inflation.
Estate agency expands with acquisition of rival firm
In addition to the new merger, the estate agency has created half dozen roles in recent months across the company.
Property specialist Deverellsmith purchases Broomham Recruitment
London-based Deverellsmith has purchased Broomham Recruitment, which specialises in the estate agency and PropTech sectors.
Busiest ever start to the year for home movers
It was the busiest ever January for those wanting to move home, with buyer demand soaring compared to the same period last year.
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Fine & Country opens in Cambridge; Director level promotion at Dacres; Irwin Mitchell expands property team
Agents sign up to new lettings platform described as ‘Airbnb for shared living’
The lettings platform, strengthened by the appointment of former Reapit CEO Gary Barker and experienced software executive Gordon Matthew, has just raised £275,000 in funding.
Housebuilders predict a rise in building costs this year
The lower than needed volume of properties being built across the UK is restricting the level of housing stock sales and letting agents have to offer.
Yopa appoints ex-Purplebricks executive as new CEO
Yopa has appointed the former managing director of lettings at Purplebricks, Verona Frankish, as its new CEO. Freddie Cornes, the firm’s current MD, is leaving the business.
Strike offers a ‘ridiculous model’ that ‘demeans the estate agency sector’
The hybrid agency, formerly Housesimple, aims to undercut traditional high street agents by offering vendors a free property sales service, but the model is flawed, claims Russell Quirk.
Rightmove feature shows if people are ‘seriously considering moving home’ – claim
Will this be an absolute gamechanger for estate agencies? Rightmove has rolled out a new feature that it says is ‘more likely to send leads to agents’.
Will interest rates go up today? What to expect from the Bank of England
Will the Bank of England increase interest rates to try to tackle soaring inflation?
Fancy working in France? French agency is looking for British estate agents
An estate agency network in France is recruiting British agents keen on a change of lifestyle.
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Berkeley Shaw appoints head of residential sales; Tom Frost joins Harding Green; Knight Frank relocates its Birmingham office
OPINION: And did those feet, in ancient time
If we ignore conventional wisdom and believe Boris, it looks like we’re in the end-game for the pandemic. Peter Ambrose, founder of The Partnership, offers his latest thoughts.
Home sellers achieved 98% of asking price in 2021
The best performing postcode was TS2 in Middlesbrough, where home sellers achieved 117% of asking price.