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In a surprise announcement this lunchtime, Dominic Raab has been appointed as housing minister. Raab, the 16th housing minister in the past 20 years, will work alongside Sajid Javid, the newly re-appointed Secretary of State. Their department has been renamed the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Raab, 43, is highly regarded… Source: Estate […]
Purplebricks has announced that former Countrywide director Lee Wainwright has been appointed chief executive officer of the hybrid agency’s UK operations with immediate effect. Michael Bruce remains in post as chief executive of the Purplebricks group, which has activities in the US and Australia as well as the UK. Wainwright joined Purplebricks… Source: Estate Agent […]
Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” – a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a far greater geographical area than usual which thus allows “a significantly lower cost than a more traditional operation.” Last week Arun revealed that it had considered but rejected the concept… Source: Estate Agent News
Moneypenny is pledging to expand the services to offers to agents following the acquisition of a firm creating business products and services for start-ups and small companies. Moneypenny already handles 1.3m calls annually for over 1,600 property firms across the UK; now it has acquired MadeSimple, which specialises in products providing… Source: Estate Agent News
New housing minister Sajid Javid says the subtle change of name for his department and his own job “reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build strong communities across England.” In a brief statement last evening the new Secretary of State for Housing, the Communities and Local Government -… Source: Estate Agent News
The latest house prices as indicated by the most recent index offer confirmation of “a slowing rather than collapsing market” according to leading agent Jeremy Leaf. The north London agency owner and former RICS residential chairman, says the market is attractive for those willing to negotiate hard. He was commenting on new… Source: Estate Agent […]
December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to online agency HouseSimple. There were only 34,776 new properties listed in December across the UK as new stock levels fell by more than a third compared to November. As a… Source: Estate Agent News
The death has been announced of Jim Horsley, a former chairman of Yorkshire agency chain Dacre Son & Hartley – and someone who worked at the company for 46 years. Joining the firm in 1953 he retired in 1999, some three years after jointly heading the buyback of the business from the… Source: Estate Agent News