31/08/2022
Lots of press coverage on how the team at Portland Leonard Curtis assisted in the sale of a long established estate agent:
**https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/20622900.southampton-estate-agent-clarke-mews-closed/ (via Daily Echo)
**https://www.insidermedia.com/news/south-east/estate-agencys-books-sold-to-charters (via Insider Media)
**https://businessmag.co.uk/companies/charters-estate-agents-acquire-southamptons-clarke-mews/
**https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2022/8/hampshire-agent-blames-staffing-issues-and-covid-as-it-confirms-closure (via Estate Agent Today)
**https://thenegotiator.co.uk/estate-agency-blames-recruitment-problems-as-it-shuts-up-shop/ (via The Negotiator Magazine)
**https://propertyindustryeye.com/well-established-estate-agency-ceases-trading-and-shuts-all-its-branches/ (via Property Industry Eye)
**https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2022/8/sold-lettings-book-acquired-as-40-year-old-agency-shuts-its-branches (via Letting Agent Today)
**https://peakglobalmgmt.com/southampton-estate-agent-clarke-mews-has-closed/ (via Peak Global Management)
Sale to Charters Estate Agents has ensured continuity for customers.
AN ESTATE agency has closed down with a warning that the cost of living crisis is discouraging people from moving.