A UK estate agency network started in York in 1992 by John Waterhouse and Kevin Hollinrake, now a franchise chain of local branches across the country.
Hunters is a chain of estate agents that helps people buy, sell and rent homes. Its website describes it as one of the UK's largest independent estate agency chains and as a guide through every stage of the property journey. It offers valuations, a seller guide, an auction service, conveyancing through partners, mortgage advice, and rental services for tenants and landlords, including deposit-free renting. It also has professional services covering land, new homes and the private rented sector. Buyers and sellers can find a branch through its online branch directory.
Hunters opened its first branch in York in 1992, started by John Waterhouse and Kevin Hollinrake. It opened its first franchised branch in 2006, and today runs through a network of independently owned franchises, which the company says lets agents combine local expertise with the reach of a national agent. A franchise directory page lists around 170 to 180 agencies in the UK and Spain, though it does not give a date, and the company's own page gives no current total. Kevin Hollinrake is named on the Hunters website only as a co-founder.
The company's website names London, Bristol, the Midlands, Manchester and East Anglia as key regions, and local Hunters branches appear in places including Gravesend, Cheltenham, Easingwold, Filey, Sherborne, Easton in Bristol and Highbury and Islington. The company's own page does not state where head office is, so we have not given one. Because Hunters branches are independently owned, a Hunters in your area is likely to be a small local business with its own team rather than part of a large corporate workforce.
On culture, Hunters says it builds long-term relationships with both clients and colleagues, invests in developing its people, and grows them alongside the business. It states that many of its managers were promoted from within the company. It presents its service as hassle-free. It follows the Property Ombudsman's code of practice and publishes policies on complaints, modern slavery and anti-bribery. These are statements by the company itself. We did not find a longer mission statement or staff reviews.
In a Hunters branch you would find negotiators who show properties and match buyers and tenants to homes, valuers, lettings and property managers, branch managers and administrators. Because it is a franchise network, other roles sit in the local owners' businesses, including marketing, accounts and mortgage advice. The company's guidance on landlord and renting topics suggests plenty of work with rented homes. If you like talking to people and being active in your local area, estate agency can be a good fit. The website has a careers section where you can see current vacancies.
Website: www.hunters.com
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