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Pattinson Estate Agents is a British estate agency company dealing with both lettings and sales throughout the North East. Founded by Keith Pattinson in 1977, the company employees 250 personnel across more than 30 branches.

It is the largest independent estate agency in the North East, serving a catchment area between Teesside and Ashington. It also provides conveyancing, surveying, property management and auction services.

History
The business was established by Keith Pattinson on July 4, 1977. It started out as a three-person estate agency with one office based in Ridley Street, Newcastle.

In the first ten years of operation, the business expanded and created six more offices in the North East. This almost trebled to a total of 20 by 1990.

Pattinson launched its commercial property auction service in 1993, selling all different forms of property including industrial buildings, retail space, offices, leisure parks or plots of unused land. It has since grown to become one of the UK's leading property auctioneers, working with many partner agents across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands.

Some of its more notable partner agents include Northumberland County Council, Newcastle City Council, Durham Police Authority, BNP Paribas and Deloitte.

In 2013, the company announced a partnership with property management company Move With Us, in order to provide a new conveyancing services across all of its offices.

Innovation
Pattinson was the first estate agency to offer free valuations to its customers. It was also the first property auction service to charge the buyer a premium, rather than the seller. This allowed them to significantly reduce the risk attached to those selling properties through them.