Belfast-based estate agency Ulster Property Sales has won a UK Property Award.

The firm which has five offices across the city has won an award in the category of Best Real Estate Agency 2010 (NI).

They will attend a high profile property networking event and gala dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park, London on November 26th and 27th during which they will be presented with their awards.

Peter Feeley, of UPS Head Office, said: "Ulster Property Sales look forward to receiving their award and being recognised nationally for what they do best."

The event is part of the International Property Awards, the world's most prestigious competition dedicated to finding the best real estate professionals across the globe.


A spokesperson for the company said the fact that Ulster Property Sales has won one of these coveted awards is proof that Northern Ireland is not only capable of competing at this level but also triumphing within the highly competitive UK property arena.

Entries from the top scoring winners of the UK Property Awards are currently being rejudged as they compete against other winning companies from Europe & Africa, the Americas, Arabia and Asia Pacific to find the ultimate World’s Best in each category. The results of the grand final of the International Property Awards will also be disclosed at the gala presentation dinner in London.

Much of the judging has been carried by the International Property Awards’ esteemed panel of judges at the London offices of Bloomberg Television but entries were also outsourced to leading experts in each particular field throughout the world.

This year’s judges included Luke McKend, industry head property markets of Google UK; Peter Bolton King, group chief executive of the National Federation of Property Professionals; Christopher Hall, president elect of FIABCI; Thijs Stoffer, International Consortium of Real Estate Agents Association (ICREA); Fiona Nixon, chairman of the Australia Institute of Architects, Hendrik Nelde, president of FIABCI Belgium; Helen Shield, editor-in-chief of International Homes Luxury Collection magazine and Sven Johns, CEO of the German Real Estate Association.

(GK/KMcA)