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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

One of the best-known names in lettings in London and the south east has renewed its partnership with PropTech supplier Goodlordfor a...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The owners of Martin & Co’s Aldershot branch have grown their managed portfolio by more than a fifth after acquiring local...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...
27 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A south of England agency has acquired a further two independents, taking the brands total number of acquisitions up to seven...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Dawsons Property has acquired the rental portfolio of Liberty Properties in Swansea. “We shall be looking to hold both landlord and tenant...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The success of Foxtons’ lettings division has directly attributed to the London-focussed agency’s strong performance in the past year. A trading statement...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent. Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software. Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The 7,000 units under SDL’s block management are now with rival HML Group following an acquisition deal which took place last...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A London-focussed lettings agency group has paid £2,000 as a result of breaching the Tenant Fees Act. The issue relates to the...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies. The firms snapped up are family-run...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies. Thornley Groves, is expanding its...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Stirling Ackroyd Group has acquired the south east London sales and lettings agency Beresford Residential. It has bought the whole business including the...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition. Hamza Anwar...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today. All...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa. acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire. Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An existing Belvoir franchisee in the Midlands has purchased two additional offices in Manchester. Sharanjit Gill of Belvoir Leicester Central now owns...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings income has played a major part in the upswing in income for the Belvoir Group, reported to shareholders in its...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.” Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

UK’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has given details of its latest city scheme, in Newcastle. It has spent £57m on the...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts. The acquisitions...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Fixflo has pledged that it’s business as usual for its lettings agency clients, after news broke that it was to be...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester. The new branch follows a...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside. This follows acquisitions...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management. The...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket now owns PropTech firm Glanty outright. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet, a cloud-based lettings software service. Glanty's revenues grew...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency - the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year. This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The long-established agency marketing and services supplier ehouse has been bought by CoreLogic UK, the domestic arm of a global property...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The week begins with news of another agency acquiring an independent. This time it’s Alexander & Co, a Bedfordshire firm, which has...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast. Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months. Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has announced the acquisition of another independent agency, this time in the East Midlands. It’s snapped up Hill &...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has announced another acquisition - this time it’s the EuroLet agency at Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The single-branch office...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Keatons agency has acquired another East London independent, Royal Docks Property Services. Keatons describes the result as “a great fit” because the two...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group. Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
29 October 2020
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Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas. Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired its 100th independent agency with its Northwood Wolverhampton operation snapping up Millenium Properties in the city. This adds another...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate. The...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s on the look-out for independent firms wanting to join its brand in the possibly-unsettled near future. Dorian...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units. Linley &...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bournemouth branch of Martin & Co has acquired a local independent agent. Bullock & Lees, a local south coast firm, has...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business. scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An ambitious Kent agency and management company has secured a £3.8m loan to underwrite a management buyout and an acquisition programme. Miles...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford. This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Widnes branch of franchise firm Martin & Co has grown its business by almost a quarter after acquiring a local...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...
21 November 2019
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An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...
18 November 2019
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A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...
15 November 2019
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Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...
08 November 2019
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Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...
29 October 2019
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Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...
23 October 2019
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...
18 October 2019
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One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...
16 October 2019
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
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North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...
02 October 2019
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A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...
02 October 2019
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Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...
01 October 2019
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Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
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The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...
25 September 2019
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An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
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An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...
11 September 2019
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Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...
09 September 2019
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Belvoir says consolidation between lettings and sales agencies across the industry is likely to increase as a result of greater regulation...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...
04 September 2019
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Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...
03 September 2019
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A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...
06 August 2019
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In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...
29 July 2019
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Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...
24 July 2019
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Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...
22 July 2019
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The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...
15 July 2019
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A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...
08 July 2019
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National agency Martin & Co has announced the acquisition of independent Essex agency Owen Lyons. Martin & Co Chelmsford owner Stephen Frost...
04 July 2019
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A national letting agency has vowed to return to an 'aggressive growth strategy' as it looks to make several acquisitions. Lomond Capital...
03 July 2019
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The latest owner of a Belvoir franchise is a 31-year-old former part-time assistant at the company, who rose to office manager...
01 July 2019
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A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...
27 June 2019
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A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...
25 June 2019
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A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...
25 June 2019
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Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co. The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...
13 June 2019
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A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...
11 June 2019
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A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...
06 June 2019
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The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...
05 June 2019
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Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding. EBG, which was...
05 June 2019
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One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...
29 May 2019
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Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...
20 May 2019
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Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, says its trading during the first quarter of this year suggests it’s outperforming its expectation...
17 May 2019
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London agency Stirling Ackroyd - owned by Nick Dunning Associates, led by senior ex-Countrywide staff - has snapped up another independent...
15 May 2019
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Northwood has snapped up two independent agencies - Northwood Warminster have successfully completed on the acquisition of Wilsons of Westbury while...
01 May 2019
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Clyde Property in Scotland now has over 3,000 properties under management, making it one of the largest portfolios north of the...
26 April 2019
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The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...
24 April 2019
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Belvoir has snapped up another independent lettings agency in the south east. Grey & Co, located at Wembley Park in north London,...
17 April 2019
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Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
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One of the country’s largest networks of franchised lettings agents says the impact of the Fees Ban coming into effect in...
05 April 2019
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Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...
03 April 2019
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Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...
19 March 2019
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An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...
06 March 2019
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North Wales agency Dafydd Hardy has snapped up small independent Smith & Wypler as part of a new growth strategy. Smith &...
28 February 2019
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Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...
20 February 2019
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Over 250 new units constructed by Telford Homes are to be used for Build To Rent according to a deal announced...
20 February 2019
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Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...
14 February 2019
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The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
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Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...
06 February 2019
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The Nottinghamshire branch of Martin & Co has snapped up the local independent agency SOLOS Residential. The family-run Martin & Co branches...
04 February 2019
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Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
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The Yeovil branch of hybrid agency EweMove now has over 200 managed properties following the acquisition of the lettings book of...
24 January 2019
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East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...
17 January 2019
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CGT Lettings Limited has acquired Gloucestershire based residential lettings company All About Property. All About Property has been run by Darren Loftus...
16 January 2019
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The UK’s largest property franchise business, Belvoir Lettings, says it beat its own ambitious target for its franchisees’ Assisted Acquisitions programme...
11 January 2019
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Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...
10 January 2019
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LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire. LetCo, which operated chiefly...
04 January 2019
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Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...
04 January 2019
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JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...
17 December 2018
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The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...
29 November 2018
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Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...
21 November 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...
12 November 2018
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Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...
12 November 2018
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A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of Martin & Co has substantially boosted its managed portfolio following the acquisition of independent agency County Rentals. The goodwill...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch. The agency being...
12 October 2018
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North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester. The...
05 October 2018
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Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has acquired another independent firm, Angus Roberts. The deal will see Linley & Simpson, which operates...
01 October 2018
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The local branch of franchise operation Martin & Co has acquired family business Oliver James’s Witney office to become the largest...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...
11 September 2018
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Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...
07 September 2018
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An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...
31 August 2018
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An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A series of acquisitions by The Property Franchise Group this year has added over 3,000 managed properties to its portfolio this year...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...
15 August 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has acquired Upp Property Lettings in Oakham and Stamford. The acquisition will see the existing Leaders branch in...
13 July 2018
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Connells Group brand Fox & Sons has added a lettings portfolio in Salisbury to its network after completing the acquisition of...
03 July 2018
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A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...
02 July 2018
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Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...
02 July 2018
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Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the UK's largest franchise agency, Belvoir, says the number of letting and estate agents will 'undoubtedly fall'...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

York's largest letting agency has completed the biggest acquisition in its 21-year history. Eleven-branch network Linley & Simpson - which operates across...
24 May 2018
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The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...
23 May 2018
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The UK’s largest franchise agency has secured funding which it will use to strengthen its growth and acquisition strategy. Belvoir has secured...
21 May 2018
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The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...
10 May 2018
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Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, has snapped up a 132-flat Build To Rent scheme in Southampton for £27m. The project...
10 May 2018
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One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...
09 May 2018
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Reeds Rains has snapped up one of north west England’s better known independent lettings agencies, Nurture. Nurture is owned by James Coubrough...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchises giant Belvoir says there are over 10,000 potential acquisition targets which could be wanting a way out of the lettings...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Stirling Ackroyd, the six-branch estate and letting agency bought last summer by Nick Dunning Associates, has acquired the lettings book of...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Well known lettings industry figure John Hards is re-joining Countrywide as National Lettings Director with immediate effect. He first joined Countrywide in...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Leaders has completed its 10th acquisition in the last nine months. It has snapped up Temples agency which gives it new branches...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bulman agency in Whitehaven is to be rebranded as Belvoir, the company’s first in Carlisle. On top of that the amalgamation of...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir has given a glowing report to shareholders, saying it exceeded its 2017 target for portfolio acquisitions by franchisees. During...
04 January 2018
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Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, is reported to have acquired an under-construction Build To Rent scheme...
04 January 2018
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Tunbridge Wells independent Alexandre Boyes has snapped up the lettings and sales book of Edenbridge agency Foxwood Maclean. First established in 1877...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital has announced its second acquisition in two weeks by acquiring south Manchester lettings and sales agency Hallmark Residential. The deal...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Gloucester independent lettings agency R M C Hardcastles has been acquired by Martin & Co franchisees Peter and Rani Grieve -...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital has acquired independent Brighton letting agency Tanat-Jones & Company. The deal marks Lomond’s second acquisition in the city since purchasing...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Fast-expanding property group Lomond Capital has announced a restructure of its top tier as it prepares to make long-awaited acquisitions in...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders has acquired its fourth agency in the same city, Norwich, in a sign of what it calls its commitment to...
20 November 2017
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Wales’ largest agency, Peter Alan, has acquired Roberts & Co Property Management Limited, a Newport company that manages 800 units. The acquisition...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Northwood, a wholly owned subsidiary of Belvoir, has made five portfolio acquisitions in the past two months. At the end of August, Belvoir...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Leaders Romans Group is continuing on the acquisition trail with two more deals within 24 hours. On Tuesday the company acquired...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester city centre-based agency Ascend Properties has acquired local independent company Living Quarter. The deal will see Ascend’s number of managed properties...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Leicestershire agency chain has acquired a rival Leicester-based independent. Whitegates, which has offices in Loughborough, Mountsorrel and central Leicester, has acquired...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again. Between 2013 and...
27 September 2017
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Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has told shareholders and the City that it now has 57,637 lettings units under management following the addition of 1,310...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

West Country chain Bradleys Estate Agents has acquired Premier Lettings, formerly situated in the Preston area of Paignton, Devon. Premier had...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A company owned by Lomond Capital has snapped up a Scottish lettings operation with an asset value of £45m. Lomond owns Stonehouse...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

William H Brown, part of Sequence UK, has revealed it has snapped up another small independent - just days after its...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Stirling Ackroyd’s lettings book, with which it manages 1,400 properties, lies at the heart of the London agency’s acquisition by Nick...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders has snapped up the 500-plus property portfolio of Derby-based lettings firm MBM Management Limited. The company was established in 1996 and...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, which has over 300 high street offices, has acquired Brook Financial Services Ltd, which trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau, in...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders has returned to ther acquisition trail with its purchase of a local agency in Nottingham. Leaders has snapped up Bulmer Estates,...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The firm run by former Countrywide lettings director Nick Dunning has announced the details of its latest acquisition. Nick Dunning Associates has...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A residential asset management firm has acquired The Landlord and Letting Show, The Landlord and Letting Awards and The Landlord and...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest deal by Lomond Capital means the rapidly expanding property group now manages over £2.5 billion of residential units. Lomond has...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Hunters says its franchise agents and offices may suffer less than other firms thanks to their sales operations. Addressing the Hunters Group...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Leaders and Romans have announced that both brands are seeking to expand this year through acquisitions following what they call "a...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Manning Stainton, which has 19 offices in West and North Yorkshire, has completed the acquisition of a local independent agency. AR Estate...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Andrews Property Group has announced that Hannah Norris to lead its lettings business across its three major regions of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Humberts has announced the setting up of a new lettings department to be headed by a former Countrywide branch manager. Suzanne Diamond has...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A firm run by the former commercial director of Countrywide has made its first large scale acquisition with the purchase of...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A Scottish agency group has announced that it has acquired a lettings business in order to move into the short-term lettings...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Cardiff has completed the acquisition of a management portfolio of 130 rental properties. The purchase of all properties managed by Letwise...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Sowerbys has expanded with the acquisition of lettings agency Steggles Larner for an undisclosed sum. “We were delighted to be given the...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another two independent letting agencies have been acquired by the Property Services Holding Group. comprising Leaders and Romans. Leaders has completed the...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Beal’s, a 13-office independent in Hampshire, has snapped up another independent in the county, Baker & Elder in Southsea. Currently Beal’s -...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir's Portsmouth office has acquired the local Lettings Direct business, adding a further 100 managed properties to its portfolio. The move coincides...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire letting agency Linley & Simpson has announced the acquisition of one of its competitors. The agency has taken over the rental...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK's largest franchise agency has expanded into the Orkney Islands. Belvoir's Amjed Rasul, owner of its Inverness franchise, has acquired Orkney...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has appointed a former Savills residential capital markets expert as it beefs up its team ahead of greater...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector says this new segment of the lettings market is...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Kate Eales has been appointed by Strutt & Parker as its new national head of lettings, moving across from Hamptons International...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England. Stuart Cornwall, who...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One of Belvoir's newest and youngest franchise owners has completed on a substantial acquisition to kick-start his new business. Luke Marchbanks, 25,...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A London estate and letting agency has announced the appointment of 19 new members of staff as a result of a...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agency in Hampshire has doubled in size after acquiring one of its competitors. LetCo, a four branch agency working across...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country's largest franchise agencies has announced that it is opening nine new offices. Belvoir has recently launched branches in...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

National estate agency chain Leaders has announced the acquisition of two property businesses in the north of England. Yesterday it took over...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired another letting agency - Touchstone Residential Lettings, which has nine offices in Kent, Buckinghamshire and the west country. TRL's...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group has snapped up Handovers in Guildford, another acquisition using its £30m facility for expansion purchases. Handovers is now fully-incorporated...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is continuing its aggressive acquisition programme in the rental sector by snapping up The Letting Bureau agency in Colne, Lancashire. The...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide - which has already acquired a string of letting agencies in recent months - continues to demonstrate its emphasis on...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 offices across Yorkshire, has taken over the entire rental portfolio of...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

It has been confirmed that letting agency Underwoods Town and Country has been snapped up by Countrywide for a seven figure...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Publicly quoted property franchise giant MartinCo has reported strong figures to the City with group revenue up 38 per cent and...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group has moved into London’s zone 6 by acquiring Bennett Residential agency in Uxbridge. Established in 1988, Bennett Residential handles...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Former Newton Fallowell chief executive Mark Newton has joined the board of Belvoir as an executive director. Newton Fallowell was bought out...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is next week formally announcing that it is acquiring the large Oxford-based lettings agency Finders Keepers. Countrywide says the agency -...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that her group’s strategy of acquiring independent letting agencies continues...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News

New figures from the British Property Federation show that there are now over 30,000 Build To Rent units with planning permission...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Beresford Residential, an agency with three offices in south London, is taking over the lettings and management portfolio of smaller independent, XanderMatthew. Beresford has...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received £1.45 billion in investment...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired two further lettings agencies - Pullin Rose at Frome in Somerset and Sky Lettings in Southampton. The acquisitions...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group - which made seven acquisitions of independent agencies in 2015 - has appointed a new lettings managing director. Michael...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Linley & Simpson agency, which has 11 offices across Yorkshire, has announced that it has taken over the rental portfolio...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has acquired Woods Estate Agents, a Bristol-based lettings and sales agency with five branches covering the city and north Somerset. Woods...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents. This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Romans Group has made its seventh and final acquisition of 2015 with the takeover of Bramptons sales and lettings branches...
25 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Leaders has acquired another lettings independent, Faulkner Property Management. Faulkner has two branches in Milton Keynes and Buckingham - new areas for...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has snapped up another independent letting agency - and says it’s looking for more. The agency, PHP Lettings in...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Countrywide may have been criticised by some for recent management and strategy changes but one thing appears to have been proven...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Leaders has added another seven branches to its 110-plus network in recent weeks. The firm has just completed the purchases of Lloyds...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...
26 October 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has said the acquisition of best-in-class urban-based lettings agencies will be a major plank of her...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Another independent sales and lettings agency group has been snapped up by Belvoir, which takes it over the 200-office threshold. The 16-office...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Agency chain Hunters Group plc is to issue shares worth £100,000 to fund the acquistion of a lettings book. This is the...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Romans Group has made yet another acquisition - this time it is letting agency Gregory & Company in Windsor. This is in...
23 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...
17 September 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

A trio of recent acquisitions has ensured a national agency chain not only records its best ever annual growth, but also...
14 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Lettings franchise group Belvoir Lettings has suffered a setback in its profits. In the six months to the end of June, the...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has snapped up another independent letting agency - this time it is Thomas C Adams in Chester which has become...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A tenant referencing and insurance firm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of one of its competitors. Let Insurances Ltd,...