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Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland.  Lomond, which has made nearly 50...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

Franchise brand Northwood says its strategy of expansion through acquisition is paying dividends - with more to come. Northwood managing director Phil...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

A trading statement from Belvoir reveals that the franchise giant is on the look out for “good quality complimentary acquisitions”. A strong...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Franchise giant Belvoir has once again held a lavish annual conference and awards event. Sponsored by iamproperty, Let Alliance and PayProp, the...

It’s been a busy start to the year for the Northwood brand, with three franchisees completing on acquisitions.  Northwood is part of...

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up an independent firm. It’s Coventry sales and lettings agency Robin Jones which brings just...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...

Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

PropTech firm Goodlord has acquired lettings platform Halo. It’s Goodlord’s third acquisition in as many years. Halo, launched in 2020, provides tenants with...

The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...

Keller Williams UK - which has seen market centre closures in recent months - insists that its lettings business KW Move...

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

The Cardiff branch of Martin & Co has added almost 100 properties to its portfolio after merging with local independent View...

A franchisee group in The Property Franchise Group stable has acquired a nearby independent’s lettings book.  The owners of Ellis & Co’s...

A Martin & Co franchise holder has made their first acquisition after 14 years.  Mike Ellis and Becky Troisi have snapped up the...

The Property Franchise Group - which includes a host of High Street brands - saw a rise in managed properties of...

Another small independent agency has been snapped up by a Belvoir franchisee. The Lettings Company has been acquired by Belvoir Tunbridge Wells,...

New trading figures from the Belvoir Group show that lettings income accounts for 60 per cent of the total revenue in...

Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...

The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

Midlands-based land and property agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up two more businesses. The acquisition of Wigwam Estate and Lettings Agents...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...

Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...

The Acorn Group has opened its 40th branch - and it says it’s on the look-out for new acquisitions, including those...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

One of the best-known names in lettings in London and the south east has renewed its partnership with PropTech supplier Goodlordfor a...

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

A south of England agency has acquired a further two independents, taking the brands total number of acquisitions up to seven...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

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...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

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...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

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...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...