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North east England operator Pattinson Estate Agency is taking over another local rival firm. It’s acquired NS Bennett Estate Agents, in Stanley,...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...

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...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...

Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...

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

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

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

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

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

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030.  The firm says...

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

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A long-standing Martin & Co franchisee is expanding his network of London offices following an independent agency acquisition. Michael van de Vyver, who...

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

There is under a fortnight remaining for agents to nominate for Propertymark Qualifications annual awards, to be held at the London...

Lettings income has saved the bacon of franchise agency Winkworth after a sales slump hit profits.  A trading statement from the agency...

UKSotheby’s International Realty - which handles high end lettings and sales - has opened a new London office. It’s in St John’s...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Connells’ high end brand John D Wood & Co. Is opening of a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. It occupies a stone-built...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...

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

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

An overseas agency trying to establish itself in the UK has taken a swipe at domestic agencies’ love of High Street...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired small independent single-branch Rosedale Letting Specialists. The acquisition gives the group a new location in Lincolnshire, and...

Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...

Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage Rightmove training and make the most of the ever-growing range of...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector.  It says that in June the number...

A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...

After numerous stories of councils and letting agencies at each others’ throats over To Let boards, Trading Standards and other controversies,...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...