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Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
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An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...
19 July 2024
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Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director. Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...
11 July 2024
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The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...
10 July 2024
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The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
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We’re absolutely delighted to announce that, after 10 years, we’re able to expand The ValPal Network to Northern Ireland. Since our launch...
19 June 2024
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The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...
10 June 2024
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The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...
06 June 2024
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The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
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Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...
03 June 2024
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The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...
17 May 2024
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Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...
13 May 2024
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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,...
10 May 2024
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Jones Robinson, a lettings and sales agency in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire, has snapped up Manningford Croft, a rival operation in...
10 May 2024
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An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...
17 April 2024
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Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...
11 April 2024
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Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...
04 April 2024
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A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...
03 April 2024
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Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...
26 March 2024
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A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...
25 March 2024
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Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...
19 March 2024
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There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 March 2024
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A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...
12 March 2024
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Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...
07 March 2024
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Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...
22 February 2024
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Pattinson Estate Agency has taken over a local firm on Teesside. The agency taken over is Browns Estate Agents in Stockton and...
21 February 2024
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Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...
20 February 2024
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Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...
12 February 2024
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Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...
08 February 2024
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Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
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Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
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Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
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Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group. Andrews branches will be able to...
22 January 2024
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Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...
16 January 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
02 January 2024
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Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...
07 November 2023
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The well know Finders Keepers lettings agency, which operates across Oxfordshire, has acquired a local independent to bring its total number...
03 November 2023
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Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
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Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...
30 October 2023
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Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...
26 October 2023
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In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....
16 October 2023
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A long-standing Martin & Co franchisee is expanding his network of London offices following an independent agency acquisition. Michael van de Vyver, who...
13 October 2023
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PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...
03 October 2023
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Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...
28 September 2023
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It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...
26 September 2023
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There is under a fortnight remaining for agents to nominate for Propertymark Qualifications annual awards, to be held at the London...
25 September 2023
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Lettings income has saved the bacon of franchise agency Winkworth after a sales slump hit profits. A trading statement from the agency...
07 September 2023
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Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
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Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...
01 September 2023
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Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...
30 August 2023
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Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...
25 August 2023
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Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...
24 August 2023
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An overseas agency trying to establish itself in the UK has taken a swipe at domestic agencies’ love of High Street...
15 August 2023
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A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
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More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...
14 August 2023
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The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...
08 August 2023
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Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...
04 August 2023
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A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...
25 July 2023
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Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...
06 July 2023
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Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex. This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...
29 June 2023
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London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...
28 June 2023
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Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...
20 June 2023
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A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...
15 June 2023
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A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...
13 June 2023
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EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton. Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...
09 June 2023
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Three branches of Hunters have been acquired by a successful duo of agents with years of experience in the company. Sam Lakin...
07 June 2023
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LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...
02 June 2023
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LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...
26 May 2023
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OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...
09 May 2023
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LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...
05 May 2023
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Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...
19 April 2023
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A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...
18 April 2023
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Leaders lettings agency has launched its new sustainable office in Aylesbury. The company insists that by 2030 all of its branches will...
12 April 2023
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Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...
03 April 2023
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New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...
24 March 2023
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Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...
22 March 2023
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Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent lettings firm in what it calls a five year acquisition programme. Stanley & Partners...
20 March 2023
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Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...
06 March 2023
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An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...
03 March 2023
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An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...
24 February 2023
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Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...
07 February 2023
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Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...
24 January 2023
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New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...
18 January 2023
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There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...
12 January 2023
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The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...
12 January 2023
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East Yorkshire letting agency Ultralets has opened a new office in Beverley after what it calls “an impressive period of growth.” Ultralets...
22 December 2022
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Propertymark auditors are offering in-person visits to branches to improve their compliance. The trade body says this is in response to demand from...
20 December 2022
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The chief executive of Propertymark says latest data from letting agents suggests rent rises may have peaked - but that could...
19 December 2022
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Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...
08 December 2022
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One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...
07 December 2022
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Over 1,000 agents attended an online launch event for a new lettings platform product from PropTech supplier Street Group. Some 150 agents...
22 November 2022
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An average of 85 new applicants were registered per Propertymark member branch in October according to the trade body’s latest lettings...
18 November 2022
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The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...
01 November 2022
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One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
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The Cardiff branch of Martin & Co has added almost 100 properties to its portfolio after merging with local independent View...
18 October 2022
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A north west England lettings agency has expanded with a swoop on a Preston-based business. Keenans Group has acquired Letting Locations for...
14 October 2022
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A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...
04 October 2022
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GetGround - which until now has been a service to help landlords form companies - has launched GetProperty, a service guiding...