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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...
26 July 2022
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It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Acorn Group has opened its 40th branch - and it says it’s on the look-out for new acquisitions, including those...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

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

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...
20 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

Belvoir has announced its franchise of the year, selected from the 166 offices in its network. It’s husband and wife team Ben...
25 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

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country's leading agency groups has signed a multi-year deal with PropTech firm Goodlord. Andrews Property Group, which has 49...
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

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

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has launched a partnership with GreenTheUk to plant one tree for every house sold or let through the...
15 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

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

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...
16 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

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...
12 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

Some agents allied with deposit alternative service flatfair - and who previously offered the service to new tenants - are now going...
28 October 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

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings. Managing...
11 October 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

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

After a successful 18 month pilot with a Northwood branch, franchise giant Belvoir has entered a deal with B-hive Block Management...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s largest agency groups has launched a partnership with an environmental organisation to plant one tree for every...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...
27 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

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
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A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...
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

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
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

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 local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency -...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...
14 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

ARLA Propertymark is asking agent members to ensure the safety of lone workers in branches and on viewings. A statement from the association...
25 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

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...
12 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another franchise lettings and sales agency has gone green by changing its car fleet to electric vehicles. One of the Midlands branches...
12 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

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

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

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...
25 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

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...
28 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

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
From: Proptech & Innovation

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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Brown & Co’s new regional hub has opened in Lincoln, which will be the new base for the company’s team relocated...
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

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

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...
07 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 hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office. Bonds, which...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...
04 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

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28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence. Mishon Mackay,...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
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One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair. Tenants at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The renters’ group ACORN, which has held numerous protests at individual letting agents’ offices, has apologised after one of its local...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has launched a special offer deal with new property portal Homesearch. Agents who sign up to the flatfair...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...
11 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

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

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...
23 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

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...
25 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

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...
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

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...
16 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

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

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Nottinghamshire branch of Martin & Co has snapped up the local independent agency SOLOS Residential. The family-run Martin & Co branches...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service. It's going to use...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector. Two new...
16 November 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

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 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
From: Breaking News

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News
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Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A private equity company has made a £10m investment in Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson to fund further expansion. Founded by...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart has signed up with a deposit-free renting platform to offer landlords and tenants the option of working with a no-deposit system...
27 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

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A group of criminals threw a large concrete block through a window to gain access to an estate and letting agency. The...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The Treasury has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that the ban on credit card surcharges which came into effect in recent...
16 January 2018
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

A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
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Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again. Between 2013 and...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Two new managers have been appointed by Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley, as the firm’s lettings division continues to expand. Nadia...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents. Some 42 per...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...
01 September 2017
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SDL Group - owner of the UK franchise for Century 21 lettings and estate agency branches - has been named as the...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Humberts has launched an online-only lettings option for landlords with a PropTech firm which has previously operated a service described as...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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01 August 2017
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Q: What does it say on your business card? Tim Wright, Product Director, KeyAGENT Q: What does KeyAGENT do? We’re a team of multi-award...
28 July 2017
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**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
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Belvoir is recruiting more central office staff to support franchisees, with a 40 per cent increase in workers at the company's...
29 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

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

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

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened a new lettings branch in Clapham, south London, moving into an office already occupied by...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Protests planned by tenants’ groups for many Santander bank branches over the past weekend turned instead into celebrations after the institution...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP. Alan Whitehead, Labour...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The think tank IPPR has called for increased tenant-power within the private rental sector to give renters the kind of clout...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters has reported to its shareholders that it has seen an 18 per cent rise in its lettings income...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...
24 November 2016
From: Sponsored Content

On Friday afternoon Letting Agent Today broke the news of four letting agencies being expelled by The Property Ombudsman - and...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Four separate estate and letting agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman and from registration for lettings redress...
30 September 2016
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ARLA says its letting agent members have an average of 37 prospective tenants registered per branch – the highest number since...
30 September 2016
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Linley & Simpson, which already has a network of 11 branches across north and west Yorkshire, has taken over the entire...
28 September 2016
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Franchise agency MartinCO's revenue increased by 12% in the first half of 2016, it announced yesterday in its half-year trading update. Overall...
15 September 2016
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Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...
01 September 2016
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Movebubble, a firm which has in the past offered renters a service where someone attends viewings on their behalf - has...
01 September 2016
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Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...
18 August 2016
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The latest annual letting agency survey has been launched by Fixflo, with the support of the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Last...
28 June 2016
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The Property Ombudsman scheme has reported a 14 per cent increase in lettings membership since the government made it a legal...
06 June 2016
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A London estate and letting agency has announced the appointment of 19 new members of staff as a result of a...
03 June 2016
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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
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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
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A firm which claims to be London's fastest growing letting agency has opened its fifteenth branch. Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings' latest...
23 May 2016
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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
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It is safe to say that in the cyber world of today, a reviewing culture has been born. We have review...
25 February 2016
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Connells says there is still substantial room for additional agencies in the private lettings sector and that it intends to add...
25 February 2016
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Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...
15 February 2016
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A four-branch estate agency in the north west of England, Sure Move, has become the latest recruits to the fast-expanding Hunters...
12 February 2016
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The Romans Group - which made seven acquisitions of independent agencies in 2015 - has appointed a new lettings managing director. Michael...
26 January 2016
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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
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Connells Group says it wants an additional six lettings offices to add to its Barnard Marcus brand in London this year. It...
06 January 2016
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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
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The Romans Group has made its seventh and final acquisition of 2015 with the takeover of Bramptons sales and lettings branches...
25 November 2015
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The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...
24 November 2015
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Leaders has acquired another lettings independent, Faulkner Property Management. Faulkner has two branches in Milton Keynes and Buckingham - new areas for...
23 November 2015
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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
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A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...
08 October 2015
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It's in the bag for Karl Tatler, who runs his lettings and sales business on the Wirral. He has enterprisingly marked this...
07 October 2015
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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
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A trio of recent acquisitions has ensured a national agency chain not only records its best ever annual growth, but also...
14 September 2015
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The office of a letting agency that urged its landlord clients to consider increasing rents has been the subject of an...
04 September 2015
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Agency review site raterAgent has teamed up with lettings industry supplier Fixflo to launch a letting agent of the month award. Any...
26 August 2015
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A survey of 750 letting agency branches and 70,000 tenant requests suggests agents are improving their management of repairs. The survey -...
07 August 2015
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...
03 August 2015
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Leaders has acquired Home Counties estate agency Aston Mead in a deal which brings it additional branches in two new areas,...
07 July 2015
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The Romans Group has snapped up Meldrum Salter Edgley letting and estate agency in Guildford following its recent acquisition with James...
01 July 2015
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Connells Group has acquired another independent lettings business - Cartwrights in Stafford. The group says the purchase is in line with its...
01 July 2015
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Belvoir has launched four new offices, taking the franchise firm’s tally to over 160 and on target to reach its goal...
01 July 2015
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Leaders has just completed its biggest acquisition deal to date, taking its UK-wide branch network to 99. It has acquired Derby’s agency...
23 June 2015
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A letting agency chain is claiming to be London’s largest independent letting agent after opening its 13th office. Benham & Reeves Residential...
09 June 2015
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After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...
29 May 2015
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LSL Property Services says it has already acquired nine lettings books so far this year - with more to follow -...
26 May 2015
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Sales and lettings agency Jones & Chapman - part of the Sequence network - has snapped up the Liverpool arm of...
21 May 2015
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Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...