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Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...

An agency has rebranded following a ‘de-merger’ with a rival firm. Earlier this week we reported that Chichester husband-and-wife agency Hancock and...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

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...

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business.  scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent.  NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

Belvoir is launching a new TV advertising campaign on the ITV Hub, which is the ITV on-demand service.  The ad, which features...

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...

Belvoir is unveiling a new logo this morning, incorporating the strapline ‘Property is personal’. “Belvoir has always been a progressive company which has contributed...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...

Floor plan software provider Metropix celebrated their win at The ESTAS on Friday by announcing an upcoming landmark. Having scooped the “Best...

A lettings trade body has announced a rebrand - the second organisation in the sector to do so in a matter...

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

Brighton’s largest lettings agency MTM Property has rebranded under the new name Coapt. The rebranding involved a year of workshops, client and...

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website.  The National Landlords Association...

The Bulman agency in Whitehaven is to be rebranded as Belvoir, the company’s first in Carlisle. On top of that the amalgamation of...

At least one trade body has expressed an apparent scepticism about whether the rebranding of the Department of Communities and Local...

Steven Esom is to take over as group chairman of the Andrews Property Group at the start of 2018.  He succeeds Jim...

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...

The UK-wide property management firm and private rental sector specialist has rebranded its lettings agency service as Touchstone Agent Solutions.   The firm...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Two letting agents who have run their town centre business for 24 years are starting well-earned retirements.   Nicky Nettelfield and Irene Brown...

The latest deal by Lomond Capital means the rapidly expanding property group now manages over £2.5 billion of residential units.   Lomond has...

1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...

Sigma Capital, one of the earliest investors in the UK Build To Rent sector, is creating a new brand called Simple...

The Select Property Group has won planning permission for 506 residential apartments in a prime Manchester city centre location.   The two buildings...

A letting agency in Hampshire has doubled in size after acquiring one of its competitors. LetCo, a four branch agency working across...

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...

A local authority has issued a press release branding a landlord as “unscrupulous” after he was ordered to pay £7,300 in...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

Anyone who doubts the enormity of the marketing budget for global short-lets firm Airbnb may have to think again - for...

Countrywide Residential Lettings has announced another expansion with the purchase of PIP Lettings in the East Midlands. Countrywide says this another step...

Q: What does it say on your business card? I’m actually new at the company so haven’t got mine yet but when...