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The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

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

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

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

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

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

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

Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

Propertymark’s policy and campaigns director is one of the founding members of a body called the Landlord Leaders Community, which has just...

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

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...

LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...

LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...

LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...

Belvoir has released another set of upbeat financial figures marking 26 successive years of profit growth. Group revenue increased 14 per cent...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

Foxtons’ latest trading statement suggests that it’s heavily reliant on lettings revenue as the sales market stutters and the whole company...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

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

Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

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

Belvoir says that during the six months to the end of June income increased 11 per cent on the year before,...

A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

The Belvoir Group, one of the country’s largest multi-brand property franchises, is rebranding to distinguish itself from the Belvoir lettings and...

Celebrating 25 years of unbroken profits growth, Belvoir has revealed a massive annual hike in revenue for 2021. Group revenue increased by...

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

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...

Spicerhaart says some 600 hopefuls turned up for a series of recruitment days in three parts of the country. Around a third...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

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

Lettings income has played a major part in the upswing in income for the Belvoir Group, reported to shareholders in its...

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

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

A local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency -...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within...

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, says its trading during the first quarter of this year suggests it’s outperforming its expectation...

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...

Belvoir has this morning told shareholders that the effect of the Fees Ban coming into effect in June will be less...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

Belvoir, the UK’s largest high street franchised agency network, has made major changes to its top table with promotions for two...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...

Countrywide is reported to be launching its next online offer - a mortgage brokerage called Mojo Mortgages - early next year. The...

The fast-expanding Nick Dunning Associates - which acquired London agency Stirling Ackroyd over the summer - has strengthened its leadership team...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

Belvoir, which has over 300 high street offices, has acquired Brook Financial Services Ltd, which trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau, in...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender LandBay has teamed up with financial services giant Legal & General to provide a new...

Knight Frank is warning that changes to regulatory supervision of the European Central Bank could, if they went the wrong way,...

Independent financial services monitor Moneyfacts claims that a new report is about to reveal the withdrawal of 74 buy to let...

The proportion of private landlords in arrears is substantially under half the proportion of owner occupiers in the same position according...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Countrywide has made what it calls “a significant investment” in The Buy to Let Business, a Camberley-based company which has been...