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Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

A lettings agency has agreed to amend its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over its use of...

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire.  LetCo, which operated chiefly...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has launched a scheme of 29 two, three and four bedroom houses aimed...

Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again.    Between 2013 and...

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...

  Beal’s, a 13-office independent in Hampshire, has snapped up another independent in the county, Baker & Elder in Southsea.    Currently Beal’s -...

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

Louise Griffiths, currently a board member on the Association of Residential Letting Agents, has joined Romans as director of the agency’s...

The Romans Group - which made seven acquisitions of independent agencies in 2015 - has appointed a new lettings managing director. Michael...

Henry Adams returns to the lettings field by combining with Gibson Gammon Residential Lettings to launch a full lettings service in...

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...

The Romans Group has snapped up Meldrum Salter Edgley letting and estate agency in Guildford following its recent acquisition with James...

What do we actually do as estate agents to serve our wonderful public? Some might think we go out, value houses, advise...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...