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![Taxes and Rent Controls top worries ahead of election - agency survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency worried over Rayner scrapping Section 21 “on day one”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill collapse is “significant setback” claims letting agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency flags growing worries over pets in lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367788609.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647.jpg)
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency unveils “renewable, sustainable, green branch office”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill isn’t stopping buy to let investment claims agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket hits record high advertising totals](/upload/images/shutterstock_62980678.jpg)
OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Carbon Neutral Claim by large lettings and sales agency group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2045358749.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year. A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks high-flyer jumps ship to traditional agency group](/upload/images/shutterstock_381129667.jpg)
National property services group, Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Purplebricks’ lettings chief to become a director in its property management...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group recruits heavyweight to lead financial services surge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket president welcomes latest lettings agency to drop Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Growing agency group snaps up three regional agencies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114065.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency strategy change is slap in the face for Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency group hits eco-target eight years ahead of schedule](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030. The firm says...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for Landlords Reform Bill to redress rental balance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry first as agency gives time off for fertility treatment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency firm welcomes promised reform (not replacement) of leasehold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agency insists rental sector negativity is exaggerated](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims landlords not quitting rental sector in droves](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761.jpg)
A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency group signs big deal with landlords association](/upload/images/shutterstock_605497610.jpg)
The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Renters Reform Bill! Leading agent makes dramatic plea](/upload/images/shutterstock_529322344.jpg)
A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency beefs up management team with trio of promotions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Another independent falls to fast-growing agency group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2342625787.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired small independent single-branch Rosedale Letting Specialists. The acquisition gives the group a new location in Lincolnshire, and...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to lobby MPs over Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark reveals new ARLA leader and other top table names](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Propertymark has revealed its latest top table of elected and unelected spokespeople forming its new leadership team. The new chair of the...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New PropTech feature follows year of work with agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
A new PropTech product is being launched today following a year of research involving the Leaders Romans Group. Inventory Hive’s new diary-management/maps...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Going Green - sustainable branch is template for network](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency lettings guru named as head of full service provider](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lettings platform Seven Living has appointed a longstanding figure from the Leaders Romans Group to be its senior head of lettings. James...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency targets lettings growth - says new acquisition just the start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency pledge to make branches sustainable by 2030](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Suburban Build To Rent niche gets boost from lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency swallowed up in five year acquisition plan](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent lettings firm in what it calls a five year acquisition programme. Stanley & Partners...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Delay EPC change to help rental sector - top agency’s Budget hope](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse anti-landlord policies, top agency tells government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of agency branches to be Food Bank donation centres](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency giant unveils new ‘sustainable’ branch office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/LRG%20_Head_Office-695x395.png)
Leaders Romans Group is unveiling what it claims is a new ‘sustainable’ branch office for its Portico brand in Fulham, London. The...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams government for failing to boost rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals his answer to the private rental stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency group links with buy to let company investment service](/upload/images/Logos/LeadersRomans-2018-400x310.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches Build To Rent taskforce with new brand name](/upload/images/Logos/Leaders-logo400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Experienced hands drafted in to avoid future Purplebricks blunders](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going Green - National agency group opens first ‘sustainable branch’](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has launched what it claims is its first sustainable branch lettings office. Its Brighton city centre branch, operating under...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns government - don’t forget small scale landlords](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Visit-400x310.png)
A leading lettings agency has warned the government not to forget the importance of small-scale landlords in its plans for the...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings chain snapped up by Leaders Romans Group](/upload/images/Logos/Leaders-logo400x310.png)
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
![Leaders Romans Group in major three year PropTech deal](/upload/images/Logos/LeadersRomans-2018-400x310.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private equity firm snaps up huge lettings agency network](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
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
![Property Fraud - Agents have key role to deter crime](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency pays thousands for breaching Tenant Fees Act](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined-400x310.jpg)
A London-focussed lettings agency group has paid £2,000 as a result of breaching the Tenant Fees Act. The issue relates to the...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency group goes eco with a tree planted for every house let](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
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
![Property Fraud - how agents can combat a growing threat](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ID-Checks-400x310.jpg)
Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group may go on sale for £400m - report](/upload/images/Logos/LeadersRomans-2018-400x310.jpg)
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
![Fast-growing LRG snaps up yet another independent agency](/upload/images/Logos/LeadersRomans-2018-400x310.jpg)
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
![Viewings - lettings far busier than sales, says leading agent](/upload/images/library/HouseViewing-10-400x310.jpg)
Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency partners with wildlife project to combat climate change](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
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
![Live streaming app attracts offers over asking - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Work-from-home locations where agency says rental market is red hot](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![High-end agency is latest to join PropTech compliance portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Lettings Advisory Board of agents to be established by Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
Zoopla has revealed the formation of a Lettings Advisory Board, to be chaired by the national lettings managing director of Leaders...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency block management firm wins millions for high-rise safety](/img/default/lat.png)
A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top agency wants to grab a slice of the Build To Rent market](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group makes fourth acquisition so far in 2021](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired another lettings agency - the fourth lettings-led acquisition this year. This time it is Guardian Residential Lettings...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Consolidation Continues: Another independent snapped up](/img/default/lat.png)
Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another independent falls to Leaders Romans Group acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced the acquisition of another independent agency, this time in the East Midlands. It’s snapped up Hill &...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Large scale apprenticeship programme outlined by agency group](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Independent agent to rebrand as corporate branch later this month](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Future agency mergers and acquisitions could be hit by tax hike](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Huge change in tenant priorities thanks to Covid - agency chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Kickstart can elevate agents’ reputation through apprenticeships](/img/default/lat.png)
The group human resources director of the Leaders Romans Group wants the agency industry to improve its reputation by embracing more...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Well-known independent chain snapped up by Leaders Romans](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another ‘virtual office’ for agency chain not using High St branches](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![A Virtual Office - national agency covers new patch virtually](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Double top! Leaders Romans Group’s second acquisition in a few days](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Leaders Romans Group snaps up another independent chain](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business. scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corporate makes 150 acquisitions - and now says it wants more](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Leaders Romans Group selects new PropTech lettings platform](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenant reference firm links with PropTech supplier to Leaders Romans](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the UK’s largest tenant referencing and let insurance providers has announced a new integration with a PropTech firm -...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency acquired by Leaders Romans Group](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![National agency diversifies further with block management acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternative operator wades into spat over agency scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
A dispute concerning a ‘no deposit option’ put forward by a letting agency has reached the Daily Mail. The newspaper’s online service...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another one down - Leaders Romans buys eighth independent of 2018](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![And another ... Leaders Romans reveals sixth acquisition of the year](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another one snapped up - Leaders Romans acquires independent firm](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another one bites the dust - independent agency snapped up by chain](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Acquisition apiece for fast-growing Leaders and Romans](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another acquisition by Leaders Romans Group - the fifth in six weeks](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Leaders Romans Group snaps up another independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Two acquisitions in 24 hours for speedy Leaders Romans Group](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group is continuing on the acquisition trail with two more deals within 24 hours. On Tuesday the company acquired...