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The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

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

Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

South East property group Beresfords has appointed Bernadette Barcham to its Board of Directors.  A statement from the firm says the move...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

Spicerhaart Lettings has expanded expands its property management division with two key appointments. Natalie Giles has been appointed as the new Property...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...

High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

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

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

The long-standing head of an agency’s property management and lettings divisions is stepping up to become a partner in the company. Andrew...

The chief executive of Purplebricks - chastened after a major split amongst the firm’s shareholders - claims there is a “big...

Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...

Purplebricks is to reveal its latest trading figures next week in a crucial test for the turnaround strategy of new chief...

The well-known York agency Blenkin & Co has launched a prime lettings service to complement its long-established sales side. The new service...

Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...

Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...

What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

Purplebricks has announced a new director of risk and compliance, following its lettings division’s high profile compliance error last year.  In Decvember...

Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham.  The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

Purplebricks has announced that its lettings division is to follow the pattern of its sales side, and no longer have self-employed...

Foxtons has appointed Gareth Atkins as Managing Director – Lettings.  He will succeed Ed Philips who is leaving the business after 20...

The success of Foxtons’ lettings division has directly attributed to the London-focussed agency’s strong performance in the past year. A trading statement...

Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

Keller Williams UK - one of the growing number of agencies to operate with self-employed agents working from a central hub...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

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

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...

Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Harrison Murray, the lettings division of the Nottingham Building Society, has launched a portal for landlords and tenants. The agency says it...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

Two new managers have been appointed by Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley, as the firm’s lettings division continues to expand. Nadia...

Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...

Allsopp & Allsopp, an agency operating across Warwickshire, has launched a lettings division and has immediately scored big thanks to its...

Humberts has announced the setting up of a new lettings department to be headed by a former Countrywide branch manager.   Suzanne Diamond has...

A firm run by the former commercial director of Countrywide has made its first large scale acquisition with the purchase of...

Sowerbys has expanded with the acquisition of lettings agency Steggles Larner for an undisclosed sum.   “We were delighted to be given the...

Franchise estate agency Winkworth has reported its figures for the first half of 2016, noting a particularly strong performance in its...

Cambridge-based agency Bidwells is expanding its lettings division.  The lettings team has grown from eight to 10 professionals thanks to the recent...

Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England.  Stuart Cornwall, who...

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

A four-branch estate agency in the north west of England, Sure Move, has become the latest recruits to the fast-expanding Hunters...

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

Countrywide may have been criticised by some for recent management and strategy changes but one thing appears to have been proven...

Countrywide has snapped up another independent letting agency - this time it is Thomas C Adams in Chester which has become...