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Rightmove’s latest webinar tomorrow will focus on the revenue generation opportunities that exist at every stage of the process of letting...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts. The acquisitions...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...
16 April 2021
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Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Wakefield Trinity rugby league club has announced that local lettings agency Cooper & Cutt has renewed its sponsorship with the club,...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units. Linley &...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford. This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co. The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...
11 June 2019
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Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, says its trading during the first quarter of this year suggests it’s outperforming its expectation...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Clyde Property in Scotland now has over 3,000 properties under management, making it one of the largest portfolios north of the...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has snapped up another independent lettings agency in the south east. Grey & Co, located at Wembley Park in north London,...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Yeovil branch of hybrid agency EweMove now has over 200 managed properties following the acquisition of the lettings book of...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

CGT Lettings Limited has acquired Gloucestershire based residential lettings company All About Property. All About Property has been run by Darren Loftus...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The local branch of franchise operation Martin & Co has acquired family business Oliver James’s Witney office to become the largest...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A series of acquisitions by The Property Franchise Group this year has added over 3,000 managed properties to its portfolio this year...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A letting agency says it is on course to manage 1,000 properties before it marks its tenth anniversary next year. Tay Letting,...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Gloucester independent lettings agency R M C Hardcastles has been acquired by Martin & Co franchisees Peter and Rani Grieve -...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester city centre-based agency Ascend Properties has acquired local independent company Living Quarter. The deal will see Ascend’s number of managed properties...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The firm run by former Countrywide lettings director Nick Dunning has announced the details of its latest acquisition. Nick Dunning Associates has...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir's Portsmouth office has acquired the local Lettings Direct business, adding a further 100 managed properties to its portfolio. The move coincides...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire letting agency Linley & Simpson has announced the acquisition of one of its competitors. The agency has taken over the rental...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency MartinCO's revenue increased by 12% in the first half of 2016, it announced yesterday in its half-year trading update. Overall...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Luke Mason, from IntelliLet. I help letting agents with every aspect of their business, but particular focus is on...
27 April 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...
26 October 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

A letting agency has announced that it has formed a partnership with a heating installer to provide support for its managed...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...