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Stephen Castellani has been confirmed as the new owner of Martin & Co’s Tonbridge office, taking the reins from Robert Gordon-James...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

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

Martin & Co - part of the TPFG franchise giant - has purchased another independent agency. Father and son duo Jaspal and...

Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

A long-standing Martin & Co franchisee is expanding his network of London offices following an independent agency acquisition. Michael van de Vyver, who...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...

Father and sons trio Kevin, Lewis and Tom Dudley have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s...

Martin & Co’s Huddersfield branch is the latest part of the franchise operation to snap up an independent agency. Branch owner Will...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is celebrating the countdown to Christmas with another independent agency acquisition. The franchised office, owned by Kevin...

The Cardiff branch of Martin & Co has added almost 100 properties to its portfolio after merging with local independent View...

Another independent agency has been snapped up by a brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owners of Martin & Co’s Widnes...

A Martin & Co franchise holder has made their first acquisition after 14 years.  Mike Ellis and Becky Troisi have snapped up the...

The Property Franchise Group - which includes a host of High Street brands - saw a rise in managed properties of...

The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...

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

The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...

Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...

A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...

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

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

The owners of Martin & Co’s Aldershot branch have grown their managed portfolio by more than a fifth after acquiring local...

Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...

Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is under new ownership. Landlord and property developer Grant Simpson has purchased the...

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...

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

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...

The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas.  Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

The Bournemouth branch of Martin & Co has acquired a local independent agent. Bullock & Lees, a local south coast firm, has...

The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...

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

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...

The Widnes branch of franchise firm Martin & Co has grown its business by almost a quarter after acquiring a local...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...

The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

National agency Martin & Co has announced the acquisition of independent Essex agency Owen Lyons. Martin & Co Chelmsford owner Stephen Frost...

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co.  The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

A former employee of Martin & Co has admitted operating a fraud scheme that involved agency clients paying money into his...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

The Nottinghamshire branch of Martin & Co has snapped up the local independent agency SOLOS Residential. The family-run Martin & Co branches...