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![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings portfolio snapped up by nearby franchisees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The franchisees of Martin & Co’s Rochdale branch have completed their first independent acquisition less than a year after taking on...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group new deal worth £5m more than early reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency will have 1,800 branches following latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Young couple take on lettings agency busy city franchise](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319460953.jpg)
A young couple are taking on the franchise of lettings agency Martin & Co in Exeter. Local couple Nik and Rosie Davey...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Want to save 25 minutes per transaction? PropTech link-up claims you can...](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency snapped up by franchise giant’s brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New owner for two Surrey agency branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New owner for pair of franchised Lettings offices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Giants Merge - final shareholder approval secured](/upload/images/shutterstock_1181919937.jpg)
The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two of the largest lettings agencies propose to merge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency claims it’s now “industry leader” after awards win](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Seventh branch opens for lettings and sales franchise trio](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency group bucks the market thanks to turbocharged lettings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings boom helps franchise brands offset sales falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...
03 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
![Training guru takes over two franchise agency branches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with training guru Dean Gill taking the reins. He succeeds previous...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency bans rival rent bids after angry protests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency branches reveal intra-company takeover deal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2082205609.jpg)
EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton. Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Three agency branches now run by successful agent duo](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Three branches of Hunters have been acquired by a successful duo of agents with years of experience in the company. Sam Lakin...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![New agency structure will rival existing lettings franchise giants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Bridging%20loan%20completions.png)
LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![We Are Family! Father and sons take over agency branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Father and sons trio Kevin, Lewis and Tom Dudley have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency aims to have 200 UK territories this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional franchise firm expands after snapping up independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![London independent lettings book acquired by franchise office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
A franchisee group in The Property Franchise Group stable has acquired a nearby independent’s lettings book. The owners of Ellis & Co’s...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Franchise giant snaps up another independent lettings firm](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Another independent agency has been snapped up by a brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owners of Martin & Co’s Widnes...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Thousand extra properties under management for franchise giant](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group - which includes a host of High Street brands - saw a rise in managed properties of...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Franchised YourMove branch lettings book sold to franchise rivals](/upload/images/library/YourMove-logo400x310.png)
The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings income saves the day for franchise agency brands](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New branch opens as franchisees celebrate three years with brand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency scheme claims it's better for agents than rival firms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace. Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency snapped up by franchise giant](/upload/images/Logos/Martin%26Co-2019-400x310.jpg)
Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenant document PropTech deal for 200-branch agency network](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency giant announces huge jump in managed properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massive rise on managed properties for agency group](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
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
![Franchise holder rapidly expands to fifth office in nearby area](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent revs up for lettings after career in car industry](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyContract-400x310.jpg)
The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Long arm of the law stretches to two agency branches](/img/default/lat.png)
The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fourth office opens for expanding south east franchise brand](/img/default/lat.png)
South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agencies won’t allow ‘real’ viewing until virtual one undertaken](/img/default/lat.png)
A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New branch for The Property Franchise Group’s Hunters brand](/img/default/lat.png)
Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester. The new branch follows a...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency consolidation continues with new franchise acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Compliance PropTech firm inks deal with Hunters network](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Latest acquisition takes city agency to almost 1,000 managed units](/img/default/lat.png)
A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management. The...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Hunters boss claims taxpayers’ money for accommodation as MP](/img/default/lat.png)
Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Supercharged growth plans” pledge by merged lettings giants](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another independent agency’s lettings book snapped up by franchise giant](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New mega-agency will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties](/img/default/lat.png)
The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Franchise agency wars: Belvoir gets one over its rivals on key day](/img/default/lat.png)
A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![New franchise branch owners as parent firm's takeover talks go on](/img/default/lat.png)
Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![EweMove hybrid snaps up High Street branches of partner brands](/img/default/lat.png)
EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![EweMove takes over nearby franchise agency and lettings book](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Independent firm snapped up as franchise makes fifth acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Independent agents’ portfolios bought by high-spending franchise firm](/img/default/lat.png)
Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas. Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus shows strength of franchise business model - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manager buys franchise of agency she’s run for six years](/img/default/lat.png)
The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘We beat the fees ban’ - franchisees see revenue growth](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another franchise branch snaps up a rival independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group hikes charges to landlords by 10% because of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency expands coverage with third acquisition in 18 months](/img/default/lat.png)
A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency disappears as family franchise firm expands](/img/default/lat.png)
The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![New boost for flatfair as it teams up with independent agents’ trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency caves in to tenants refusing to pay fee: does this set a precedent?](/img/default/lat.png)
Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies. The agency was...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency snapped up by franchise giant](/img/default/lat.png)
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 acquired by Property Franchise Group brand](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Property Franchise Group brand snaps up another independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Independent agent network partners with PropTech platform Goodlord](/img/default/lat.png)
The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency has had its chips and is acquired by Martin & Co](/img/default/lat.png)
Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: another agency says impact will be less than feared](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Property Franchise Group brand snaps up independent agency’s lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group snaps up city independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
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 secret’s out: Franchise giant explains acquisitions success](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![EweMove claims massive growth for franchise following acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agent sees franchise group as way to combat online competitors](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agency group reveals possible financial cost of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Clumsy' new lettings rules may lead to agents quitting - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, says new rules for regulating the lettings sector will probably be clumsily...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir brings industry veteran Michael Stoop on board](/img/default/lat.png)
Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Veteran agent joins Proptech firm behind lettings scheduling tool](/img/default/lat.png)
The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another independent agency snapped up by TPFG franchisee](/img/default/lat.png)
Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snapped up by Martin & Co franchise couple](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Property Franchise Group's Martin & Co acquires another independent](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Belvoir shakes off merger rebuff with high-profile award](/img/default/lat.png)
Belvoir Lettings, the UK's largest property franchise, has been named as Franchise of the Year at the Negotiator Awards. Belvoir has been...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency in merger battle claims above-average tenancy duration](/img/default/lat.png)
EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir posts impressive results, despite 'challenging' market](/img/default/lat.png)
Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Franchise Group makes large single office acquisition](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...