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KEYWORD "Agency Branch" - 78 RESULTS
Connells says: “No sign of landlords quitting buy to let sector”

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

05 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Northern Ireland joins The ValPal Network

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that, after 10 years, we’re able to expand The ValPal Network to Northern Ireland. Since our launch...

19 June 2024

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Seasoned lettings expert joins regional agency

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

19 April 2024

From: Breaking News

New owner for two Surrey agency branches

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

Leaders Romans Group recruits heavyweight to lead financial services surge

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

Thousands of lettings agencies in financial distress - new figures

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

23 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Lettings Market Problems - supply-demand mismatch through to Christmas

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

03 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Just Open: Hub and Back office HQ for innovative agency

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

01 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency switches from residential despite strong lettings showing

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

28 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Thousands of agencies yet to register with HMRC

More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...

14 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Training guru takes over two franchise agency branches

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

Big PropTech deal for over half of LSL franchise agents

Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...

20 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency branches reveal intra-company takeover deal

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

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

Agency chain pledges higher profits following franchise switch

LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...

26 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Sales market supply set to rise as more landlords quit - prediction

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

27 April 2023

From: Breaking News

We Are Family! Father and sons take over agency branch

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

Rental demand still incredibly high, says Propertymark

There were 108 new applicants registered per Propertymark member lettings agency branch on average in January, compared to just 64 in...

17 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Hundreds of agency branches to be Food Bank donation centres

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

How to maximise your day-to-day team performance with PayProp

The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...

16 January 2023

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Property Redress Scheme now largest lettings redress service

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

12 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Rent rises for renewed tenancies far lower than for new ones

The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...

09 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Rightmove woos agents with personalised marketing videos

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

08 December 2022

From: Breaking News

New city branch for agency in one of UK’s hottest markets

Northern property specialist Bradley Hall has opened a new rental and sales office in Leeds city centre. The firm has expanded its...

03 November 2022

From: Breaking News

More lettings reps on beefed up redress panel

One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...

25 October 2022

From: Breaking News

New manager for prime London agency branch revealed

Chestertons has named a new lettings manager for its Chelsea branch. Jonathan James has been working in the industry for the past...

27 September 2022

From: Breaking News

At Last! - gradual rise in supply but not enough to stop rent rises

The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...

25 July 2022

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket success includes lettings innovations - claim

OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...

15 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents have got it wrong, insists tenants’ activist leader

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

08 June 2022

From: Breaking News

New trends for London renters spotted by agency branches

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

26 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Winning agency branches on course for £1m turnover in 2022

  Belvoir has announced its franchise of the year, selected from the 166 offices in its network.  It’s husband and wife team Ben...

25 March 2022

From: Breaking News

New PropTech tool chases rent payments automatically

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...

16 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Rebranded agency brings in industry heavyweights to drive expansion

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

15 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Major agency rebrands and promises a flurry of acquisitions

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

01 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents Beware: ‘information checklist’ to avoid potential fines and claims

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

20 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Major regional independent agency opens its 11th branch

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings.  Managing...

11 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Block management deal for 340 agency branches

After a successful 18 month pilot with a Northwood branch, franchise giant Belvoir has entered a deal with B-hive Block Management...

20 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Long arm of the law stretches to two agency branches

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

Acute rental shortage now hitting every part of the country

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

11 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Franchise chain opens seventh office in the same county

Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...

03 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Boom! Unprecedented demand from tenants according to agents

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

28 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Rebranded agency expands network with new branch

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...

14 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents must still help landlords and tenants during Covid - ARLA

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

29 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Third acquisition this year for fast-growing city agency

Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside.  This follows acquisitions...

22 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Rightmove sets out rental sector innovation programme

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

01 March 2021

From: Breaking News

New Year surge in demand from prospective tenants

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

01 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Agency chain shows benefit of financial services diversification

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

13 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Make business rate cut permanent! Agents’ demand help

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

07 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency expansion announced just as lockdown kicks in

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...

21 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents’ free rewards offer from deposit alternative platform

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

21 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents warned of backlog of electrical checks unless they act now

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

07 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Anti-agent group to protest in 10 or more cities this weekend

The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...

20 August 2020

From: Breaking News

How is your office coping with safety and social distancing?

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

20 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative supplier signs another 31 agency branches

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

12 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Activists ‘intimidate female staff’ forcing agency branch to shut

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

05 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Demand from prospective tenants at an all-time high, say agents

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

26 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Big drop in homes on lettings market, reports Zoopla

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

22 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Leading agent partners with TDS to revolutionise the end of tenancy process

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

04 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Fees ban: Rent rises reach record high for fourth consecutive month

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...

02 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Regional agency scraps traditional offices in move to ‘hub’ concept

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

30 September 2019

From: Breaking News

25-year-old franchisee takes over second lettings agency branch

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...

29 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Agents must hammer home buy to let benefits, says PropTech chief

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

28 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Fees Ban ‘could keep High Street agents viable’ says PropTech chief

The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...

05 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Huge London agency chain is latest to offer no-deposit scheme

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

30 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Anti-letting agents group stages more direct action protests

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

26 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Fees Ban silver lining: It may save the High Street office, says agent

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

18 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Jail for men who 'made up' VAT returns for franchise lettings branch

A man who submitted false VAT returns for the Lincoln franchise branch of Martin & Co for a period of six...

08 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Lettings portal offering reference service bags £350,000 new investment

A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...

15 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Century 21 franchise company wins new Build To Rent contract

SDL Group - owner of the UK franchise for Century 21 lettings and estate agency branches - has been named as the...

31 August 2017

From: Breaking News

ARLA warns: Tax changes are forcing landlords to quit

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

26 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Campaign set up to 'force' government to honour fees ban

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

08 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Quintessentially launches into prime London lettings market

There’s a new player in prime London’s burgeoning lettings sector - Quintessentially Estates.  The new division is to be led by Quintessentially...

22 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Rental supply falls in April as letting agents predict prices rises

The supply of rental properties fell by 5% during April when compared to the previous year, according to figures from the...

01 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Countrywide, Connells and Zoopla sign up to online lettings software deal

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...

15 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Estate agents urged not to be deterred from seeking buy to let instructions

Estate agents shying away from sales of buy to let properties because of recent government clampdowns on the sector risk missing...

02 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Controversial anti-agent group's ethical charter adopted by council

A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...

08 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Agents improve 'repair management' says survey

A survey of 750 letting agency branches and 70,000 tenant requests suggests agents are improving their management of repairs. The survey -...

07 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Letting agency specialises in needs of disabled tenants

London letting agency Branch Properties has launched a service specifically aimed at meeting the accommodation needs of disabled people in London....

13 May 2015

From: Breaking News

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