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

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

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

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three branches of Hunters have been acquired by a successful duo of agents with years of experience in the company. Sam Lakin...

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

Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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