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The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...

An independent agency and its lettings book have been acquired by private equity-fuelled company Lomond. The company is not saying how many...

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

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

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

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

Pattinson estate agency in the north east of England has snapped up Ryedales Estate Agents, an independent in Northumberland. Ryedales owners Geoff...

A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county.  Christopher...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

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

An independent agency managing 115 lettings units has been snapped up its local Belvoir franchise. Tim Hughes, owner of Belvoir Newbury, has...

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

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

An independent agency with a lettings portfolio of 400 units has been snapped up by franchise holders in the Newton Fallowell...

Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent lettings firm in what it calls a five year acquisition programme. Stanley & Partners...

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

The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

Franchisees from Belvoir have snapped up an independent agency in Reading. The acquisition of Patrick Williams, which dates back 78 years, comes...

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

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 acquisition machine that is the Lomond Group has snapped up the lettings book of another independent agency. Lomond has taken over...

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

Another small independent agency has been snapped up by a Belvoir franchisee. The Lettings Company has been acquired by Belvoir Tunbridge Wells,...

An independent agency chain operating in the Garden of England has just located one of its office to a former coffee...

It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...

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...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

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

An independent agency in London has ditched its company cars and gone over to e-bikes instead when it’s representatives attend viewings. Taylor...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...

Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...

Lettings software provider Acquaint CRM has integrated its technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme.  The TDS...

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

An agency has made its third acquisition in recent years - this time snapping up a town’s longest established lettings agency. Whitegates...

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

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

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

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

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

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

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...

Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...

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

The new head of the Association of Residential Letting Agents admits that the organisation - within its parent body Propertymark - has “had...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the acquisition of another independent agency, this time in the East Midlands. It’s snapped up Hill &...

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

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...

A business owner who calls himself a “frontline agent” is the new Vice President of ARLA Propertymark.  David Votta, owner of Votta...

Belvoir has acquired its 100th independent agency with its Northwood Wolverhampton operation snapping up Millenium Properties in the city. This adds another...

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

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

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

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