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LSL Estate Agency Franchising says it’s got “ambitious growth plans” for expanding franchisee patches across the country. In spring 2023 the company...

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

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...

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

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

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

LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...

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

Two former agents with experience between them of major players such as Countrywide, Leaders Romans and LSL have set up a...

LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

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

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage service. Pivotal Growth...

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

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

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove.  Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...

With the tenants’ fees ban just five weeks away focus is shifting to how agents can make up for lost income...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire.  LetCo, which operated chiefly...

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...

Reeds Rains has snapped up one of north west England’s better known independent lettings agencies, Nurture.  Nurture is owned by James Coubrough...

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...

The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme, one of a number now existing putting forward an alternative to traditional deposits, has announced four...

The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...

The former executive director of LSL Property Services, David Newnes, is one of the key backers of a new property management...

Two letting agencies have removed advertisements after complaints were filed to the Advertising Standards Authority. The first case involved LSL Property Services...

A digital start-up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of landlords against the entire buy to let mortgage market of...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...

LSL Property Services, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings and estate agencies, is investing in an online buy to...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

LSL Property Services has unveiled PRSim, its new brand offering services to the burgeoning Build To Rent sector.   PRSim offers “data, consultancy and...

The software company behind a new product claim it helps agents comply with The Property Ombudsman’s code of practice on referencing...

A study of over 3,000 tenants has found that an increasing number of renters are 'very happy' with their living situation. LSL...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...

An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

Connells Residential Lettings has announced three new lettings area managers to grow its central division offering, covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire...

Adrian Gill, whose resignation as LSL Property Services was announced last week after just nine months in post, is to become...

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...

LSL Property Services has taken a 65 per cent share in Group First Limited which provides mortgage and protection brokerage services...

An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...

LSL Property Services has snapped up another independent letting agency - and says it’s looking for more.  The agency, PHP Lettings in...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

  Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...

A total of 74,000 private sector tenants owe more than two months’ rent - this is up 4.4 per cent in...

The number of landlords with buy to let mortgages that are more than three months in arrears has dropped for the...

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Leading letting agency improves efficiency and customer satisfaction with DocuSign. Company’s Top Objectives LSL Property Services is a leading provider of residential property...

LSL Property Services says it has already acquired nine lettings books so far this year - with more to follow -...

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of private sector tenants owing more than two months rent, according...