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The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader.  He is MP...

The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...

The franchisees of Martin & Co’s Rochdale branch have completed their first independent acquisition less than a year after taking on...

More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

A young couple are taking on the franchise of lettings agency Martin & Co in Exeter. Local couple Nik and Rosie Davey...

The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...

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

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

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...

Less than a year since opening the sixth branch of sales and lettings agency Parkers, one of the brand’s most successful...

The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

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

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

A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...

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

Father and sons trio Kevin, Lewis and Tom Dudley have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...

A franchisee group in The Property Franchise Group stable has acquired a nearby independent’s lettings book.  The owners of Ellis & Co’s...

Another independent agency has been snapped up by a brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owners of Martin & Co’s Widnes...

The Property Franchise Group - which includes a host of High Street brands - saw a rise in managed properties of...

The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...

The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

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

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management.  The...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...

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

The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

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

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas.  Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

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

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies.  The agency was...

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...

A series of acquisitions by The Property Franchise Group this year has added over 3,000 managed properties to its portfolio this year...

Hybrid agency EweMove is claiming massive growth for its branch in south Manchester, which it says has seen its lettings and...

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, says new rules for regulating the lettings sector will probably be clumsily...

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...

The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...

Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...

Gloucester independent lettings agency R M C Hardcastles has been acquired by Martin & Co franchisees Peter and Rani Grieve -...

The Oxford franchisee of Martin & Co has acquired the nearby Kidlington office of independent local agency Oliver James. This takes the number...

Belvoir Lettings, the UK's largest property franchise, has been named as Franchise of the Year at the Negotiator Awards.  Belvoir has been...

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

The Property Franchise Group has revealed that is has made one of its largest ever single office acquisitions. Martin & Co Plymouth...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...