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Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...

Three firms run by the same family have merged to create one of Derbyshire’s largest independent estate agency brands cope&co. Husband and...

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

Utility management platform Muuvo has announced a new partnership and technical integration with online agency Yopa. A dashboard has been created exclusively...

Property franchise and financial services group, Belvoir plc, has reported increased half-year revenue and pre-tax profits. Revenues grew 3% to £15.9m, management...

Belvoir has reported revenue growth for the first half of 2023 despite “challenging market conditions,” with its lettings performance offsetting lower...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has said its multiple income streams will help it navigate the uncertain markets after it revealed...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Chris Brown, CEO and Founder of Hydrogard...

Two major agency brands used their annual general meetings (AGM) yesterday to outline a positive view of the property market, with...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is expecting the market to align with conditions seen in 2019. A trading update from the listed...

Challenger portal and homebuying support platform OneDome has acquired broker CMME Mortgage and Protection from the private equity-backed CMME Group. CMME Mortgage...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

The sales process is starting to speed up, The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has claimed. Gareth Samples, chief executive of TPFG, which...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...

Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush has passed to new owners in the latest example of succession planning at the franchise agency network. Its former owner,...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

Hybrid agency EweMove has continued growing with the sale of 37 new territories in the first six months of the year...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

The buying and property management service run by high profile agent Jo Eccles has changed its name. SP Property Group has now...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

An estate agency founded in 1995 has undergone a management buyout from two existing director. Westcoast Properties is a north Somerset firm,...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies.  “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

Hybrid estate agency has reported a modest pre-tax profit of some £400,000 as part of the 2018 results of its parent...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.  The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

A trading statement this morning from The Property Franchise Group says its online brand, EweMove, is still trading profitably - and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

The Property Franchise Group’s trading statement this morning reveals a huge 23 per cent rise in revenue for 2017 - £10.2m...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

Three Country Properties offices in Hertfordshire have been rebranded as Hunters - over two years after their acquisition.  The regional agency Country Properties...

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

Despite the fact that eight out of 10 statistics are reportedly made up (if you can believe that figure), I bet...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

Dust off your black tie and grab a tissue as we’re entering a period of mourning. It’s a bold claim, but...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

Another agency has opened an office in the troubled Nine Elms scheme in central London - this time the new entrant...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

Franchise network Belvoir says a combination of Brexit and stamp duty have unsettled the housing market - although despite this the...

The former Countrywide head of estate agency Bob Scarff is teaming up with property technology expert Rob Wellstead to create unspecified...

One of the UK's largest property franchises has reported strong figures in an interim trading statement to the City - with group...

Century 21, which describes itself as "the fastest growing agency franchise in the UK," has announced its seventh office opening in...