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Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

Spicerhaart has launched what it calls a talent acquisition team to recruit new agents to the group’s range of brands, as...

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

Franchise agency Hunters has launched another London office. Hunters has already opened six new branches across the country this year, and acquired...

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

East London estate agency Spencers is today being rebranded as Portico. The seven-branch network - which also trades as Phillip Leigh -...

Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...

A Northamptonshire estate agency has been sold a rival with 16 branches across that county and Buckinghamshire. Insider Business reports that Acorn,...

Lomond Capital has purchased a majority stake in one of the south coast of England’s major estate and letting agency groups,...

The Property Franchise Group says it has seen 13 consecutive years of growth for the five High Street brands within its...

Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...

A firm is claiming to be allow high street agents to offer vendors an online sale services as well, without the...

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...

Savills has acquired Granville Residential, an independent agency covering the high-end Marlow, Maidenhead, Bourne End and Cookham areas in Berkshire and...

The seven branch independent sales and lettings agency Andrew's Estates has acquired a single office firm, Huyton Roberts, in the Wirral. Originally...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

A Cincinatti-based international property agency, Barnes, has acquired a majority stake in the high end consultancy Hanover Private Office. “We believe there...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has released more details of its ‘calling-in’ of the acquisition of Expert Agent by Zoopla Property...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is reviewing the acquisition of Expert Agent by ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation. A statement...

Countrywide has promoted Shane Ballard to become one of London’s Retail Directors in the organisation. He will cover sales and lettings for...

Hunters has boosted its office network over the 200 mark through the acquisition of Besley Hill, one of the longest established...

A survey of over 2,000 sellers who used online agency eMoov reveals that review websites were the overwhelmingly largest driver of...

Both Strutt & Parker and the French bank BNP Paribas are declining to comment on speculation that the finance house is...

The Financial Times is reporting this afternoon that BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France, is in talks to acquire high-end...

Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

Zoopla has acquired Expert Agent - the latest of a string of acquisitons by the portal. This follows the portal company's...

Another senior Countrywide figure is leaving the organisation to join an independent agency - itself set up by a former Countrywide...

Connells Group’s estate agency business recorded an eight per cent increase in exchanges in 2016 over the previous year, and says...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its Residential Development & Investment team - just one of a number of agencies to announce...

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

From the outset of any merger, it is vital that each agency understands and can identify its purpose and the USP...

A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...

Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...

Zoopla Property Group is buying Hometrack, one of the country’s leading property market business consultancies. Established in 1999, Hometrack is one of...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

Consolidation continues apace amongst traditional estate agents. The raft of pressures on agents is increasing and these pressures have two strong...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...

Zoopla Property Group has acquired the estate agency website specialist design firm Technicweb. The acquisition - its announcement was buried in yesterday's...

Independently-owned East Anglian estate agency Fenn Wright has acquired Sudbury -based Thorntons for an undisclosed fee.  The acquisition forms part of Fenn...

Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Jefferies, a major City adviser, is downgrading its 2016 estimate for Countrywide’s performance over the rest of this year. In a statement...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

A technology business adviser who has surveyed property portals across the world has praised Rightmove for its determination to become the...

Property sales and lettings agency William H Brown, part of the Sequence UK network, has acquired Porter Glenny estate agents in...

SDL Group, which already owns the 54-branch Century 21 UK franchise, has now announced its third business acquisition in 12 months. Humphreys...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced another key departure from its senior management team.  Graham Bell, managing director for London, is...

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...

The Jones Robinson Group, a Newbury-based property firm with three branches, has expanded its network by acquiring an agency in a...

Merged estate agents Leaders and Romans, known also as the Property Services Holdings Group (PSH), have taken aim at their competitors...

Andrews Property Group has announced several acquisitions which have strengthened its operations across London and the South West. The firm, which recently...

North West estate agency Gascoigne Halman has confirmed it is looking for acquisition opportunities.  Yesterday the firm, which has 18 branches, announced...

Hunters has delivered an upbeat report to shareholders, claiming income up 42 per cent in the first six months of the...

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

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

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

Speculation continues to grow within the industry over a potential merger involving Connells and the newly-combined agencies of Leaders and Romans.   Connells...

Countrywide says there will “almost certainly” be no more acquisitions of agencies or other firms for the group over the rest...

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...

A residential property consultancy has opened one of the first estate agency coffee shops in the UK.  Go Holdings, which works with...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Leaders’ plans for significant expansion in 2016 remain undeterred by Brexit with eight new branches added to its national network in...

Two former directors of Countrywide have joined independent agency butters john bee. Andy Townsend joins as managing director for Lettings and Dominic...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...

Dexters says it now has 60 offices including 28 in central London - and has declared itself to be "the leading independent...

Who are you? Sarah Neate, Design and Marketing Manager     Who Are Mid West Displays? We make, supply and install window and interior display panels. ...

The largest estate agency in Wales is to extend its regional footprint after acquiring an independent firm. Peter Alan has purchased 26-year-old...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

A number of estate and letting agents have this week announced key appointments and business expansions.  Estate agency John Shepherd is set...

Connells has acquired the five-branch independent Paul Dubberley from property investment company Bond Wolfe. Established in 1992, Paul Dubberley offers sales, lettings,...

Portico has acquired all eight branches of east London agency Spencers, bringing the total offices in the expanded group to 20. Spencers,...

Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...

A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...

Zoopla Property Group has confirmed its conditional agreement to buy The Property Software Group, which it calls the UK’s market-leading provider...

Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...

There is a substantial amount of misunderstanding over this question, which needs clarifying.   In general terms, the Money Laundering Regulations require...

Rightmove’s commercial director, Miles Shipside, is to make a rare intervention in the debate on the future of estate agency by...

Century 21 has announced another new office, this time in Stafford. The office - led by local husband and wife team Andrew...

The spring agency merger and expansion tradition continues apace with a series of announcements by firms. Bristol-based online agency Urpad.online - which...

There is widespread misunderstanding within agency concerning money laundering obligations.  The first thing to note is that contrary to popular belief the...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

Leaders has acquired another agency just weeks after absorbing another agency in the same region.  Tudor Estates was founded in 1959 and...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

Countrywide has rebranded its land and new homes team as Countrywide Residential Development and has announced a raft of new senior...

The chief executive of Countrywide says there’s “no change of course” after a 37 per cent slump in operating profits were...

Lomond Capital has acquired John Shepherd Estate Agent in Birmingham as it continues to 'expand south.' The deal, which includes Marwood Homes...