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The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...

Belvoir’s shares were temporarily suspended yesterday after the high court approved its high profile merger with The Property Franchise Group. This paved...

Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...

Belvoir shareholders have backed the agency brand's merger with The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), paving the way for the high-profile deal...

The majority of shareholders of The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have backed a merger of the brand with Belvoir. TPFG and Belvoir...

Shareholders of Belvoir and The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have been invited to a presentation this week where they can ask...

The chief executive and chief financial officer of Belvoir will lose their jobs if the brand’s merger with The Property Franchise...

Two major agency brands have agreed to merge in the latest high-profile industry deal. An update from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)...

The founders of Mr and Mrs Clarke, who sold the business to Belvoir last year, have left the franchise brand and...

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 Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m.   This follows...

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

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

It turns out even estate agents have to go off-market when finding their own homes. Paul Clarke, of Belvoir-owned self-employed agency brand...

Former youth Olympic Badminton player Grace King is one of first recruits in a campaign launched by hybrid agency Mr and...

Market activity has shifted back from sales to lettings, Belvoir has reported. Half-year results from the agency franchise network show the “race...

Agency network Mr and Mrs Clarke has launched a new loan product to help aspiring self-employed business owners launch their own...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

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

The new owner of Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has set his sights on rivalling...

The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

Mark Newton, founder of the Newton Fallowell agency, is retiring. The news came from a statement from the Belvoir franchise giant which...

Midlands-based estate agency franchise Newton Fallowell, which is part of the Belvoir Group, has rebranded.  The new look is being rolled out...

Purplebricks share price collapsed by another 9.6 per cent on Friday. This means the agency has lost half of its share price...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...

Belvoir has issued another upbeat trading report, saying its revenue for the first six months of the year is up 53...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent.  The properties of all four...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...

The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...

An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...

A free to list property portal has announced its integration with two leading property management solutions. Estate agents using either Reapit or...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...

It’s Monday so that can mean only one thing - a chance to catch up on the key moves in and...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group.  In...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...

The founder of franchise giant Belvoir, Mike Goddard, has now stepped down as chair of the company, two years after quitting...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau.  The £3.6m deal, done through...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal.  This includes...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry.  Despite summer and the...

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Belvoir has this morning withdrawn its merger offer to The Property Franchise Group, after some weeks of talks. As recently as Tuesday,...

Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...

Online agency EweMove - part of The Property Franchise Group, which recently failed to agree merger terms with Belvoir - claims...

The latest volley in the war of words between Belvoir and The Property Franchise Group has been hurled - this time...

Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...