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![Industry veterans land high-profile board roles](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
LSL Property Services has appointed Michael Stoop to its board as a non-executive director. He brings significant experience in estate agency and...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group hails ‘transformational’ period](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described the first five months of this year as ‘transformational.” It comes after the brand has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth reveals two high-profile board appointments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Winkworth has appointed two mergers and acquisition (M&A) specialists as non-executive directors. The agency franchise brand has named Tom Fyson, managing director...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![TPFG acquires Fine & Country and The Guild](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals have been revealed as the next acquisition for The Property Franchise Group...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![LSL names new high-profile proposition director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Industry figure Paul Clarke has joined LSL Estate Agency Franchising as director of proposition. It comes after Clarke left his Mr and...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![TPFG boss: The Belvoir deal was 'inevitable'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![TPFG and Belvoir merger completes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Belvoir’s shares were temporarily suspended yesterday after the high court approved its high profile merger with The Property Franchise Group. This paved...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark partners with Belvoir to boost agent standards](/upload/images/shutterstock_1746444971(1).jpg)
Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir shareholders back TPFG merger](/upload/images/shutterstock_178692677.jpg)
Belvoir shareholders have backed the agency brand's merger with The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), paving the way for the high-profile deal...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![TPFG shareholders back Belvoir deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The majority of shareholders of The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have backed a merger of the brand with Belvoir. TPFG and Belvoir...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir and TPFG set to outline merger benefits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Shareholders of Belvoir and The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have been invited to a presentation this week where they can ask...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir boss set to lose job in TPFG merger](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The chief executive and chief financial officer of Belvoir will lose their jobs if the brand’s merger with The Property Franchise...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![TPFG and Belvoir agree merger deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Two major agency brands have agreed to merge in the latest high-profile industry deal. An update from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mr and Mrs Clarke founders leave after ‘lovely’ Belvoir takeover](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The founders of Mr and Mrs Clarke, who sold the business to Belvoir last year, have left the franchise brand and...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir CEO praises entrepreneurial spirit as half-year profits rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
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...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir boosts financial services brand with latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Belvoir Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m. This follows...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir trading update: Lettings income offsets sales slump](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Belvoir has reported revenue growth for the first half of 2023 despite “challenging market conditions,” with its lettings performance offsetting lower...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir ready to ‘splash the cash’ on agency acquisitions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals how he cut-out the middleman to buy his own home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners-400x310.png)
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...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shuttlecocks to sales! Badminton ace becomes estate agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Former youth Olympic Badminton player Grace King is one of first recruits in a campaign launched by hybrid agency Mr and...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir: 'Sales market has normalised'](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirGroup2022LogoNEW400x310.jpg)
Market activity has shifted back from sales to lettings, Belvoir has reported. Half-year results from the agency franchise network show the “race...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Future franchisees offered loans to launch own estate agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Agency network Mr and Mrs Clarke has launched a new loan product to help aspiring self-employed business owners launch their own...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer – why sales-only agencies should get into lettings](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents account for half of this year's AML registration cancellations](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Agent-Training-400x310.jpg)
Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Financial services boosts Belvoir's revenue](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Century 21 UK owner sets sights on becoming an upmarket agency](/upload/images/Logos/Century21-NewLogo2019-400x310.jpg)
The new owner of Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has set his sights on rivalling...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency groups announce major mortgage acquisitions](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirGroup2022LogoNEW400x310.jpg)
The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Agency franchisees given chance to earn shares by joining Boomin](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity – as the industry gets back underway after Easter](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir tipped for more M&A activity](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![High profile self-employed agency snapped up by Belvoir](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech is great - but personal service is best of all, says agency boss](/upload/images/library/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency celebrates adopting self-employed business model 25 years ago...](/upload/images/library/HappyTeam-400x310.jpg)
The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Farewell as high profile agency chief retires at 66](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
Mark Newton, founder of the Newton Fallowell agency, is retiring. The news came from a statement from the Belvoir franchise giant which...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Orange rebrand for two agencies at end of successful year](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
Midlands-based estate agency franchise Newton Fallowell, which is part of the Belvoir Group, has rebranded. The new look is being rolled out...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks in new share collapse as Omicron spooks investors](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks share price collapsed by another 9.6 per cent on Friday. This means the agency has lost half of its share price...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks share price now under 7% of its all-time high](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p. This is less...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Businesses, including agencies, hand back £1.3 billion in furlough money](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief hails “superb” sales growth of 78 per cent](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Franchise agency shows startling growth from property, financial services](/upload/images/library/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Belvoir has issued another upbeat trading report, saying its revenue for the first six months of the year is up 53...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fast-growing agency group snaps up mortgage firm from building society](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – 5 ways estate agency has changed since May 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Furlough funding refunded to government by major agency group](/img/default/eat.png)
Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop](/img/default/eat.png)
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![Adrian Gill – talking agency consolidation, PropTech, retail and Boomin](/img/default/eat.png)
This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - more appointments news from across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Why don’t agencies list on the stock market anymore?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![In Conversation Today – Q&A with the man behind a 2020 success story](/img/default/eat.png)
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another 300+ branches list on Boomin as it signs major agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent. The properties of all four...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - Fangs for all your good work…](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks and Foxtons lead share price falls amid Covid worries](/img/default/eat.png)
Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top agent becomes growth and compliance head in franchise group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland). Walker...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Branch closures announced as franchise agency links with building society](/img/default/eat.png)
Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Congratulations! ESTAS 2020 winners celebrate ‘virtual’ victories](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![A close shave for Viewber chief as he raises £1,600 for the NHS](/img/default/eat.png)
Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Almost 60 new branches sign up to ESTAS customer review platform](/img/default/eat.png)
Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona - portal offer, live events, mental health help](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Collapsed: how agency and portal shares have plunged up to 80%](/img/default/eat.png)
The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Over 600 agents Say No To Rightmove - but will they stick by it?](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 600 agents have now signed up to the Say No To Rightmove campaign including some of the biggest names on...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![More industry lay-offs: franchise HQ sheds 15 and warns more to come](/img/default/eat.png)
The property franchise company Belvoir Lettings has laid off 15 workers from its Grantham headquarters - and warns there may be...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is this why Countywide, Purplebricks and Foxtons are struggling?](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portal pledges to remain free to list for agents - forever](/img/default/eat.png)
A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the first industry moves of 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks and Countrywide lead 2019 share price flops](/img/default/eat.png)
For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket raises £3.4m and buys into PropTech firm](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free to list portal integrates with management platforms](/img/default/eat.png)
A free to list property portal has announced its integration with two leading property management solutions. Estate agents using either Reapit or...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Order! Order! Bercow to be key speaker at property conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency in long-term deal to provide financial services to regional chain](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and it’s very hot stuff this week](/img/default/eat.png)
Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the late-summer moves in our industry...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over. Yet even during the holiday season...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly update on who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![70% of agents fail to use video or a YouTube channel for marketing](/img/default/eat.png)
Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Name change for franchise agency to reflect diversification](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group. In...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal claims 800 new enquiries for agents in four weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal now has over 740 UK agents on board](/img/default/eat.png)
The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly update of key industry moves…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the destination where you can catch up with the key moves announced in the...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry veteran becomes chair of franchise giant as founder retires](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of franchise giant Belvoir, Mike Goddard, has now stepped down as chair of the company, two years after quitting...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portals aiming for one million listings by end of 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - many top industry names on the move this week ...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Agency group beefs up mortgage side with £3.6m acquisition](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. The £3.6m deal, done through...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?](/img/default/eat.png)
Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features
![Coup for OnTheMarket as it signs Britain's biggest franchise agency](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal. This includes...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - independents and corporates, we salute you...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![If we’re to be taken seriously, our industry needs a Tsar says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all this week's big moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, and welcome to this week’s regular Monday summary of all the major jobs moves in our industry. Despite summer and the...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What Crisis? Agency plans to expand into major cities](/img/default/eat.png)
Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity (and sorry, we mention Donald Trump this week...)](/img/default/eat.png)
We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - and it's a bumper week for moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsmen get ready to slug it out for dominance](/img/default/eat.png)
Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...
17 March 2018
From: Features
![Agents' Mutual float to begin against backdrop of stock market jitters](/img/default/eat.png)
Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks row should trigger call for regulations of agents, says expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Advice Bureau enjoys good trading despite flat market](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...