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Winkworth has revealed that it has not renewed franchises on offices “where our standards were not being met and results were...

LSL has hailed the benefits of switching to a franchise model for its estate agency brand. A trading update from the company...

The team behind regional agency brands Simpson & Partners and Simpson and Weekley is developing a hybrid franchise model. Andrew Simpson and...

Around 30 people will lose their jobs as a result of LSL’s switch to a fully franchised model, the brand has...

LSL Property Services’ share price hit a six-month high during trading yesterday after it announced its entire estate agency network would...

Historic agency brand Humberts is looking to have between 20 and 30 offices over the next five years as it marks...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

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

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

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

A franchise for two agency offices in west London has been acquired by property professionals Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach –...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

TV property celebrity Amanda Lamb has revealed the winners of the 2021 allAgents customer experience awards. They were announced at the awards’...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

A service that sells properties and elements of joint venture schemes to investors says it’s seeking to expand after completing on...

Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...

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

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

A branch of franchise agency CJ Hole is marking what it calls “an incredible 30 years of success” this month. The Burnham-on-Sea...

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

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

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

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

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

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

A  husband and wife team have bought the franchise for EweMove in York. Local media in the area say Jonathan and Elly...

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...

A new franchisee says she will combine 20 years of property knowledge with state-of-the-art PropTech to provide customers with what she...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

Winkworth’s trading statement for the first half of 2019 show the company’s revenue and pre-tax profit both dipping slightly - but...

The owners of four branches of a franchise agency in Berkshire have launched a new office in the county, just over...

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

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

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

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

The head of EweMove, the hybrid agency operated by The Property Franchise Group, says he applied for the top job in...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

Winkworth has a new office at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, as an independent local agency rebrands as part of the franchise giant. Previously trading...

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

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

Franchise giant Hunters, which started 2019 by announcing two new branches, is to open another four next month after an upbeat...

Hunters has continued its expansion in the north of England with two new branches in Yorkshire and Lancashire.  The Pontefract branch becomes...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...

A long-standing independent agency on the south coast is to rebrand after being snapped up by a Winkworth franchisee. Humphreys & Orr,...

Winkworth’s Bath franchise has been acquired by new franchisees Lucy McIlroy and Matthew Leonard - the latter having been a partner...

The high profile financial difficulties faced by Emoov and the recent fall in the share value of Purplebricks do not mean...

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

Winkworth has opened an office in Northampton.  The operation is owned and run by new franchisee Sunny Kooner, who is joined by...

Winkworth is a giant national agency franchise but this autumn it is marking a series of anniversaries for several of its...

The number of new franchise applicants reported by Winkworth in the first half of the year rocketed 135 per cent -...

Winkworth is beefing up its services for franchise owners with expanded support teams for its IT, Client Services and China departments.  Winkworth’s...

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

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

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

Hybrid agency EweMove says it has seen four portfolio acquisitions and 29 new areas ‘purchased’ by franchisees since June 2017, taking...

Winkworth, the agency which released its 2017 results this morning, says the franchise business model it supports is more resilient than others...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

Franchise giant Winkworth, which opened seven new branches in 2017, has announced two new office openings this month.  They are at Banstead...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

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

Hunters says it will not be following other traditional-style estate agencies by offering online-only services to sellers - but it will...

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...

The first agent to open a franchised Winkworth branch has returned to the business as a consultant. Michael Stoop began his career...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

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

Belvoir is continuing with its strategy of selling off its corporate offices, with a new franchisee just completing on the purchase...

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

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...

Hunters has told investors that its revenues rose 15 per cent to £13.8m in the year to the end of December,...

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...

Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...

A new recruitment push by franchise agency operation HomeXperts says its agents - who work from home - earn invoiced commissions...

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

HomeXperts says it has recruited new franchisees covering Dorset, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Some 18 months ago the chain - which then had...

Some agents put success down to training; others say it’s done by putting in the hours; many insist one-to-one contact with...

Humberts, long established as a southern England agency specialising in rural and semi-rural areas, says it is now going to use...

We recently carried a particularly inspiring story of an Essex estate agent who believes that at 21 he is currently the...