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

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has been sold. Nicholas Faulkner, the owner of leasehold property management...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

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...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

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

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

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...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

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

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, is to open three new offices in the New Year.  The...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

An estate agency based in Cumbria has rebranded to Hunters following a management buyout. Cumberland Estate Agents has been purchased by its...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Century 21, the global estate agency franchise, has opened its latest high street branch in Cheltenham.  The franchise, Century 21’s 49th 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...

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

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

A London independent agency has joined the franchise network of Hunters. Regent 2000 Properties, which operates in Camden Town, is seeing its...

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...

99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...

London agency Chestertons is launching a franchise offering which will allow businesses outside of the capital to operate under the Chestertons...

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

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...

The road to opening up your own business can be a long one. If you’ve never done it before, there are...

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

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

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

The high-end New York based estate agency Corcoran has issued franchise documents for ‘global markets’ prompting speculation that it could spread...

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...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

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

Franchise giant Hunters has reported its latest results to the city, showing impressive growth despite a slow-moving property market. In the six...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...

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

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

Humberts has made two internal promotions to the leadership of its sales and franchising divisions.   Tim Simmons has been appointed Head...

Franchise giant Winkworth says three new offices are set to open early in 2018 to build upon its seven new branches...

Hunters has another new office in its network, this time in the west Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton. The franchise group, which is...

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...

Hunters is opening a new branch in the fashionable area of Shoreditch in east London, despite a slump in sales across...

A father and son duo have taken over ownership of the franchise of one of the two Hunters offices in York.   Gary and John...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

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

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...

International property agency Sotheby's International Realty is expanding in India after agreeing a 25-year master franchise agreement covering the whole country. The...

Winkworth’s annual figures for 2016 reveal a franchise turnover drop of six per cent and a pre-tax profit fall of 25.6...

Humberts is launching a dedicated nationwide Waterfront and Coastal department.  The agency, which is now franchising in a bid to expand outside...

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...

Hunters has set up a fund-raising site in honour of Andrew Grant (pictured centre), its commercial and operations director and a...

Hunters has opened another sales and lettings branch, this time at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, taking its network to over 180.  The agency...

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart.  It explained how...

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

Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...

The latest trading figures from Hunters, which in recent years has become one of the country’s largest sales and lettings agents,...

National estate agency Hunters has relocated two of its branches to prime high street locations to raise its brand profile.  The firm...

The police are investigating a theft from an independently run franchise in Northampton, according to a report in The Northampton Chronicle &...

Online franchise agency EweMove has 'expanded its flock' after opening four new branches. The latest franchises to open their doors are located...