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Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The high-end New York based estate agency Corcoran has issued franchise documents for ‘global markets’ prompting speculation that it could spread...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...
27 October 2018
From: Features

The number of new franchise applicants reported by Winkworth in the first half of the year rocketed 135 per cent -...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters has reported its latest results to the city, showing impressive growth despite a slow-moving property market. In the six...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...
22 August 2018
From: Features

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...
17 March 2018
From: Features

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...
10 March 2018
From: Features

National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features

Humberts has made two internal promotions to the leadership of its sales and franchising divisions. Tim Simmons has been appointed Head...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth says three new offices are set to open early in 2018 to build upon its seven new branches...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Hunters has another new office in its network, this time in the west Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton. The franchise group, which is...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Hunters is opening a new branch in the fashionable area of Shoreditch in east London, despite a slump in sales across...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A father and son duo have taken over ownership of the franchise of one of the two Hunters offices in York. Gary and John...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The first agent to open a franchised Winkworth branch has returned to the business as a consultant. Michael Stoop began his career...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

International property agency Sotheby's International Realty is expanding in India after agreeing a 25-year master franchise agreement covering the whole country. The...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Winkworth’s annual figures for 2016 reveal a franchise turnover drop of six per cent and a pre-tax profit fall of 25.6...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Humberts is launching a dedicated nationwide Waterfront and Coastal department. The agency, which is now franchising in a bid to expand outside...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...
07 January 2017
From: Features

Hunters has set up a fund-raising site in honour of Andrew Grant (pictured centre), its commercial and operations director and a...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Hunters has opened another sales and lettings branch, this time at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, taking its network to over 180. The agency...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A hybrid franchise agency is looking for new partners to expand its reach in the Midlands. Campbells says it is looking for...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart. It explained how...
01 April 2016
From: Features

Century 21, which describes itself as "the fastest growing agency franchise in the UK," has announced its seventh office opening in...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Hybrid estate agency EweMove is today announcing four new branches with more to come as it makes a move to target...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The latest trading figures from Hunters, which in recent years has become one of the country’s largest sales and lettings agents,...
23 September 2015
From: Breaking News

National estate agency Hunters has relocated two of its branches to prime high street locations to raise its brand profile. The firm...
26 August 2015
From: Breaking News

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