A joint venture between Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) and conveyancing firm Jephson Legal (JL) that aimed to rationalise the residential sales...
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![Energy efficiency remains priority for housebuilders](/upload/images/1%20Energy%20efficiency%20remains%20priority%20for%20housebuilders%20by%20Simon%20Jackson.png)
While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![Landmark acquisition expands location-based tools](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Landmark Information Group has completed the acquisition of Ordnance Survey’s shares in the PointX location services database. PointX was formed in 2001...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![LSL shares slide as it posts a loss for 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
LSL Property Services’ share price dipped yesterday after posting an operating loss in its 2022 annual accounts. Its results showed a group...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![LSL offloads mortgage and insurance brands in latest ‘simplification’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
LSL has sold its mortgage, protection, and general insurance brokerage firms Embrace and First2Protect. The brands have been sold to Pivotal Growth,...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![LSL offloads new build brokerage firms in ‘group simplification’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/newbuild400x310.jpg)
Agency brand LSL has announced the sale of its new build mortgage and protection brokerage firms, Group First, which operates under...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homeday - Purplebricks quietly writes off German expansion](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Hidden amongst the annual results released by Purplebricks on Tuesday – which saw revenue and profits down, as well as a...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![LSL Property Services latest acquisition cements move into finance](/upload/images/library/PropertyPuzzle-400x310.jpg)
The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage and insurance...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent - why is it so cold and unfriendly?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTR-Block-400x310.jpg)
Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![Property franchise firm eyes expansion after sealing £200m in deals](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
A service that sells properties and elements of joint venture schemes to investors says it’s seeking to expand after completing on...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![LSL is NOT selling off mortgage brokerage in near future](/upload/images/Logos/LSL-Property-Services400x310.png)
LSL Property Services has told Estate Agent Today that the company did not agree to a potential sale of its mortgage arm at...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency group’s £12m windfall by off-loading conveyancing share](/upload/images/Logos/LSL-Property-Services400x310.png)
LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top Agency’s New Idea - selling houses is NOT the top priority](/upload/images/library/LSLPropertyServices-400x310.jpg)
Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells buys Countrywide - five reasons why it will be a success](/upload/images/ConnellsGroup-Countrywide-Takeover-2021-400x310.jpg)
The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Invested in Rightmove? Then you’re in the money…](/upload/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![A joint venture! Agency on a roll in medical cannabis experiment](/upload/Savills-NEW-logo400x310.png)
Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers and shakers in our industry…](/upload/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough as agent sells apartments without ground rents](/upload/PrimeLondonStreet-4-400x310.jpg)
A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from the top of the world](/upload/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks has 70% of UK online market and confirms expansion](/upload/new-story-stock-images/PurplebricksImage-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks says its performance in the UK “is currently showing double-digit growth year-on-year in monthly instructions.” In a brief UK trading update...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![US franchise network owned by Warren Buffett enters London market](/upload/BerkshireHathaway-400x310.jpg)
A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Extra funding for agent-partnering online auction platform](/upload/BidX1-1-400x310.jpg)
The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![The future for Countrywide - Paul Creffield interview](/upload/PaulCreffield-400x310.jpg)
The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...
12 May 2018
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Uber and Moda Living collaborate on Build to Rent](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’. This...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman at TWPN](/img/default/eat.png)
What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Is building homes in factories the solution to the housing crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Britain’s best letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...
10 May 2016
From: Features
![Housing reviews: A little less conversation, a little more action...](/img/default/eat.png)
As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...