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Connells Group - the largest agency group in the UK after its purchase of Countrywide - has today announced its financial results for...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The executive director of LSL’s estate agency business has retired. Helen Buck joined the listed agency brand’s board as a non executive...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

LSL has reported a 16% drop in estate agency residential exchange income but says it is sales pipeline is at record...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

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

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

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

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

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform. Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

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

In support of International Men’s Day - today - LSL will celebrate what it calls “the positive value men bring to...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...
23 October 2021
From: Features

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - the UK's largest property franchisor, which owns EweMove and other brands - has acquired 80 per...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported record figures as...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two of Britain's largest agency groups have sold their stakes in a property search firm. Both LSL and Connells have announced the sale...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
03 July 2021
From: Features

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
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Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...
06 May 2021
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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

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group and LSL Property Services are linking up mortgage and related activity. This agreement means that LSL will be...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services is to set up a mortgage brokerage called Pivotal Growth. The new brokerage - set up with Pollen Street...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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

LSL, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move, is boosting its financial services sector through a £2.4m acquisition. It’s snapped up Mortgage...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Your Move is to become the English Football League’s official Communities Supporter for the coming season. The agency is already an Official...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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There’s to be a new Marsh & Parsons office in London as the LSL-owned brand expands its network to Acton in...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A former agency director and owner with three decades of experience in the industry has set up a coaching and training...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price has dived over 50 per cent during the course of the day, following news of LSL pulling out...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

In a very brief announcement to the City and to its shareholders this morning, LSL Property Services made clear that it...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...
12 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency. In an exclusive it...
23 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency. The claim...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...
18 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide has started a programme involving branch closures and redeployment of staff. Unlike other branch closure programmes by...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the capital's best-known agents, Marsh & Parsons, has expanded its network with a new office in Streatham Hill, South...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has this morning revealed that group income is down yet again - it blames continuing Brexit-related problems. It says: “The ongoing...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...
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 former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The seemingly-endless debate surrounding Brexit may be punishing for estate agents in London in particular but one, at least, is making...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and London agency Marsh & Parsons - has given a...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A new ‘robo-adviser’ mortgage service which is backed by LSL Property Services has won another £3.8m in funding from investors. Robo-advisers provide...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...
16 June 2018
From: Features

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'. Yesterday’s case concerned...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...
30 May 2018
From: Features

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - EAT's weekly roundup of all the big moves going on in our industry. If you...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

High-end London chain Marsh & Parsons, part of the LSL Property Services empire, has opened in 30th office in Chiswick. “Chiswick’s wonderful...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...
12 May 2018
From: Features

David Brown, the chief executive of London high-end agency Marsh & Parsons, is retiring with immediate effect. The news came through late...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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

LSL Property Services is beefing up the mortgage arm of its activities. It has acquired the mortgage adviser network Personal Touch in...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which has high street brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has signed...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been. Even better, this property-based...
25 November 2017
From: Features

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price hit another new low yesterday of around 115.5p - a fall of just over four per cent on...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...
09 September 2017
From: Features

Online estate agency YOPA - well known recently for advertisements featuring the Village People - is this evening launching a new...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading business consultancy which advises clients on investments has refuted a claim by a prominent media analyst that it is...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...
19 August 2017
From: Features

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...
12 August 2017
From: Features

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...
14 July 2017
From: Features

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL-owned London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has removed what one Twitter users called a ‘sleazy’ advertisement, following a row over...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent - that’s...
13 March 2017
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Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...
09 March 2017
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LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...
08 March 2017
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An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...
28 February 2017
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LSL Property Services has named Helen Buck as executive director of its estate agency business. Buck has been a non-executive director at...
03 February 2017
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Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...
26 January 2017
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New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...
16 January 2017
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Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service. Viewber allows...
12 January 2017
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It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...
30 November 2016
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Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...
24 November 2016
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Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election. Camilla...
09 November 2016
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Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...
05 November 2016
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LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...
02 November 2016
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The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...
26 October 2016
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I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...
22 October 2016
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What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...
16 August 2016
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16 August 2016
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Surveys claiming to show the housing market’s reaction to Brexit continue to be released - there are two new ones this morning. Firstly...
12 August 2016
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Speculation continues to grow within the industry over a potential merger involving Connells and the newly-combined agencies of Leaders and Romans. Connells...
05 August 2016
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LSL Property Services - which owns agency brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported strong...
02 August 2016
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Another former Countrywide director is in the news, this time for launching a specialist property recruitment, training and consultancy business. Mike Gowland,...
27 July 2016
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There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...
25 July 2016
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The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...
12 July 2016
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Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...
10 June 2016
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Property sales slowed dramatically in April as the market readjusted following the frenzy of buying before the stamp duty surcharge deadline...
12 May 2016
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The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...
12 May 2016
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Marsh & Parsons is now “outperforming” Foxtons in terms of revenue growth in the London market, according to a comparative analysis...
29 April 2016
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Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns and Webber has appointed a new group managing director. Michael Ansell...
22 April 2016
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The numbers of households purchasing their first home has grown by almost seven per cent annually, despite the surge in buy...
31 March 2016
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Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...
25 March 2016
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Estate Agent Today’s editor Graham Norwood has won a Gold award as Property Blogger of the Year at the prestigious annual...
23 March 2016
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LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...
14 March 2016
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Ivy Gate, the start-up hybrid estate agency which won investment from TV Dragon James Caan three years ago, has announced its...
03 February 2016
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In the latest of many mixed signals from the housing market, a survey by agents Your Move and Reeds Rains suggests...
29 January 2016
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14 January 2016
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A major estate agency chain’s price index says average house prices in England and Wales have grown 6.6 per cent in...
14 January 2016
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Your Move has announced what it claims to be “a major integrated marketing and media campaign which aims to raise brand...
11 January 2016
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LSL Property Services plc has announced another lettings acquisition, this time in Elgin and Inverness. The agency they have bought, PHP Lettings,...
17 November 2015
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Another house price index has suggested a strong mainstream housing market but a struggling one at the high end. The latest LSL...
12 November 2015
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It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...
30 October 2015
From: Features

Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...
26 October 2015
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Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...
09 October 2015
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There's been a surge in agents letting us know about their fantastic good work - an indication of just how big...
02 October 2015
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easyProperty today launches a TV and multi-media advertising campaign “costing very much into seven figures” as it attempts to boost its...
21 September 2015
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Average house prices across England and Wales jumped £1,900 in August – the fastest rise seen for past 12 months according...
10 September 2015
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LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...
13 August 2015
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Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...
16 July 2015
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The fact that Countrywide, LSL Property and Foxtons have remained loyal to both Rightmove and Zoopla “should mean that OnTheMarket will fail...
29 June 2015
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Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...
12 June 2015
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In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...
22 May 2015
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For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...
15 May 2015
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Two of the UK’s largest agency groupings have announced new senior appointments. Martin & Co PLC, one of the UK's largest property...
14 May 2015
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The chief executive of Andrews estate agency chain says housing policy should be decided not directly by politicians but by an...