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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 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

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 - 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
03 July 2021
From: Features

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
11 August 2018
From: Features

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
From: Breaking News

Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which owns agency brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported strong...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Property sales slowed dramatically in April as the market readjusted following the frenzy of buying before the stamp duty surcharge deadline...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Marsh & Parsons is now “outperforming” Foxtons in terms of revenue growth in the London market, according to a comparative analysis...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

In the latest of many mixed signals from the housing market, a survey by agents Your Move and Reeds Rains suggests...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Your Move has announced what it claims to be “a major integrated marketing and media campaign which aims to raise brand...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: 60 Second Interview

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Average house prices across England and Wales jumped £1,900 in August – the fastest rise seen for past 12 months according...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...
12 June 2015
From: Breaking News

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...
22 May 2015
From: Breaking News

For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...