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Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

Agency staff owed money from the collapse of Douglas & Gordon last year will be repaid, the brand’s administrator has said,...

The administration of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon has been extended by a year. Douglas & Gordon called in Grant Thornton...

Secured creditors of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon are likely to receive most money owed to them but there is...

A home linked to Douglas & Gordon chief executive James Evans is currently listed for sale at £3.5m. The property has been...

Mystery surrounds the current position and owner of the Douglas & Gordon sales business as documents reveal the events that led...

A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...

Long-established Hampshire estate agent Clarke Mews has shut all three of its branches in West End, Botley and Netley, with its...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

Foxtons is in talks to takeover rival London agency Douglas & Gordon. A statement from Foxtons to shareholders this afternoon says: "Further to...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...

Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

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

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

Franchise giant Hunters, which started 2019 by announcing two new branches, is to open another four next month after an upbeat...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd has announced its third acquisition in the course of a year. It’s only 15 months ago that Stirling...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

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

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

Foxtons has reported a 4.1 per cent increase in its group revenue in 2015 to £149.8m  although its profits dipped by...

Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...