Lomond announced its second acquisition this week, boosting its presence in the South of England. The deal will see Lomond acquire the...
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![Agency acquirer expands further into the Midlands](/upload/images/shutterstock_796560889.jpg)
Lomond has expanded further into the East Midlands with its 58th acquisition. The brand has acquired Acquire Sales and Lettings, an agent...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - exceeding expectations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry veteran joins LonRes board](/upload/images/shutterstock_1731140968.jpg)
Lomond chief revenue officer John Ennis has joined the LonRes board as a non-executive director. Ennis began his property career at Foxtons...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brand Vaughan and Mishon Mackay combined in latest Lomond deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, expanding its presence across the south coast with the acquisition of Mishon Mackay. The five branch...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fast-growing estate agency group attracts £100m price tag](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest Lomond deal boosts East Midlands presence](/upload/images/shutterstock_2249889569.jpg)
Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond secures high-profile residential development hire](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
Agency acquirer Lomond has recruited Tony Haran as its new head of residential development. He brings experience from both Knight Frank and...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Newborns face paying £500,000 for homes when they hit first-time buyer age](/upload/images/shutterstock_451758460.jpg)
A baby born today will need to earn £95,121 to get on the property ladder, research suggests. The analysis forecasts that the...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency acquirer boosts Midlands presence](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency acquirer doubles South Coast presence](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after sealing a new deal for Hampshire agent Beal’s. The brand...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency brand launches leadership scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Lomond has launched a new leadership development programme. Working with coaching brand FranklinCovey, the scheme aims to develop the finest leadership talent...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lomond unveils new staff benefits and wellbeing platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Agency acquirer Lomond has launched a new benefits and wellbeing platform for its 1,100 staff and pledged to raise £25,000 across...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scottish agent celebrates record month for home sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
House price growth may be slowing but Sottish agency brand DJ Alexander has revealed that it recorded its highest ever sales...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lomond agency brands record strong start to 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Lomond-owned agencies have reported a rise in market activity since the start of the year, despite withdrawals and fall-throughs remaining high. A...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Damned if you do and damned if you don't](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...
25 March 2023
From: Features
![Agency acquirer rebrands as it marks two year anniversary](/upload/images/Lomond(1).png)
Agency acquirer The Lomond Group has unveiled a rebrand to mark its two-year anniversary. Co-created at the beginning of 2021 when property...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Listings rise in Scotland as sellers ‘try to avoid price drops’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has increased by 75% in some parts of the country as vendors...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scottish housing market at a crossroads - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
The Scottish housing market is at a serious crossroads, a major estate agency brand in the country has warned. Lomond Group-owned agent...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scottish Budget: Leading agent calls for property tax overhaul](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxTime-400x310.png)
The Scottish Government’s Budget this week is being described as an opportunity to help homebuyers and to make the country an...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lomond Group gains presence in major historical city](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Agency acquirer the Lomond Group has further extended its national footprint after targeting a burgeoning city in North West England for...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rented sector not reason for fewer Scottish homeowners, agent claims](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_215082843.jpeg)
A leading agent has called on the Scottish government to reduce property taxes rather than freezing rents if it wants to...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Independent agent sells lettings book to Lomond-backed brand](/upload/images/library/BuyorRent-400x310.jpg)
A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyers in Scotland ‘unfairly paying’ higher property taxes](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tributes paid after death of 'estate agency legend'](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/PassAway-400x310.png)
Former Douglas & Gordon managing director Ivor Dickinson has passed away. He was known as one of London’s most high-profile and colourful...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Building society ‘overstepping the mark’ by not lending to second home owners](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Scottish agents leading the way for sales - claim](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![ROPA returns to Parliament but there is still no timeline for reforms](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
The issue of agency qualifications has finally been mentioned in the Houses of Parliament, almost three years since the landmark Regulation...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Back of the net! Scottish agency partners with Premiership football club](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Football-Field-Image-400x310.jpg)
Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lomond Group backs acquisition of independent regional agent](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Over And Out - An Editor Departs…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/eat-logo-400x310.png)
For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![Foxtons chief named as head of growing agency network](/upload/images/Property%20People/EdPhillips-400x310.png)
Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent identifies stock shortages even worse than UK average](/upload/images/library/Property-portfolio400x310.png)
A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Crash Coming? Warning from veteran estate agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Group in talks to buy London agency snaps up ANOTHER top firm](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![£100m deal for famous London agency - 'talks underway'](/upload/images/library/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Adrian Gill – talking agency consolidation, PropTech, retail and Boomin](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property group buys majority stake in regional agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Lomond Capital has purchased a majority stake in one of the south coast of England’s major estate and letting agency groups,...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Record number of agents sign up for PropTech conference](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Ex-Countrywide MD takes charge of Lomond's latest acquisition drive](/img/default/eat.png)
Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![The rise of an increasingly unpredictable market](/img/default/eat.png)
Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return. Post-economic...