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16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Parkers launches latest branch in Berkshire](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group brand Parkers has launched its latest Berkshire branch in the town of Newbury in Berkshire. Parkers Newbury is...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent secures qualification to tackle probate sales backlog](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Valuation_400x310.png)
A Somerset-based estate agency director has come up with his own approach to clear a backlog of probate or ‘Red Book’...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Parkers franchisee marks three years in agency with new office](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
The owners of Parkers’ Witney branch have marked their third year under the sales and lettings brand by opening their second...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency franchisees given chance to earn shares by joining Boomin](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Outstanding year for EweMove hybrid agency as parent firm booms](/upload/images/library/EweMove-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Divorcing couples may be charged for valuations - agent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
An agent is considering charging divorcing couples because so many ask for valuations merely to calculate how they will split the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Business boost for EweMove, Martin & Co and other TPFG brands](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![TPFG announces record interim results, boosted by Hunters acquisition](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
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
![EweMove on track to double in size by the end of next year](/upload/images/Logos/EweMove-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Hybrid agency EweMove has continued growing with the sale of 37 new territories in the first six months of the year...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Furlough funding refunded to government by major agency group](/img/default/eat.png)
Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bigger senior management team named at The Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Takeover fever continues as biggest agencies seal deals](/img/default/eat.png)
The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Franchise Mega Agency - Hunters and TPFG talk for another week](/img/default/eat.png)
Talks continue between The Property Franchise Group and Hunters with both companies agreeing a new deadline of next Friday, January 29. Just...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Takeover: Hunters gives January 1 deadline to Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has approached Hunters about a possible takeover. Confirmation came this morning in a statement from Hunters, which you can...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ewe interested? Hybrid aims to double in size by late 2022](/img/default/eat.png)
High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boomin signs up hundreds of new franchise branches](/img/default/eat.png)
The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency outpaces High Street brands, company results show](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid EweMove outshines traditional agencies, suggests parent firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group revenue hit by 20% because of virus lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![EweMove, Martin & Co and other franchises using PropTech to reopen](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Voluntary pay cut taken by agencies’ senior management](/img/default/eat.png)
Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![No mention of EweMove performance in latest TPFG trading statement](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Franchise brand opens new office - 20 years after launching its first](/img/default/eat.png)
The owners of four branches of a franchise agency in Berkshire have launched a new office in the county, just over...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![New websites for The Property Franchise Group high street brands](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has launched five new websites, one for each of its high street brands. These are CJ Hole, Ellis & Co,...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir raises the stakes in Property Franchise Group merger bid](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has revealed that it has won the backing of a minority shareholder in The Property Franchise Group to resume merger...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir reveals wish to merge with Property Franchise Group](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has announced that it has made an approach to The Property Franchise Group regarding a possible merger. In a statement to...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![The nine week wait: sales fall through because of slow searches](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Optimised websites' are next goal after agency group's winning streak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group says it has seen 13 consecutive years of growth for the five High Street brands within its...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Twelve new EweMove franchises added so far this year](/img/default/eat.png)
Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![100-plus branches to return to Zoopla in new franchise deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been told that a deal between the Property Franchise Group and ZPG - the new name for...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid will be 'fast-growing challenger brand' says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Hybrid agency EweMove is rapidly expanding its network footprint this year and will be a “challenger brand” deliberately designed to be...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Why are searches taking 17 weeks?' estate agent asks MP](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent has blasted his local council for "unacceptable" delays that mean searches can take up to 17 weeks. Mark Parker,...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Franchise Group agencies link up with financial services giant](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group - including the brands Martin & Co, Whitegates, CJ Hole, Parkers and Ellis & Co - has...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![This will brighten your Wednesday - yet more agents' Christmas pictures](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re receiving more photographs from agencies showing just how much you’re getting into the Christmas spirit - and making your offices...