Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...
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03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Portico agency - set up in 1818 - has become part of the Leaders Romans Group, which has bought it...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...
15 July 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

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket. The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

London agency Portico has been warned that if there is a repeat of issues concerning its listings on portals, it may...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...
23 June 2017
From: Features

East London estate agency Spencers is today being rebranded as Portico. The seven-branch network - which also trades as Phillip Leigh -...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded. Land...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...
02 September 2016
From: Features

There’s been a glut of fundraising events surrounding the 90th birthday celebrations for HM The Queen - and we salute those...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage. The market has taken a bit of...
13 May 2016
From: Features

Portico has acquired all eight branches of east London agency Spencers, bringing the total offices in the expanded group to 20. Spencers,...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

We’re used to agents in the provinces having to initiate incentives to attract vendors but the state of the high-end London...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents' boards get a lot of stick. Many see them as stains on the landscape, some see them as useless in...
18 March 2016
From: Features

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years. The charity has led the case for change and...
20 February 2016
From: Features

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...
08 January 2016
From: Features

A survey of 2,000 existing and former house sellers in London suggests that relatively few regard the age and history of...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s not just inside the offices that get decorated at Christmas - many of you have done a fine job at...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar threw his teams into the London property market. As expected, Twitter...