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Attention is turning to acquisitions and growth among LSL’s newly-franchised brands. It has been a year since LSL Property Services announced that...

LSL Property Services has appointed Michael Stoop to its board as a non-executive director. He brings significant experience in estate agency and...

LSL Property Services yesterday announced the completion of its acquisition of TenetLime  The property brand announced in August that it had acquired the mortgage...

LSL has described the transfer of its estate agency business to a franchise model as a success and said it expects...

Transactions for the first half of 2023 are at their lowest level since the financial crisis of 2007-09 as a result...

The share price of LSL Property Services dropped around 16 per cent at one point yesterday following a profits warning given...

Former LSL boss David Newnes has invested in legal technology startup Collaborative Conveyancing. The brand is currently developing artificial intelligence tools to...

Around 30 people will lose their jobs as a result of LSL’s switch to a fully franchised model, the brand has...

LSL Property Services’ share price hit a six-month high during trading yesterday after it announced its entire estate agency network would...

LSL Property Services’ share price dipped yesterday after posting an operating loss in its 2022 annual accounts. Its results showed a group...

LSL Property Services has recruited David Barral to its board and as chair designate to replace Bill Shannon. Barral, formerly chief executive...

A property business acquisition expert has highlighted the challenges Dexters could face in its recent takeover of Marsh & Parsons. Dexters acquired...

Dexters has acquired rival London estate agent Marsh & Parsons from LSL Property Services. The move creates an agency operating 150 offices across London,...

Estate agency branches are bracing themselves for “a very difficult few months,” the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) claims. The NAPB...

Purplebricks has unveiled two senior board appointments. The online agent has appointed Adrian Gill and Gareth Helm, two highly experienced property industry...

Purplebricks has recruited Helen Martin to the newly created role of group director of risk and compliance. It comes as the beleaguered...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage and insurance...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

The Property Franchise Group - the UK's largest property franchisor, which owns EweMove and other brands - has acquired 80 per...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported record figures as...

LSL Property Services has told Estate Agent Today that the company did not agree to a potential sale of its mortgage arm at...

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

Two of Britain's largest agency groups have sold their stakes in a property search firm. Both LSL and Connells have announced the sale...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...

The Property Franchise Group and LSL Property Services are linking up mortgage and related activity. This agreement means that LSL will be...

LSL Property Services is to set up a mortgage brokerage called Pivotal Growth. The new brokerage - set up with Pollen Street...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...

Your Move is to become the English Football League’s official Communities Supporter for the coming season. The agency is already an Official...

There’s to be a new Marsh & Parsons office in London as the LSL-owned brand expands its network to Acton in...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

A former agency director and owner with three decades of experience in the industry has set up a coaching and training...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

LSL Property Services, parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rain, has named a new chief executive officer taking the helm...

Gareth Samples has been confirmed as the new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, stepping into the role on Thursday...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

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...

In a very brief announcement to the City and to its shareholders this morning, LSL Property Services made clear that it...

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

Countrywide and LSL Property Services have this morning confirmed that talks are underway about a possible mega-merger. This confirms the speculation yesterday that...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The Property Franchise Group - which owns Martin & Co, EweMove and three other brands - is to have a former...

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

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

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide has started a programme involving branch closures and redeployment of staff. Unlike other branch closure programmes by...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

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...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...

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

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...