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13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK’s largest multi-brand property franchise business, TPFG, says a brace of acquisitions in the past six months have been “transformational”. Since...
08 August 2024
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A customer from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)- brand Hunters Estate Agency this week completed the first Law Society licensed Digital...
09 July 2024
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described the first five months of this year as ‘transformational.” It comes after the brand has...
10 June 2024
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Winkworth has appointed two mergers and acquisition (M&A) specialists as non-executive directors. The agency franchise brand has named Tom Fyson, managing director...
06 June 2024
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Property marketing and communications software provider Nurtur is shifting its focus from agency networks to technology and artificial intelligence tools. It comes...
05 June 2024
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Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals have been revealed as the next acquisition for The Property Franchise Group...
03 June 2024
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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
10 May 2024
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Touching tributes have been paid to long-standing estate agency franchisee Camran Ishaq, who has passed away at the age of 41. Ishaq...
26 April 2024
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Agents Giving says its Fundraising Champions of the Year Awards 2024 are now open for entries. You can enter the awards yourself...
24 April 2024
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has been trialling property blockchain network Coadjute’s digital property data pack and smart forms and has...
12 April 2024
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The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...
11 March 2024
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Belvoir’s shares were temporarily suspended yesterday after the high court approved its high profile merger with The Property Franchise Group. This paved...
08 March 2024
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Belvoir shareholders have backed the agency brand's merger with The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), paving the way for the high-profile deal...
15 February 2024
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The majority of shareholders of The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have backed a merger of the brand with Belvoir. TPFG and Belvoir...
09 February 2024
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Shareholders of Belvoir and The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have been invited to a presentation this week where they can ask...
17 January 2024
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The chief executive and chief financial officer of Belvoir will lose their jobs if the brand’s merger with The Property Franchise...
11 January 2024
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Two major agency brands have agreed to merge in the latest high-profile industry deal. An update from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)...
10 January 2024
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is working on tools to improve its franchisee brand’s use of data and digital marketing capabilities. Gareth...
13 September 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has posted record revenues for the first half of the year despite the subdued market. An interim...
12 September 2023
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An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...
01 September 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has said its multiple income streams will help it navigate the uncertain markets after it revealed...
03 August 2023
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Martin & Co’s Sheffield and Worksop branches are under new ownership, with former The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) training expert Dean...
04 July 2023
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Two major agency brands used their annual general meetings (AGM) yesterday to outline a positive view of the property market, with...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
19 May 2023
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A group of Hunters’ franchisees have taken on the brand’s Medway business. Andrew Barker, Rob Stewart, Richard Watts, Andrew Scott and Duncan...
16 May 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is ready for another acquisition, its chief executive has said. After successfully integrating Hunters into the TPFG...
19 April 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described its sales business as ‘operationally challenging’ for last year despite posting a record financial...
18 April 2023
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Hunters has welcomed two new franchise partners who have acquired the Hunters Scarborough, Bridlington and Filey businesses. Sam Lakin and Pete Croft have...
06 March 2023
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Agents are being trained in how to operate in a ‘normal’ sales market, a senior industry executive has revealed. Gareth Samples, chief...
03 March 2023
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A father and his two sons have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s St Albans branch. Kevin...
21 February 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has launched a group-wide online training academy for its brands and agents. All brands within the group...
07 February 2023
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is expecting the market to align with conditions seen in 2019. A trading update from the listed...
31 January 2023
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One of hybrid agent EweMove’s first franchisees has expanded his North West territory by rebranding as Property Franchise Group stablemate Whitegates. Chris...
12 December 2022
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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
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The sales process is starting to speed up, The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has claimed. Gareth Samples, chief executive of TPFG, which...
14 September 2022
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is still expecting a strong 2022 after posting increased half-year revenues and profits this morning. The listed...
13 September 2022
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Estate agency share prices had a mixed response to dire warnings about housing demand and prices issued by HSBC last week. The...
05 September 2022
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Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...
20 August 2022
From: Features
High-end estate agency Savills has posted a mixed set of half-year results, with revenue up to over £1 billion but the property...
12 August 2022
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Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...
08 August 2022
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The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...
04 August 2022
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The owners of Parkers’ Witney branch have marked their third year under the sales and lettings brand by opening their second...
23 June 2022
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Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...
06 May 2022
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Hunters has signed a six-year agreement to use Zoopla-backed Alto’s agency software. All of Hunters 200-plus branches and any additional offices added...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
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EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...
26 April 2022
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) chief executive Gareth Samples has called for a steer on when the long-awaited Regulation of Property...
11 April 2022
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...
06 April 2022
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The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...
05 April 2022
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Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...
08 March 2022
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Glynis Frew will be stepping down as managing director of franchise giant Hunters from the end of this month after 20...
07 March 2022
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Hybrid agency EweMove has this morning announced that it’s moving all of its 170 branches to a new fully-automated cloud-based system...
03 March 2022
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Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...
25 February 2022
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Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...
21 February 2022
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Location Location Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp has fought back after her comments on first time buyers were sharply criticised oil social...
08 February 2022
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Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...
01 February 2022
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Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...
26 January 2022
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Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...
24 January 2022
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A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
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
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EweMove - the hybrid brand owned by The Property Franchise Group - says its operating model effectively solves a reported staff...
29 October 2021
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Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has announced its first so-called ‘Personal Agent’ signing - and says it’s ideal...
30 September 2021
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New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...
22 September 2021
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...
14 September 2021
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The Property Franchise Group - the UK's largest property franchisor, which owns EweMove and other brands - has acquired 80 per...
08 September 2021
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Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...
31 July 2021
From: Features
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
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...
22 July 2021
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The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...
15 July 2021
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A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...
23 June 2021
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EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
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LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...
27 May 2021
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It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...
21 May 2021
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Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...
29 April 2021
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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
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The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...
28 April 2021
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The Property Franchise Group and LSL Property Services are linking up mortgage and related activity. This agreement means that LSL will be...
27 April 2021
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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
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The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...
12 April 2021
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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
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An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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
It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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
There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...
23 January 2021
From: Features
Today will see a firm decision on whether The Property Franchise Group will take over rival franchise network Hunters. In early December TPFG...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features
Hunters has agreed to extend the deadline for talks about a possible takeover by its rival, The Property Franchise Group. In early...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...