Archive for June 2025

LRG has acquired another independent lettings agency as its expansion plans continue apace. The latest acquisition is Easthams, based in Preston, Lancashire, which operates out of a tiny office in the city, but covers a large area including the Fylde Coast and South Ribble area. Easthams was first established in 1984 by Sam Eastham, the…

Connells, the UK’s largest estate agency group, has grown even larger following its latest acquisition, this time of five-branch SW London estate agency Aspire. The industry giant says the purchase of the 22-year old firm gives it further coverage via Aspire’s branches in Battersea, Balham, Fulham South, Fulham Central, and Clapham but also, more importantly,…

With a career in the UK property market spanning more than 30 years, Julie Drake is now a specialist in the sale of estate agencies. Formerly associate director at Savills, where she headed up their new homes team in the South West until 2011, Drake is currently a business sales broker and management consultant at…