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RNS Number : 3226P  Property Franchise Group PLC (The)  19 January 2026

19 January 2026

 

THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC

("TPFG", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Financial Services Acquisition

 

The Property Franchise Group PLC, the UK's largest multi-brand property
franchisor, is pleased to announce the acquisition of an 85% stake in Smart
Advice Financial Solutions Ltd ("SAFS"), a leading financial services
business.

 

SAFS is an appointed representative firm of Mortgage Advice Bureau, the wholly
owned subsidiary of AIM-listed Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc ("MAB"),
one of the UK's leading networks for mortgage intermediaries.

 

SAFS provides mortgage and related financial services to clients with 34
highly motivated advisers, increasing TPFG's financial services network to 315
advisers.

 

The Board believes the acquisition will support the Group's growth strategy by
expanding its client base and strengthening its ability to drive mortgage,
remortgage and protection activity across its property franchise network.

 

Financial Service Director, Michelle Brook, commented: "We're very pleased to
welcome Smart Advice Financial Solutions to the Group, further expanding our
team of professional advisers. We see significant opportunity to scale the
division across a broader footprint, and we remain focused on increasing
advisor productivity alongside recruitment to support our ambitions."

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 The Property Franchise Group PLC                                   01202 405 549

 Gareth Samples, Chief Executive Officer                            company.secretary@propertyfranchise.co.uk

                                                                  (mailto:company.secretary@propertyfranchise.co.uk)
 Ben Dodds, Chief Financial Officer

 Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)       020 7523 8000

 Max Hartley / Harry Rees

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                           020 7496 3000

 Harry Nicholas / Michael Burke / James Thompson

 Alma Strategic Communications                                      020 3405 0209

 Justine James / Joe Pederzolli / Kinvara Verdon                    propertyfranchise@almastrategic.com
                                                                    (mailto:propertyfranchise@almastrategic.com)

 

About The Property Franchise Group PLC

 

The Property Franchise Group PLC (AIM: TPFG) is the UK's largest multi-brand
property franchisor, with a network of over 1,900 outlets delivering high
quality services to residential clients, combined with an established
Financial Services business.

 

The Company was founded in 1986 and has since strategically grown to a diverse
portfolio of 18 brands operating throughout the UK, comprising longstanding
high-street focused brands and two hybrid brands. The Property Franchise Group
is also a member of two leading mortgage networks through its mortgage
brokers, Brook Financial (MAB) and The Mortgage Genie (Primis).

 

TPFG's brands are: Belvoir, CJ Hole, Country Properties, Ellis & Co,
EweMove, Fine & Country, Hunters, Lovelle, Martin & Co, Mr and Mrs
Clarke, Mullucks, Newton Fallowell, Nicholas Humphreys, Northwood, Parkers,
The Guild of Property Professionals and Whitegates.

 

Headquartered in Bournemouth, the Company was listed on AIM on the London
Stock Exchange in 2013 and entered the AIM 100 in July 2024.

 

More information is available at www.propertyfranchise.co.uk
(http://www.propertyfranchise.co.uk/)

 

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