In the Press | Partridge Homes in PropertyWire

We were pleased to see Partridge Homes featured in PropertyWire on 20 October 2026, with coverage of our lettings team growth, our rental performance figures, and our plans for 2027. For landlords considering their options in Birmingham and Solihull, the article offers a useful snapshot of where we are as a business and where we are heading.

Katie Fisher Joins the Lettings Team

The feature reports on the appointment of Katie Fisher as Property Manager, our third addition to the lettings team since May 2026. Katie joins Nici Hall and Sarah Bannister, who both joined earlier in the year.

Katie brings experience from the healthcare sector, where she developed skills in administration, auditing and working closely with people, as well as a background in corporate estate agency. Her day-to-day responsibilities cover preparing inventories, carrying out property inspections, and liaising with landlords and tenants throughout their tenancies.

Her appointment reflects something straightforward: as the volume of properties we manage grows, the team managing them needs to grow too. Landlords who choose a fully managed service are relying on the people behind it, not just the agency name.

A Record Year for New Lettings

PropertyWire also covers our rental figures, and they are worth setting out clearly.

In September 2026 alone, we agreed close to 40 new rentals. Across the first four months of the year, we arranged 129 new lettings, a 79% increase on the 72 agreed during the same period in 2025. Our target for the full year is 365 new lettings, which would more than exceed our previous annual record of 215, set in 2025.

What makes those figures more striking is the national context. While our new lettings rose sharply, UK rental demand nationally fell by around 20% over the same period. The growth here is not a tide lifting all boats; it reflects specific decisions landlords in Birmingham and Solihull are making about who manages their properties.

We now manage more than 500 tenancies, operating from our offices in Yardley and Shirley. The agency was founded in 2007, so these figures represent nearly two decades of building relationships with landlords across the area.

What This Means for Landlords in Birmingham and Solihull

For landlords reading this, the practical point is straightforward. Whether you are letting a property for the first time, reviewing your current management arrangements, or considering switching agents, the team supporting you matters as much as the service description on paper.

Our landlord compliance checklist sets out the obligations every landlord in Birmingham and Solihull needs to stay on top of. Managing those obligations well requires a team that is organised, proactive, and genuinely across the detail of each tenancy. That is what we have been building.

If you are weighing up a tenant-find service against full management, our guide to fully managed versus tenant-find covers the practical differences for landlords in this area.

Block Management: Launching January 2027

The PropertyWire article also covers our plans to launch residential block management in January 2027. Nici Hall, who joined us earlier in 2026 from Scanlans Property Management, will lead that service. She brings more than two decades of relevant experience, and the launch has been planned carefully rather than rushed.

The timing is deliberate. Demand from freeholders and leaseholders for better-quality block management has been building across Birmingham, and we want to be ready to meet it properly. You can read more about what block management involves for apartment owners and freeholders in Birmingham.

Approaching Our 20th Year

The block management launch also marks an important moment for the business more broadly. Partridge Homes reaches its 20th anniversary in February 2027. The appointments of Nici, Sarah and Katie, the record lettings figures, and the new service line are all part of preparing for that next chapter rather than simply marking the milestone.

Managing Director Charlotte Partridge said of the senior appointments: “For Nici and Sarah, with their wealth of experience, to choose to join our family business over a number of much larger corporate firms makes us incredibly proud.”

That pride is earned. Building a team that experienced professionals choose over larger corporate alternatives is not something that happens by accident.

For landlords in Birmingham and Solihull, if you would like to discuss letting your property, arrange a rental valuation, or explore moving your property management to Partridge Homes, our team is ready to talk through your options. You can also contact us directly and we will respond promptly.

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