All metrics were up last year he says, including the dividend, which rose by 18%, in a buoyant letting and house sales market.
Gonsalves adds that the mortgage advisory revenue is now on a par with its letting and estate agency arm and from a standing start in 2017 it arranged 'an incredible' 16,500 mortgages last year.
More franchise acquisitions - mortgage and property - are the immediate direction of travel, as that is something that works very well for the business, he adds.