Romans' website romans.co.uk has been judged a four star winner at the Daily Mail's International Property Awards 2009, a global competition dedicated to finding the best real estate professionals across the world - and in good company, with fellow winners Harrods and Knight Frank.

"This is a great accolade for us," comments Dale Norton, Romans Group Founder. "We will not stop here and will continue to invest in new technology that makes buying and selling property online a better experience for our customers. For example, by studying our website statistics, we know that many of our customers are browsing the site between 6pm and 9pm, which is why we are the first estate agent in the Thames Valley to ensure we are contactable up to 9pm."

The independent panel of judges are some of the most qualified in their fields – for example Ben Wood, Head of Property at Google and Helen Shield, Editor-in-Chief of International Homes magazine.