Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...
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The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
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Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...
11 January 2024
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Winkworth is expanding further in Dorset, with the acquisition of Christopher Batten in Wimborne – its seventh office in the county. Christopher...
10 November 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lettings income has saved the bacon of franchise agency Winkworth after a sales slump hit profits. A trading statement from the agency...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
There will be up to six new branches opened this year for the franchise brand Winkworth. The agency made its announcement in...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...
06 January 2023
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A short trading statement from Stock Market-listed London agency chain Winkworth shows just how vital the lettings sector is to its...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth’s latest figures to shareholders show that sales revenues have slumped badly - but lettings have boomed for the moment at...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Shepherd’s Bush office has the largest lettings portfolio of all the Winkworth offices across the capital - and now it...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...
09 February 2022
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A Winkworth franchisee has opened his fourth office in the same region in four years. Jamie Moore has opened a new office...
24 January 2022
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A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
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A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...
10 November 2021
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...
14 September 2021
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New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...
09 September 2021
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A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...
14 July 2021
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Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...
03 June 2021
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Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...
28 April 2021
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Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...
09 April 2021
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A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...
25 March 2021
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** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
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Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...
07 May 2020
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Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...
19 March 2020
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A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
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Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...
12 September 2019
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Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...
27 March 2018
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The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...
06 February 2018
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Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Agencies are responding to the latest criticism of their fees on tenants, levied by the pressure group Generation Rent. The group -...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...
20 April 2017
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The Guardian has accused a branch of Winkworth letting agency in south London of “grubby overcharging” for allegedly asking a new...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Franchise estate agency Winkworth has reported its figures for the first half of 2016, noting a particularly strong performance in its...