The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...
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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
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An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
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A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...
19 April 2024
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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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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
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Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
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Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...
15 March 2024
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The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...
12 March 2024
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Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...
19 February 2024
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Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...
16 February 2024
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Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
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A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
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Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...
29 January 2024
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Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...
09 January 2024
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An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...
09 January 2024
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Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
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There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...
14 December 2023
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Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...
12 December 2023
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A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
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Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...
15 November 2023
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Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...
10 November 2023
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Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...
12 October 2023
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Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
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Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...
06 October 2023
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A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
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Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team. Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...
29 September 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...
22 September 2023
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A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...
18 September 2023
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Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
18 September 2023
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Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...
22 August 2023
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A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
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New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022. The agency’s...
15 August 2023
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The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank. The agency says the underlying...
09 August 2023
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An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...
01 August 2023
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London-focussed lettings and sales agency Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year, having snapped...
20 July 2023
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The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...
19 July 2023
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A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...
06 July 2023
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The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...
30 June 2023
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Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...
16 June 2023
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HM Courts and Tribunals Service has halted the work of bailiffs on safety grounds. An incident is under investigation, and it’s believed...
16 June 2023
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Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...
19 May 2023
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One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...
11 May 2023
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The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests. Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...
02 May 2023
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New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...
24 April 2023
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New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...
23 March 2023
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The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year. Knight Frank says that compared to the...
01 March 2023
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An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...
24 February 2023
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One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...
06 February 2023
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The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...
01 February 2023
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Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...
31 January 2023
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New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021. High...
19 January 2023
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London-focussed agency chain Dexters says it now has some 10,000 enquiries a year for its rental relocation service. It has 30,000 landlords...
18 January 2023
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A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...
17 January 2023
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A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...
12 January 2023
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New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...
29 December 2022
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The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...
08 November 2022
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Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
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Knight Frank’s latest market report for Prime London locations suggests that stock levels remain low by historical standards, with the number...
11 October 2022
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The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...
07 October 2022
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Keller Williams UK, which recently announced the closure of two of its franchise operations, has bounced back with what it calls...
06 October 2022
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Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...
03 October 2022
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Chestertons has named a new lettings manager for its Chelsea branch. Jonathan James has been working in the industry for the past...
27 September 2022
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Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...
15 September 2022
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Knight Frank has appointed Sofia Lira Salas as head of lettings in its Hyde Park office in Prime Central London. Salas joined...
07 September 2022
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London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...
05 September 2022
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Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...
24 August 2022
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Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London. Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...
23 August 2022
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High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...
15 August 2022
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Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...
05 August 2022
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Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...
08 July 2022
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Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 July 2022
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The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...
04 July 2022
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Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
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A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
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Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...
11 May 2022
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Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank. The high...
09 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...
22 April 2022
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Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...
13 April 2022
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New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...
08 April 2022
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Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes. Despite the falls...
15 February 2022
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A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
11 February 2022
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Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
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Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
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Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...
21 January 2022
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Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...
20 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 leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...
05 January 2022
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A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
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Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
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Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...
16 November 2021
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Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...
16 November 2021
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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
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Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
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Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...
04 November 2021
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A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...
20 October 2021
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It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...
22 September 2021
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The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...