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KEYWORD "Chesterton" - 90 RESULTS
Agency warns of 10% rent slump as supply shows sharp rise

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

13 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Huge rise in rental stock in London prompts rent falls says top agency

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

14 February 2024

From: Breaking News

End of ‘Covid tenancies’ boosts rental supply - agency’s analysis

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

18 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Self-employed agency marks major expansion into rentals

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

From: Breaking News

Lettings agency snapped up by Chestertons parent company

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

29 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Rental growth to slow as supply catches up with demand

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

28 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Chief executive takes credit for Foxtons dramatic turnaround

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

18 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Some landlords cutting rents as tenant demand eases at last

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

17 October 2023

From: Breaking News

It’s now a tenants’ market in London, claims major agency

Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...

24 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Bank of England reveals latest interest rate decision

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

03 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Leading agency bosses to star in portal podcast for movers

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

02 August 2023

From: Breaking News

High profile agency completes third acquisition of 2023

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

From: Breaking News

Busy summer lettings season kicks off - soaring agency figures

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

17 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Warning to tenants - it’s going to be a tough summer

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

28 June 2023

From: Breaking News

New marketing chief for high profile lettings agency

Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...

27 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Historic agency snaps up independent boutique property firm

Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...

12 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Shock forecast of 20% rent rises in coming months

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

01 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Big rise in tenant demand in just a month reports agency

London’s rental season is gathering pace according to Chestertons, which says 15 per cent more tenants entered the market in March...

19 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Asking rents drop as agents and landlords compete for tenants

A lettings agency says an improvement in stock levels is allowing negotiations on rent levels between landlords and tenants. London-focused agency Chestertons...

13 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Boutique agency snapped up by historic London company

Chestertons, one of London’s oldest and largest estate agencies, has snapped the letting and management business of Henry & James, described...

27 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Asking rents dip as stock increase allows tenant churn

New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...

24 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Foxtons relying on lettings for revenue as brand is reshaped

Foxtons’ latest trading statement suggests that it’s heavily reliant on lettings revenue as the sales market stutters and the whole company...

08 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Foxtons spends millions on acquiring rival lettings agency

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...

06 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Agent reports ’normalising’ rental market as supply improves

The latest market analysis by London lettings agency Chestertons, comparing January 2023 to the same month last year, shows the rental...

13 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Self-employed Broker-style firm makes pitch to recruit letting agents

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

From: Breaking News

Foxtons new CEO enjoying strong start to honeymoon period

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

28 October 2022

From: Breaking News

New manager for prime London agency branch revealed

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

From: Breaking News

Foxtons banks on new boss to return to past glories

Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...

06 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency warns of tough time ahead for tenants

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

25 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Another London agency appoints new head of lettings division

Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...

24 August 2022

From: Breaking News

New head of lettings for London office of major agency

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

17 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Foxtons draws up shortlist of rival agencies it wants to buy

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

29 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Upbeat London market snapshot thanks to ongoing stock shortage

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...

29 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency claims landlords increasingly need help to cope with rental red tape

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

28 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Lettings chief takes over at high-end agency which is still for sale

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

09 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Pets In Lets: Another agency reports growing pet-friendly demand

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

29 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Acquisition means agency is now largest lettings operator in country

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

21 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Historic lettings agency may be under new ownership soon

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

20 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Going Green - another agency goes electric at the wheel

John D Wood & Co. Is the latest agency to go green with a move to making its fleet of company...

16 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Agency switches to electric cars and wins industry eco-award

An agency that made a complete switch of its car fleet from petrol to electric has won the ‘Private Sector Car...

13 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Going Green: Agency urges rival firms to follow its lead

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...

16 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Industry anger as Budget ignores private rental sector

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

28 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Agency wants incentives for long term lets over Airbnb-style lets

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

22 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Lettings agencies described as ‘Blockbuster stores of today’

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

13 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Tenant due diligence PropTech platform secures £1m new funding

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

09 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Falling rents and back-to-office mood music improve London market

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

07 July 2021

From: Breaking News

London sees surge in international tenants as market picks up

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

24 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Leap in demand as London’s rental market springs back to life

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

18 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Rents soar 20% in parts of London this year alone, says agency

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

21 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents demand radical overhaul of eco-targets for rental sector

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

07 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Reduced asking rents attract tenants back to London’s prime market

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

30 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Covid roadmap triggers renewed lettings interest says agency

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

04 March 2021

From: Breaking News

London agency pays into offset schemes in bid to be “the greenest”

Chestertons in London says it wants to become the country’s greenest estate agency and has taken a first step by being...

12 February 2021

From: Breaking News

More evidence of Central London rental over-supply

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

28 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Beat Lockdown! Big surge in tenant moves in London, says agency

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

19 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Standby for “another difficult year for lettings market” says leading agency

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

31 December 2020

From: Breaking News

London chain snaps up independent and wants more acquisitions

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...

05 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency says London market and rents hit badly by student slump

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

22 July 2020

From: Breaking News

London alert - second agency warns of sharp drop in rents

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

08 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Fear of Corona second wave hitting rental market says agency

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

07 July 2020

From: Breaking News

London alarm - rents plunge 15% warns top lettings agency

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

29 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Surge in lettings encourages agency to un-furlough some negotiators

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

05 May 2020

From: Breaking News

High-end agency is latest to adopt PropTech lettings management platform

London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...

01 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Agent signs up thousands of new tenants despite lockdown restrictions

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

24 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency warns landlord clients over virus mortgage holidays

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

22 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency delivering meals - it’s a Rock for its local community

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...

13 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Chestertons Rocks - views from the Gibraltar office (and a poem)

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

10 April 2020

From: Breaking News

London agencies digging deep and leafletting to help the community

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

01 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Drive To Survive:  This flat to rent comes with a Bentley…

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

24 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Lettings supplier says it’s key to electrical safety compliance

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

27 January 2020

From: Breaking News

How PropTech can aid compliance - Top agents reveal what they do

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

06 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Lettings at the heart of agency's record month and quarter

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

10 October 2019

From: Breaking News

High-end London lettings agency signs up to Zero Deposit

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

26 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Off-market portal links up with high end London lettings agency

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

03 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Lettings helps London agency boost part-year profits to five-year high

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

25 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Fees Ban: the real impact hasn't hit yet, warns senior agent

Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...

28 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Fees Ban: many London tenants won't feel the benefit, insists agent

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

28 May 2019

From: Breaking News

London rents set to increase next year as supply diminishes

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

05 December 2018

From: Breaking News

PropTech key as London agency launches aggressive acquisition campaign

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

24 October 2018

From: Breaking News

High-end estate links with deposit-free service for private tenants

The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...

04 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Central London agency reports record lettings results for first half-year

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

31 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Chestertons short-let head to lead team at Airbnb management firm

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets.  Bartlett, who was previously...

22 September 2017

From: Breaking News

Fees ban - Corporate agents and ARLA make last-ditch plea

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

02 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Reminder to agents - only a week remaining for fees ban consultation

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

25 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Twenty agencies back call to extend or suspend fees ban consultation

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

26 April 2017

From: Breaking News

NALS-led forum asked to consider how fees ban could operate

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

NALS 'fair fees' agents committed to making fee ban work

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

NALS forum sets up group to consider what are 'reasonable' agency fees

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

Budget Preview: Landlords wary of further setbacks

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...

14 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Chestertons launches rewards partnership with Avios

Chestertons has announced the launch of an exclusive partnership with reward currency Avios.  The initiative – which Chestertons says is an industry...

04 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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