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London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
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There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...
18 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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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
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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
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The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...
18 October 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...
12 June 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Chestertons, one of London’s oldest and largest estate agencies, has snapped the letting and management business of Henry & James, described...
27 March 2023
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New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...
24 March 2023
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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
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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
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The latest market analysis by London lettings agency Chestertons, comparing January 2023 to the same month last year, shows the rental...
13 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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Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...
28 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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Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...
06 September 2022
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A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...
25 August 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 named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...
17 August 2022
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Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...
29 July 2022
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The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...
29 July 2022
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Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...
28 June 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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16 December 2021
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An agency that made a complete switch of its car fleet from petrol to electric has won the ‘Private Sector Car...
13 December 2021
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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
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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
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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
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A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...
13 September 2021
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A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...
09 September 2021
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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
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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
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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
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Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...
21 May 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
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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
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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
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Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
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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
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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
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Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...
13 April 2020
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The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...
10 April 2020
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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
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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
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Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...
27 January 2020
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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
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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
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High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...
26 September 2019
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Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...
03 September 2019
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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
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Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...
28 June 2019
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The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...
28 May 2019
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Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...
05 December 2018
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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
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The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...
04 October 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...
18 January 2017
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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
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The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...
16 November 2016
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Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...