Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...
Archive
![Franchise chain launches campaign for new recruits](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217.jpg)
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...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns of 10% rent slump as supply shows sharp rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyValue_400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/1%20House_pound-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenant400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House%20with%20Key.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/FoxtonsTo%20Let%20sign695x400.png)
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](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/Russellsimpson400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/FoxtonsTo%20Let%20sign695x400.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuyToLet-360x280.png)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
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](/upload/images/library/HandshakeSuit-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/library/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
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
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency switches to electric cars and wins industry eco-award](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/ElectricCarCharger-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
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’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropertySearch-3-400x310.jpg)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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”](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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)](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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…](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...