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KEYWORD "Connell" - 99 RESULTS
Hamptons uses Connells link to woo investor buyers

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

12 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Alto announces link-up with deposit alternative supplier

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

15 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Figures reveal UK's fastest growing lettings agency as 2024 starts

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

02 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

28 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Connells launches rent-to-buy scheme to shift new build flats

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

15 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Lettings PropTech firm passes big rental sector milestone

PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...

03 October 2023

From: Breaking News

New branch opens for Connells high end brand

Connells’ high end brand John D Wood & Co. Is opening of a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. It occupies a stone-built...

29 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Temporary lettings chief in ‘strategically important’ London office

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

From: Breaking News

Countrywide veteran takes senior Connells lettings post

Connells Group - which at 150,000 tenancies under management claims to be the UK’s largest lettings business - has announced a...

04 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Average rents pass four-figure milestone as stock shortage goes on

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

19 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Strictly star to front lettings agency podcast

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

25 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Woke or Worthy? Agency celebrates Earth Day

Lettings agency Hamptons is backing Earth Day tomorrow in partnership with removals firm Doree Bonner International and the charity Mind. As part...

21 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Connells makes bid to win Build To Rent business

Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...

22 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Lettings growth is bright spot for agency after big profits fall

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

02 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Connells brand launching TV campaign on Boxing Day

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

19 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Connells brand reveals London office expansion in lettings haven

  John D Wood, one of the high end brands now owned by Connells, has expanded into the Docklands & City area...

08 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Interest rate chaos threatens profitability of buy to let - top agency

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

28 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Experienced hands drafted in to avoid future Purplebricks blunders

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

15 September 2022

From: Breaking News

City rents play catch-up but lettings market slowdown continues

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

23 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Connells ignores lettings in terse statement revealing revenue slump

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

08 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Essential to involve agents and landlords in reform - agency chief

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

24 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Reminder to Agents - new smoke and carbon monoxide rules coming up

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

22 June 2022

From: Breaking News

New London HQ for high end Connells’ brand

John D Wood & Co has celebrated a major anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Belgravia. It’s 150 years ago since...

21 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency upsizes office in high-value lettings hotspot

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

17 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency promotions aim to nurture future lettings talent

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

09 June 2022

From: Breaking News

50 Not Out! Respected lettings agency celebrates half a century

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...

20 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Is buy to let killing the concept of chains in sales?

An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...

25 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Rent levels hit new high - but there’s a warning they won’t stay there

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

11 April 2022

From: Breaking News

 Tenants to suffer cash crisis this year, lettings agency warns

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

14 March 2022

From: Breaking News

New insurance product for agents from deposit alternative supplier

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

20 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Rent rises double in a year according to latest agency data

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

18 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Thousands of BTL firms close each year, agency analysis shows

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

17 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency employee admits “no lawful basis” for using tenant’s data

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

14 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Holiday did nothing to improve buy to let purchases

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

11 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Connells-owned high end brand opens new London office

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

01 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Rental growth dips as market stabilises

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

16 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Foxtons-backed PropTech firm acquired by property legal group

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

04 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Boom: new figures show rental market rising 8.5% a year

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

12 July 2021

From: Breaking News

London On The Up - rent rises after 13 consecutive months of falls

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

12 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Rents have hit a record high according to leading agency

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

15 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Renting now cheaper than buying, new research shows

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

14 June 2021

From: Breaking News

High-end agency is latest to join PropTech compliance portfolio

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...

09 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Two tier market as London rents fall while everywhere else booms

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

12 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Agency secures new £90m banking facility as expansion looms

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...

25 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Another agency takes a stake in deposit alternative operator

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

28 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Connells’ lettings activities are key to how it will run Countrywide

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

04 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Investment boost for Zero Deposit as founder Notley steps back

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...

13 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Jon Notley, co-founder and CEO of Zero Deposit™

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

12 March 2020

From: 60 Second Interview

Countrywide and Connells want mandatory regulation of letting agents

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

28 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Ola! Agency high achievers get all-expenses-paid trip to Barcelona

Some observers think it may be unwise for agencies to reveal too many details of perks for staff but Connells has...

13 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Agents accused of breaking the law over tenancy agreements

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

03 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Tragedy as young agent dies of undiagnosed meningitis infection

A 23 year old lettings agent has tragically died from a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin...

26 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Another independent’s lettings business snapped up by Corporate

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

10 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Here we go again: More councils want licensing schemes

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

22 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Lettings at centre of Connells’ long-term apprenticeship scheme

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

05 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Connells-owned agency acquires two-branch independent company

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...

20 February 2019

From: Breaking News

ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme signs up more independent agencies

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...

11 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Expect market wobbles when fees ban kicks in, warns Connells Group

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

26 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Longer tenancy proposals slammed by countryside organisation

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

04 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Jolly good - Connells Group brand snaps up independent agency

Connells Group brand Fox & Sons has added a lettings portfolio in Salisbury to its network after completing the acquisition of...

03 July 2018

From: Breaking News

ZPG-backed 'no deposit' scheme wins agency investors

The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme, one of a number now existing putting forward an alternative to traditional deposits, has announced four...

01 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Connells company acquires agency handling 800 lettings properties

Wales’ largest agency, Peter Alan, has acquired Roberts & Co Property Management Limited, a Newport company that manages 800 units.  The acquisition...

14 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Concern that Client Money Protection pledge may be forgotten

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

Connells Group and Hatched expand into new office 'for future growth'

Connells Group is expanding its head office functions with a further office in Bedfordshire to provide ”capacity for planned business growth...

30 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Licensing is a 'post code lottery', says Fair Fees Forum

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

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

Valuations chief snipes at government's anti-landlord policies

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

18 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Suspended jail term for agency staff member who stole £11,500

An agency staff member has received a suspended prison sentence after stealing £11,500 in unclaimed deposits from a branch of Connells.   Amy...

02 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

Buy To Let remortgages edges up as investors react to tax change

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...

20 April 2017

From: Breaking News

UK's biggest buy to let investor 'will fight journalist for £10,000'

Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...

24 March 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

Buy to let valuations drop 13.3% in a year says Connells

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

09 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Agency warns buy to let sector likely to cool over the winter

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...

03 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Surge in buy to let mortgages despite stamp duty turmoil

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

11 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Connells beefs up regional lettings team with new appointment

Connells has appointed a new lettings area manager for Essex and Suffolk.    Tracey Dumont, who has over 17 years in the industry,...

17 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Connells recruits Countrywide man to lead growth in lettings sector

Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England.  Stuart Cornwall, who...

21 June 2016

From: Breaking News

ARLA formally welcomes new President and Vice President

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has formally welcomed its new presidential team for the year ahead. Nik Madan succeeds Peter Savage...

21 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy to let market doing well despite stamp duty hangover, claims Connells

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

08 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Connells aims high with Dubai trip for towering agency achievements

Connells has revealed that it has taken 50 of its ‘top achiever’ lettings and sales agents on an all-expenses paid trip...

20 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Another lettings acquisition for fast-growing Connells Group

Connells Group has acquired another letting agency - Touchstone Residential Lettings, which has nine offices in Kent, Buckinghamshire and the west country. TRL's...

09 May 2016

From: Breaking News

New appointments drive Connells' and LSL's expansion plans

Connells Residential Lettings has announced three new lettings area managers to grow its central division offering, covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire...

03 May 2016

From: Breaking News

New figures confirm rush to beat buy to let stamp duty surcharge

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

09 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Major agency pledges to open 50 to 60 new lettings branches this year

Connells says there is still substantial room for additional agencies in the private lettings sector and that it intends to add...

25 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Countrywide, Connells and Zoopla sign up to online lettings software deal

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...

15 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Connells repeats apprenticeship pledge with 150 new recruits this year

Connells Group is again taking on 150 apprentices across its head office and estate agency businesses this year in partnership with...

12 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Two more independents snapped up as corporate agency rolls on

Connells Group has acquired two further lettings agencies - Pullin Rose at Frome in Somerset and Sky Lettings in Southampton. The acquisitions...

26 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Startling 86% rise in volume of valuations for purchases of buy to let units

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

14 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Connells beefs up Barnard Marcus with plan for six new lettings offices

Connells Group says it wants an additional six lettings offices to add to its Barnard Marcus brand in London this year.  It...

06 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Surge in buy to let valuations as landlords try to beat deadlines

The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...

11 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Latest acquisition takes agency's office network total to 20

Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents.   This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...

02 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Connells launching first-ever investors' seminar

Connells Residential is launching its first ever event for property investors - Invest Fest, in Birmingham next week.   The agency chain has...

18 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Another independent letting agency snapped up by Connells

Connells Group has announced the acquisition of another lettings business – Kingsford Letting in Leamington Spa.  Kingsford Letting was a local, independently...

11 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Video round-up 31.07.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Rightmove's half...

31 July 2015

From: Video Articles

Another independent agent snapped up by corporate

Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers.  Selective...

15 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Acquisition 2 - Connells grabs independent in Stafford

Connells Group has acquired another independent lettings business - Cartwrights in Stafford.   The group says the purchase is in line with its...

01 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Agents get behind SAFEagent Awareness Week 2015

This week over 3,000 letting agents from across the UK will be taking part in the fourth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week...

01 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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