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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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 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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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31 July 2015
From: Video Articles

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

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