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![Connells’ new index shows affordability crisis gripping renters](/upload/images/shutterstock_2340278007.jpg)
A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent appointed to manage company’s 14 lettings branches](/upload/images/shutterstock_2100071413(3).jpg)
Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director. Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two new London offices for Connells’ high-end brand](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217(2).jpg)
John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons uses Connells link to woo investor buyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1918177808.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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
![Connells launches rent-to-buy scheme to shift new build flats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
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
![Countrywide veteran takes senior Connells lettings post](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/HomeInternet-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_542055781.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/PropertyPlanning-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Percentage-MortgageRates-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
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](/upload/images/library/london-property400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BridgingImage-InArticle.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/Alarm-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/John-D-Wood400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Interiors/360x280px%20blog%20image_23.09.20.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Leadership-400x310.jpg)
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?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-3-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Logos/HamptonsSignageNew400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/open-image400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentsUp400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![High-end agency is latest to join PropTech compliance portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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™](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Lettings at centre of Connells’ long-term apprenticeship scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Jolly good - Connells Group brand snaps up independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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'](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/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
![Valuations chief snipes at government's anti-landlord policies](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/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
![Buy To Let remortgages edges up as investors react to tax change](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![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
![Buy to let valuations drop 13.3% in a year says Connells](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
Connells Group has acquired another independent lettings business - Cartwrights in Stafford. The group says the purchase is in line with its...