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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

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

At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

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

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

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

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

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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