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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

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

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

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

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

PropTech supplier Lettspay has launched a new client account banking service for letting agents and property managers in partnership with Griffin...

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

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

London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...

The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...

Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...

New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...

Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...

Foxtons’ latest trading statement suggests that it’s heavily reliant on lettings revenue as the sales market stutters and the whole company...

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is celebrating the countdown to Christmas with another independent agency acquisition. The franchised office, owned by Kevin...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...

LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...

Foxtons has appointed Gareth Atkins as Managing Director – Lettings.  He will succeed Ed Philips who is leaving the business after 20...

The success of Foxtons’ lettings division has directly attributed to the London-focussed agency’s strong performance in the past year. A trading statement...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...

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

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

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

A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership with LettsPay, a client accounting platform - the latest in a lengthy series of API...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

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

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...

Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...