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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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

Foxtons has lost an appeal against the £35,000 fine it was hit with at the end of last year.  The agency was...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...

The troubled PropTech firm Goodlord - which creates software to allow tenancies to be handled on a single system - has...

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...

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

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...

Knight Frank has recruited Neil Cunningham to become head of South West London and Home Counties lettings, overseeing the performance of...

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

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

The number of people committing to tenancies for two years or more is declining according to new data released by Foxtons.   In...

High-end London agency Glentree International has expanded its lettings team by recruiting a former Foxtons agent as its senior negotiator.  Freddie Gershinson,...

A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants.    The agency was caught...

The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...

A law firm called CaseHub says it is launching a “once-in-a-generation fight back against extortionate letting agent practices” in the shape of...

An online platform aiming to link letting agents with tenants and landlords has raised £2m and now promises to use it...

VanHan, the prime London agency run by Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee, has set up a lettings and management division...

The London legal firm Leigh Day - which last week announced it was leading a legal action on behalf of 55...

Foxtons has been served with a ‘letter of claim’ which warns that unless it enters into talks concerning fees charged to...

A fascinating insight into claims being made against Foxtons by a legal firm acting on behalf of landlords has been posted online. In...

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

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Prominent residential property and tenant law expert Tessa Shepperson says a class action against Foxtons alleging unfair charges to landlords will...

It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...

Foxtons could be facing a hefty legal bill after charging a landlord over £600 to change a light fitting. In 2013 London...

After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...