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London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

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...

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

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...

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

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

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

The week begins with news of another agency acquiring an independent. This time it’s Alexander & Co, a Bedfordshire firm, which has...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons.  Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall.   Data from Hamptons International...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise.  Data from Hamptons...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008.   This means that the...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...

The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

Startling figures from the Countrywide high-end brand Hamptons International show how tough it is for young people to buy. The agency says...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

Countrywide’s Hamptons International is to work with a PropTech firm to try out a no-deposit lettings scheme in four of its offices. Hamptons’...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons International, is launching its first app to give landlords and tenants “a single integrated point...

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...

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...

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

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

Movebubble, a firm which has in the past offered renters a service where someone attends viewings on their behalf - has...

Hamptons International and Day Morris have been appointed as joint lettings agents for London’s first bespoke Build To Rent scheme.   Vantage Point...

Kate Eales has been appointed by Strutt & Parker as its new national head of lettings, moving across from Hamptons International...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad from high-end letting agency Hamptons International because of an apparent lack of clarity...

Louise Griffiths, currently a board member on the Association of Residential Letting Agents, has joined Romans as director of the agency’s...

Future demand for rental property looks secure if Hamptons International's latest research is accurate - it says a typical single Londoner...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...

Hamptons International has been appointed sole agent for two of the latest private Build To Let schemes in the capital. Hamptons will...