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

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

TV property guru Phil Spencer is urging lettings agents to prepare for a surge in the number of older tenants and...

A retirement forecast suggests older renters may struggle as demographic and property market figures change over time. Scottish Widows’ annual retirement report,...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

Lettings agency Hamptons is backing Earth Day tomorrow in partnership with removals firm Doree Bonner International and the charity Mind. As part...

Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...

Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home.   The figure - which...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms.   That’s the view of lettings...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

Stock levels crept up for a second consecutive month, according to lettings agency Hamptons, meaning there were 15 per cent more...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain rose has hit £1,204 pcm - passing the £1,200 mark for...

Hamptons has snapped up specialist short lets company Wimbledon Accommodation,  a supplier to the annual Wimbledon tennis championships. Wimbledon Accommodation has operated...

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to let, according to a survey...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country.   That’s the claim...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

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...

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,...

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

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

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

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

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

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

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...

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...