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22 February 2021
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The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons. Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...
15 February 2021
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...
10 February 2021
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Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
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The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...
18 January 2021
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There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
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Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
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The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
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Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...
13 October 2020
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Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
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One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
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New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...
14 September 2020
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One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
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New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
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A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...
13 July 2020
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The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
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New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall. Data from Hamptons International...
15 June 2020
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The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
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A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...
01 May 2020
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Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...
27 April 2020
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A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
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The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
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23 March 2020
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Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...
17 February 2020
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It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...
31 January 2020
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The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
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Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...
20 January 2020
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A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...
31 December 2019
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Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...
27 December 2019
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Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide. In an analysis of the market released under the name...
27 December 2019
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The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
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The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
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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...
22 October 2019
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Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...
15 October 2019
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In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...
14 October 2019
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Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...
17 September 2019
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Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...
16 September 2019
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...
13 August 2019
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It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...
12 August 2019
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Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
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New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
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A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
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The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...
13 May 2019
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Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise. Data from Hamptons...
15 April 2019
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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
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Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday. The taxis will operate...
14 February 2019
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Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
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21 December 2018
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The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
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So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008. This means that the...
12 November 2018
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New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...
16 October 2018
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Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...
15 October 2018
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17 September 2018
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The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...
14 August 2018
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The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...
13 August 2018
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Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...
06 August 2018
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Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...
16 July 2018
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Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...
06 July 2018
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Startling figures from the Countrywide high-end brand Hamptons International show how tough it is for young people to buy. The agency says...
25 June 2018
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Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...
11 June 2018
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The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...
17 May 2018
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There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
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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’...
30 January 2018
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A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...
22 September 2017
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Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...
14 September 2017
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One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons International, is launching its first app to give landlords and tenants “a single integrated point...
18 July 2017
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Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
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Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...
26 April 2017
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Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...
10 March 2017
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The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...
18 January 2017
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The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...
04 November 2016
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Movebubble, a firm which has in the past offered renters a service where someone attends viewings on their behalf - has...
01 September 2016
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Hamptons International and Day Morris have been appointed as joint lettings agents for London’s first bespoke Build To Rent scheme. Vantage Point...
26 July 2016
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Kate Eales has been appointed by Strutt & Parker as its new national head of lettings, moving across from Hamptons International...
13 July 2016
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A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...
09 May 2016
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad from high-end letting agency Hamptons International because of an apparent lack of clarity...
04 May 2016
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Louise Griffiths, currently a board member on the Association of Residential Letting Agents, has joined Romans as director of the agency’s...
05 April 2016
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Future demand for rental property looks secure if Hamptons International's latest research is accurate - it says a typical single Londoner...
21 March 2016
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Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents. This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...
02 December 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...