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![Savills reveals new lettings chief in prime commuter hotspot](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![High end agency beefs up prime lettings team](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team. Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![New agency sources, refurbs and lets properties to renters](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A lettings service called Smarter Rent claims to be “an innovative property rental agency with a difference” which lets high quality...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home Counties expansion for fledgling franchise agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Small franchise agency Propertynest has expanded into Guildford with a new franchisee offering lettings and sales to the town and its...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons reveals exactly how it woos Asian investor buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Double digit rent rises to continue in prime markets - top agency](/upload/images/Logos/KnightFrank_NEW(white)2022_400x310.png)
As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental supply increasing at last as London returns to near-normality](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Race For Space Is Over - tenants quit Home Counties for London](/upload/images/Locations/london.png)
London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital. That’s the suggestion...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Good news for London and Homes Counties prime rental markets](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London rents now rising as rapidly as they fell in early 2021](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents continue their slow road to recovery in prime London](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector bounce back underway, says leading agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents still dipping but viewings and registrations rise](/img/default/lat.png)
Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents fall - but less than before](/img/default/lat.png)
The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Home Counties agency offers “energetic alternative” to rivals](/img/default/lat.png)
A new agency is opening in the Home Counties and claims to offer vendors and landlords “a fresh, modern and energetic...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Home Counties independents merge to become bigger lettings force](/img/default/lat.png)
Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency opens new office in exclusive Home Counties spot](/img/default/lat.png)
A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office. Bonds, which...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent falls hit 10-year record in Prime Central London](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants follow the lead of buyers in looking for quieter places to live](/img/default/lat.png)
Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 year high for lettings viewings according to high-end agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big regional agency chain signs up with deposit insurance provider](/img/default/lat.png)
Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Now’s the time to bag buy to lets at bargain prices - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New-builds look best in virtual viewings, claims top lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![25% drop in new tenancies in prime London and SE - forecast](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Franchise giant Winkworth snaps another independent](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lights! Camera! Short Lets! - how movies have led to a rental surge](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency tests 'hub' structure to allow agents to work more flexibly](/img/default/lat.png)
High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![ZPG-backed Zero Deposit wins over another agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit service is to be used by growing lettings operation Nick Dunning Associates as an alternative to the...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Call for affordable rental homes to help families trapped in 'insecure' PRS](/img/default/lat.png)
A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Prime rental market strengthens in Home Counties, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Foxtons man snapped up by agency for London and Home Counties](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank has recruited Neil Cunningham to become head of South West London and Home Counties lettings, overseeing the performance of...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency says enquiries and tenancies up but rents are falling](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of prospective new tenants in the Home Counties over the first three months of the year has risen 15...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Five-office agency's latest acquisition takes it to new territories](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Two high street brands snapped up by ex-Countrywide boss](/img/default/lat.png)
A firm run by the former commercial director of Countrywide has made its first large scale acquisition with the purchase of...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![It's not just London - prime rents falling in the Home Counties, too](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime rents in the Home Counties dipped 0.8 per cent last year, but with the speed of fall appearing to be...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![High-end agency launches corporate and relocation lettings team](/img/default/lat.png)
Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![North west England is highest yielding region for buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Country agency asks: are Tories restricting supply of rural homes to let?](/img/default/lat.png)
The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Most agents in one city not displaying fees online, shows survey](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey of one Home Counties area shows that out of about 40 letting agents some 24 appear not to be...