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Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Dealing in OnTheMarket shares will cease at 7.30am on December 12 following yesterday evening’s announcement that the CoStar takeover had won...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

With less than a week to go before the Court Meeting and the General Meeting which will decide the fate of...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

Knight Frank’s Marylebone residential office has welcomed Luke Hewens as Head of Lettings. Hewens began his property career as lettings negotiator in...

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...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank has appointed Andrew Twagira as head of lettings in its Aldgate office in London. Twagira joined...

A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...

An online lettings platform has shut its crowdfunding campaign after easily exceeding its target of £850,000. Lettingaproperty - founded by brothers Jonathan...

Chestertons has named a new lettings manager for its Chelsea branch. Jonathan James has been working in the industry for the past...

Knight Frank has appointed Sofia Lira Salas as head of lettings in its Hyde Park office in Prime Central London. Salas joined...

Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...

Fine & Country will be hosting masterclasses in October focussing on recruitment and retention.  Held in London and Leeds the sessions will...

Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London.  Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

The rise and rise of Rightmove continues apace. Figures for the first half of 2022 released at the start of the weekend...

High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...

There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...

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

High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...

Major London agency Dexters has acquired the lettings business Howsy, which handles the property management of 6,000 units across the country. Dexters...

Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...

Stirling Ackroyd Group has acquired the south east London sales and lettings agency Beresford Residential.  It has bought the whole business including the...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

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...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...

New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...

Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

Who are you? Jen Paice What does it say on your business card? Chief executive of SafeDeposits Scotland What does SafeDeposits Scotland do? We are...

Another independent sales and lettings agency group has been snapped up by Belvoir, which takes it over the 200-office threshold. The 16-office...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...

No agent reading this will be under any illusions that the agency market is a particularly competitive sector to operate in.  I...