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KEYWORD "South London" - 59 RESULTS
Five agencies win ‘Let Of The Year’ awards

Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...

25 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Two new London offices for Connells’ high-end brand

John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...

18 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Huge 1,000-flat scheme will be one of UK’s biggest Build To Rent estates

Housing juggernaut Legal & General says it’s now half way through a £400m Build To Rent scheme in Wandsworth, south London. It...

06 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Sadiq Khan housing tax policies criticised by Left-wingers

Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

07 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

24 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Foxtons issues warning to landlords as tenant demand drops

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

12 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Agency’s London expansion taps into growing foreign investment

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

16 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Foxtons’ internal data shows ‘balanced market’ likely this year

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

23 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Small autumn dip in London rents as market returns to normality

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

15 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Foxtons reveals latest London lettings market statistics

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

15 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Summer rents soar with 18% annual rises in places

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

16 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Rental affordability improving at last, says Foxtons

New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...

24 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Foxtons reveals rental figures for 2022 - a record high

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

19 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Rents stalling in London as market cools slightly - Foxtons

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

22 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Another London council ponders licensing scheme with fees

Wandsworth council in south London is considering a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary landlord licencing. A statement from the authority...

07 October 2022

From: Breaking News

New lettings guru named for agency’s key London office

Savills London has promoted Charlotte Whitmarsh to head of lettings in the Wimbledon office.  She steps into her new position with seven...

19 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Foxtons selects new portal for advertising lettings properties

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

19 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Foxtons buys two more agencies to expand lettings portfolio

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

26 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Letting agent abused by activist in eviction demo

The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...

22 April 2022

From: Breaking News

London’s sharp rent variations laid bare by new research

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...

16 February 2022

From: Breaking News

TikTok is the latest social media way of letting homes

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

12 May 2021

From: Breaking News

34-storey block of flats set to dominate new Build To Rent scheme

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

19 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Massive Build To Rent scheme underway at gritty location

The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...

20 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Another huge Build To Rent scheme set for big city centre site

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

01 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Exposed - fake lettings agency with the Lithuanian connection

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

03 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Labour council wants rent controls in London borough

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

06 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Fatal fire in unlicensed house leads to fine and entry on rogues database

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

30 January 2020

From: Breaking News

New ethical letting agency launches with focus on 'people, not fees'

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

08 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Tip off to council leads to £4,000 fine for owner of unlicensed HMO

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

22 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Unsafe and unlicensed: big fine for investor after past warnings ignored

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...

21 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Huge London Build To Rent scheme unveiled by Legal & General

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...

16 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Foxtons denies bait-and-switch after tenant couple rent “dud” flat

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

23 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Husband and wife must pay £8,000 after 17 beds found in bungalow to let

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...

23 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Bring on ban of ‘beyond cheeky’ tenant fees, says high-profile landlord

A high-profile landlord says the upcoming ban on letting agent fees 'can't come soon enough'. Writing a column in the Evening Standard's...

30 May 2018

From: Breaking News

Lettings management firm must pay almost £40,000 after 'record' fine

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

03 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Fake letting agent is finally arrested - a month after being sentenced to jail

A fake agent who made thousands from letting out rooms that didn’t exist has been arrested - a month after being...

01 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Crooked agents helped to steal £1m from tenants in 2017 - claim

Crooked letting agents and landlords have raided close to £1m from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017, new figures show. Campaigning agent Ajay Jagota,...

29 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Property management firm may have to repay 12 months' rent after fine

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

14 July 2017

From: Breaking News

London council steps up action to curb Airbnb-style short lets

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...

20 June 2017

From: Breaking News

London agency chain opens its 43rd lettings office

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened a new lettings branch in Clapham, south London, moving into an office already occupied by...

26 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Purplebricks sticks the knife in after Winkworth fee controversy

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

20 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Another 68 units unveiled at south London Build To Rent scheme

Build To Rent operator L&Q has delivered another 68 homes in part of a drive which it says will eventually produce...

20 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Agency accused of grubby overcharging by national newspaper

The Guardian has accused a branch of Winkworth letting agency in south London of “grubby overcharging” for allegedly asking a new...

18 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Illegal eviction lands property firm owner with electronic tag

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

17 March 2017

From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman expels four lettings and estate agencies

Four separate estate and letting agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman and from registration for lettings redress...

30 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Build To Rent pioneering new and 'better' construction method

One of Britain’s burgeoning group of Build To Rent operators has struck a deal for 249 of its new homes to...

26 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Letting agents ran £2m drugs factory in properties they managed

A lettings agency in south London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...

19 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Letting agent angered by Lib Dem canvassing email

A London letting agent has expressed their dismay with a canvassing email sent by Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon. The...

14 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Agency welcomes sentence for manager in forged tenancies case

Andrews Property Group says it welcomes the sentence imposed on one of its branch managers after a long-running court case involving...

08 March 2016

From: Breaking News

London agency increases portfolio by taking over small independent

Beresford Residential, an agency with three offices in south London, is taking over the lettings and management portfolio of smaller independent, XanderMatthew.  Beresford has...

02 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Letting agent and landlord fined over unlicensed HMO

A landlord and his letting agent who failed to declare they were operating a series of bedsits at an address in...

16 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Regulator to probe link between charity and letting agency

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...

10 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Spotlight on letting agency receiving £5.5m in housing benefit

The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...

09 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Huge £400,000 bill for landlord letting flats without planning consent

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...

13 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Key meeting tomorrow over 'flats above shops' rental licensing

Lewisham council in south London is the latest local authority proposing to introduce a licensing scheme - starting, unusually, with residential...

14 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Labour's London mayoral candidate threatens rent controls

Sadiq Khan, Labour’s choice for London mayoral candidate, has set out his housing policies - with possible rent controls high on...

14 September 2015

From: Breaking News

The Best Areas To Buy Property In London

Whether you are single or a family, looking to invest in rental property or want to lay down roots of your...

15 June 2015

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'Watchdog' presenters amongst those in class action against Foxtons

It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...

15 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Brothels, cannabis, fake tenancies and the letting agent

A former Andrews letting agent and his ex-girlfriend are reported to have pleaded guilty to forging tenancy applications for properties which...

08 May 2015

From: Breaking News

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