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

Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

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

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

London-focussed lettings and sales agency Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year, having snapped...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings and sale s agencies, has appointed Giles Milner as its first chief marketing officer. Having worked...

Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

London’s rental season is gathering pace according to Chestertons, which says 15 per cent more tenants entered the market in March...

A lettings agency says an improvement in stock levels is allowing negotiations on rent levels between landlords and tenants. London-focused agency Chestertons...

Chestertons, one of London’s oldest and largest estate agencies, has snapped the letting and management business of Henry & James, described...

New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...

Foxtons’ latest trading statement suggests that it’s heavily reliant on lettings revenue as the sales market stutters and the whole company...

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...

The latest market analysis by London lettings agency Chestertons, comparing January 2023 to the same month last year, shows the rental...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

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

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

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...

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

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

John D Wood & Co. Is the latest agency to go green with a move to making its fleet of company...

An agency that made a complete switch of its car fleet from petrol to electric has won the ‘Private Sector Car...

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

Chestertons in London says it wants to become the country’s greenest estate agency and has taken a first step by being...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...

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

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets.  Bartlett, who was previously...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...

Chestertons has announced the launch of an exclusive partnership with reward currency Avios.  The initiative – which Chestertons says is an industry...