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In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

Connells Group - which at 150,000 tenancies under management claims to be the UK’s largest lettings business - has announced a...

Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

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

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

Some observers think it may be unwise for agencies to reveal too many details of perks for staff but Connells has...

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

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

Connells Group brand Fox & Sons has added a lettings portfolio in Salisbury to its network after completing the acquisition of...

The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme, one of a number now existing putting forward an alternative to traditional deposits, has announced four...

Wales’ largest agency, Peter Alan, has acquired Roberts & Co Property Management Limited, a Newport company that manages 800 units.  The acquisition...

Connells Group is expanding its head office functions with a further office in Bedfordshire to provide ”capacity for planned business growth...

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...

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has formally welcomed its new presidential team for the year ahead. Nik Madan succeeds Peter Savage...

Connells Group has acquired another letting agency - Touchstone Residential Lettings, which has nine offices in Kent, Buckinghamshire and the west country. TRL's...

Connells Residential Lettings has announced three new lettings area managers to grow its central division offering, covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire...

Connells says there is still substantial room for additional agencies in the private lettings sector and that it intends to add...

Connells Group is again taking on 150 apprentices across its head office and estate agency businesses this year in partnership with...

Connells Group has acquired two further lettings agencies - Pullin Rose at Frome in Somerset and Sky Lettings in Southampton. The acquisitions...

Connells Group says it wants an additional six lettings offices to add to its Barnard Marcus brand in London this year.  It...

Connells Group has announced the acquisition of another lettings business – Kingsford Letting in Leamington Spa.  Kingsford Letting was a local, independently...

Connells Group has acquired another lettings independent - Selective Lets in Dunstable - following a series of recent purchases and takeovers.  Selective...

Connells Group has acquired another independent lettings business - Cartwrights in Stafford.   The group says the purchase is in line with its...