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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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