Foxtons

Foxtons says Build To Rent gives tenants more bangs f…

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become active. Sarah Tonkinson, Foxtons’ managing director for institutional renting and Build... Read more »
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London market balance switches from tenants to landlo…

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month in 2019, and the highest monthly figure recorded by the agency... Read more »
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Tenants move to smaller properties in prime central L…

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties – and that’s despite the pandemic appearing to have led to a ‘race for space’ elsewhere. New... Read more »
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South London estate tenants fear ‘nightmare’ demolition will destroy their community

Residents on an estate set to be flattened say they want it refurbished instead. Lambeth Council’s housing company, Homes for Lambeth, is planning to knock down 306 council homes on Cressingham Gardens,... Read more »
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‘It’s another Grenfell waiting to happen’: Tenants slam regulator after Clarion given green light despite mould, damp and asbestos

Tenants left to live in apalling conditions are outraged and say they have been left “at a loss” after the UK and Europe’s largest housing association was cleared of a standards breach... Read more »
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Landlord who crammed 8 tenants into a 6-bed home fined £18,500

A rogue landlord has been fined virtually £20,000 after a tribunal discovered he had been renting out an unsafe home with 6 bedrooms to 8 tenants,operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupancy... Read more »
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Rental sector skewed against tenants says prominent L…

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing assault on the present rental sector’s construction, saying it’s skewed in favour of landlords. Nickie Aiken – the previous Conservative chief of Westminster... Read more »
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Voids rise as end of lockdown sees tenants go on the …

The newest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord reveals rents holding regular throughout England however as lockdown restrictions ease voids are rising in most areas of the nation. For the fourth... Read more »
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Dagenham landlords fined after ‘putting their tenants in danger’

Two landlords in Dagenham are paying prices and fines totalling greater than £60,000 after being prosecuted for a number of housing offences. Mr John Renvoize and Mr Dedar Shah, homeowners of a... Read more »
Reduced asking rents attract tenants back to London’s prime market

Reduced asking rents attract tenants back to London…

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal in accordance to a number one company.  Chestertons says that in contrast to Q1... Read more »