Hamptons
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Housing Market
Retirement surge ‘driving landlord sales’, says leading estate agency
BTL investors leaving the market and selling up are being driven by retirement with around 140,000 retiring last year and the number is likely to continue, says Hamptons.
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Doors closing: housing market on HS2 rail route hit by ‘uncertainty’
Research by Hamptons reveals house sales and prices are being adversely affected by construction of the High Speed 2 train link between London and Birmingham.
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Movers & Shakers
Two hires for Hamptons
Estate agent, Hamptons, has expanded its residential development consultancy team with the addition of Holly Stock and Corinne Garside.
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Senior estate agency stalwart celebrates 20 years with Hamptons
One of Hamptons’ all-female executive team who rose through the company ranks is celebrating 20 years with the company. Mary Beeton, who is now head of residential sales and residential development, (main picture) started with the company in 2003 when a pint of milk was only 36p. She enjoyed some successful years as associate director in the firm’s Wimbledon Village branch before becoming regional director in 2010, overseeing branches in north, south, and east London. She later became head of sales for London, and then the company’s overall head of sales with responsibility for residential development. Currently, she looks after 92 branches and 12 land and new home ‘hubs’ that make up Hamptons residential sales and development divisions. ‘Amazing career’ Beeton is a keen environmentalist and she formed the company’s working group on sustainability, Project Planet, in 2018. The group has overseen the planting of more than 2,800 carbon-absorbing Mangrove trees, made each of Hamptons’ 96 branches a ‘refill station’, and donated £12,000 to the Marine Conservation Society. “Your passion, drive, and ambition were apparent from the start” Lesley Cairns, managing director at Hamptons, says: “I’d like to congratulate and thank Mary for an amazing career with endless achievements along…
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Rents soar with most deprived areas surging in popularity
Tenants in England and Wales spent a whopping £71.5 billion on rent in 2022 – almost the same as the entire forecast corporation tax intake.
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Property sale profit tops £100k for first time
The average profit from a sale in England and Wales is now £108k, Hamptons says.
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Tenants battle for every rental in London even with Xmas approaching
Foxtons says there are 15 renters competing for each available tenancy and that rents remain very high.
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Hamptons reveals new TV advert to launch on Boxing Day
Ad focuses on cute kid and his POV on moving into a smart new home, presumably sold to his parents by the agency.
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Rising rents slowing exodus of landlords from market, says Hamptons
More landlords are buying properties but figures overall are still down year-on-year as Government policies sting sector.
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Charity
Hamptons donates £10,000 to the Marine Conservation Society
Estate agent, Hamptons, has donated £10,000 to help the Marine Conservation Society in their important work recovering the health of our ocean.
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