Foxtons boss Guy Gittins: ‘We absolutely don’t welcome 20% rent increases’
The chief executive who cut his teeth in the estate agency’s sharp-suited, hard-pushing heyday worries today’s letting market is ‘terrible for tenants’
March 2023
Business live
Markets rocked as Jerome Powell warns Fed could switch back to bigger interest rate rises –as it happened
Federal Reserve chair says US central bank would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes if data justified it
October 2022
Foxtons reports 25% rise in revenues but tougher 2023 lies ahead
Average London rent hits record £553 a week amid property shortage
July 2021
Foxtons chair quits after largest shareholder’s call for changes
Ian Barlow’s move follows criticism of estate agent’s performance by firm’s biggest shareholder
The furlough scheme should never have been allowed to fund million-pound bonuses
Stefan Stern
JD Sports has just handed its chief £6m. It’s clear the Treasury did not attach enough strings to the billions it gave to support businesses
Foxtons to Cineworld: four firms getting a bloody nose over executive pay
Investors hit back at size of packets during pandemic – but awards go ahead anyway
June 2021
Investors turn ire on firms whose executives are set to cash in
Executive pay: big names that fell foul of shareholders
April 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
EU’s legal pursuit of AstraZeneca looks short-sighted
Nils Pratley
Foxtons to award chief near £1m bonus despite investor revolt
Nils Pratley on finance
Football’s ‘dirty dozen’ have paraded their weaknesses for all to see
Nils Pratley
Foxtons faces backlash by shareholders over CEO’s near-£1m bonus
May 2020
Observer business agenda
Foxtons becomes a self-preservation society as house sales drop off a cliff
At the go-getting estate agency’s AGM this week, all minds will be focused on getting out of a tricky situation
February 2019
London property slump pushes Foxtons to first annual loss since IPO
Nationwide says house prices dipped 0.1% in February from January to average of £211,304
August 2018
Foxtons founder's guest feared dead after banana boat fall
Richard Chapelow mising after watersports accident at Santa Clara Dam in Portugal
July 2018
Foxtons slips to £2.5m loss amid weak London property market
Countrywide is also expected to report grim sales figures – and a cash call on investors
May 2018
‘Foxtons charged us £4,000 to find totally unsuitable tenants’
Business live
Brent crude oil hits $80 per barrel and pushes FTSE 100 to record close - as it happened
February 2018
Foxtons profits plunge over London housing market slump
Brexit worries and stamp duty changes dragging down sales in the capital, estate agent says
