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John Lewis: Losses triple at retail giant’s property start-up Property Losses tripled at the property start-up owned by retail giant John Lewis during its latest financial year despite its income shooting up, it has been revealed. BTR (Operating) Limited has posted a pre-tax loss of £406,000 for the 12 months to 25 January, 2025, new accounts filed with Companies House show. The latest figure comes [...]
Foxtons: Estate agent boosts dividend as property sales pickup Property London’s biggest letting agent, Foxtons, has raised its final dividend by 30 per cent after double-digit revenue growth. The company’s growth was driven by sales rather than lettings in the year ended December 31, 2024, with sales revenue up 31 per cent year on year and lettings up five per cent. Foxtons added that sales revenue [...]
Pension giants ink £1bn build-to-rent deal Property “We can see there’s a critical shortage of housing supply, coupled with increasing demand for high-quality rental homes,” said Elizabeth Fernando, chief investment officer at the workplace pension fund said.