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HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
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The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
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A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...
12 January 2024
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The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...
09 January 2024
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The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...
06 December 2023
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The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...
02 November 2023
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Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...
06 October 2023
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The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...
14 April 2023
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The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...
02 February 2023
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New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...
16 January 2023
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The latest rental index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up. All seven English regions monitored...
05 December 2022
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Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...
24 November 2022
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A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...
04 March 2022
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Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace. According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...
03 December 2021
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The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...
04 October 2021
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A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...
08 April 2021
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February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...
03 March 2021
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The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...
02 February 2021
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The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...
06 October 2020
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A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
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Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
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The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise. Specifically, the...
07 November 2019
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Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...
15 October 2019
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A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
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Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
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Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...
05 July 2019
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Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, says its trading during the first quarter of this year suggests it’s outperforming its expectation...
17 May 2019
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Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...
13 May 2019
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A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...
10 May 2019
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The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...
07 September 2018
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Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
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There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
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Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...
20 April 2018
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The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...
23 January 2018
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Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...
20 December 2017
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The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...
14 November 2017
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The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...
08 June 2017
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Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...
06 June 2017
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Mark Witherspoon, the data services director at ZPG, has joined the board of Barbon Insurance Group, which operates the HomeLet and...
11 April 2017
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Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...
03 March 2017
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Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...
03 February 2017
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The average London rent in November was 0.7 per cent lower than last year - not an enormous fall but nonetheless...
12 December 2016
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The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...
13 September 2016
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Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...
02 June 2016
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The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...
15 March 2016
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New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
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Another rental index suggests there has been a seasonal dip in rents - although across England and Wales as a whole...
18 December 2015
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A seasonal slowdown has hit the lettings sector with rents dipping 0.4 per cent in November to a UK monthly average...
16 December 2015
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A survey by HomeLet suggests that nine in 10 landlords do not intend to raise rents on their existing tenancies during...
09 December 2015
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Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...
25 November 2015
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Rightmove says rents across England and Wales, outside London, are up 1.3 per cent in the past three months according to...
09 October 2015
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Our team of heroes have been helping thousands of UK letting agents for the past 20 years, during this time we...
06 October 2015
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Rents are rising faster for three bedroom homes than for any other property type. They show a rise of 4.6 per cent...
25 September 2015
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No fewer than 45 per cent of tenants renewing their tenancies were given rent increases in August, the highest since Countrywide's...
22 September 2015
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A new lettings sector index to be launched later this month claims new “insight into the UK private rented sector.” The index...
15 September 2015
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HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...
17 July 2015
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Tenants trying to find cheaper and better value letting properties than those available in London are moving outside the capital -...
15 July 2015
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Rents have risen in all parts of the UK in the past three months with Greater London average rents now exceeding...
15 June 2015
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Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6% in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index. This is...