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The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year. The price per property over...
02 May 2024
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A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
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Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...
18 April 2024
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A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
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Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...
16 April 2024
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Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...
11 April 2024
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The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year. And looking...
05 April 2024
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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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Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...
22 February 2024
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Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...
06 February 2024
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There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
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A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
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A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...
16 January 2024
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Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...
03 January 2024
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A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...
07 December 2023
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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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A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...
21 November 2023
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Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...
14 November 2023
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Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...
26 October 2023
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The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 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 buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...
02 October 2023
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New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...
26 September 2023
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A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
23 August 2023
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A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
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The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...
16 August 2023
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July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
02 August 2023
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New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...
12 July 2023
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A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...
30 June 2023
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The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June. The average cost of rent per...
30 June 2023
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A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...
11 May 2023
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Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...
19 April 2023
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After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...
13 April 2023
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After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...
03 March 2023
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England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...
03 February 2023
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Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors. The...
25 January 2023
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The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...
05 January 2023
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The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...
03 January 2023
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A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...
29 December 2022
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A well known regional lettings agency has completed a £250,000 investment drive that includes a new office and a recruitment campaign. Berriman...
06 December 2022
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A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...
09 November 2022
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Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...
03 October 2022
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A Landlords’ Club launched by a Solihull-based lettings agency under a year ago is now acting as a gateway for global...
22 September 2022
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Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...
11 August 2022
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Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
02 August 2022
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Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...
28 July 2022
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Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance. The Central England...
15 July 2022
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Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...
05 July 2022
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...
05 July 2022
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Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
01 July 2022
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The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...
21 June 2022
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New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
20 June 2022
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Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...
06 June 2022
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There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...
11 April 2022
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A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
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Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...
25 March 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...
04 March 2022
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New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...
01 February 2022
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The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...
06 January 2022
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A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...
09 December 2021
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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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One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...
26 November 2021
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New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...
19 November 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...
03 November 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
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Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 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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Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
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Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...
11 August 2021
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Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
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Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...
03 August 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
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Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...
12 July 2021
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It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...
05 July 2021
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There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...
29 June 2021
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Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...
23 June 2021
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The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...
03 June 2021
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The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
10 May 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...
06 May 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
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One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...
27 April 2021
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Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...
01 April 2021
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An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...
15 March 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 rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
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A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
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Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
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A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
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It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
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A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...
03 November 2020
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The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...
24 September 2020
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West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...
16 September 2020
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The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
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The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...