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Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

A year on from the Elizabeth Line opening, new Rightmove analysis reveals the latest renter trends near stations along the line. The...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

A lettings agency says an improvement in stock levels is allowing negotiations on rent levels between landlords and tenants. London-focused agency Chestertons...

New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove.   Prices rose 2.8 per...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...

Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...

There was an eight per cent surge in the number of homes available to rent in the second quarter of the...

Average asking rents in Scotland now stand at £767 per month, up 2.1 per cent over the past year.  The exception to...

In the last year 12% of lets were agreed at more than the initial asking price, according to the latest figures...

Tenants trying to find cheaper and better value letting properties than those available in London are moving outside the capital -...