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The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

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

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

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

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

Letting agents are currently managing 25 email and phone enquiries on average for every property they have to let across Britain,...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

HomeLet has released its latest market figures from April, showing UK average rental prices hitting their highest of all time.  The average...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...

Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home.   The figure - which...

The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,175 per calendar month according to HomeLet. This is a tiny 0.3 per cent...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

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

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,174 pcm, down 0.1 per cent from December after seeing the first month-on-month...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...