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PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

Deposit alternative service flatfair is now selling a top-up cover element that allows landlords to add a further six weeks damage...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

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

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

Deposits have risen as much as 24 per cent in the past year in some parts of the UK - according...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

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

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

There’s a claim this morning that the average rent in the UK has increased only five per cent since 2014. Research by...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...

An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...

Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise.  Data from Hamptons...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, which is a rise of 2.5 per cent on this time last...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...

HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008.   This means that the...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

Average rents in London are £1,615, up 3.3 per cent on last year, according to HomeLet’s latest index. This is the first...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...

The average rent in the UK is now £919, up two per cent on the same time last year according to...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...

The GMB trades union has waded in to the debate over whether rents in the private rental sector in London are...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

The average rent in the UK is now £918, up by 1.5 per cent on the same time last year according...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...

The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...

Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...

A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...

Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank -...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide.   Last year rents rose by an...

UK rents grew by a tiny 0.56 per cent in 2017 according to specialist lender Landbay. However, in a special exercise, the...

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...

The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...

Average rents in prime central London fell 2.4 per cent year-on-year in November, which was the most modest decline recorded in...

Knight Frank says average rents are to rise by 14 per cent between the start of next year and the end...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

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...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

Average rents across the UK rose a modest 0.9 per cent in the year to October, taking the country's average to...

After several months of rising rent costs, the number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing prices for tenants fell substantially...

Average rental values fell three per cent in the year to September 2017 according to Knight Frank.   This decline is the smallest...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

Average rents for newly-let property across Great Britain rose to £954 per month in August, reflecting a 1.6 per cent annual...

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...

Countrywide says that the average price of a new let in Britain rose by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in June 2017...

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

The average rent of a new letting in the UK grew by 0.24 per cent in the first six months of...

Rents fell in June by 0.3 per cent when compared to the same time last year, the second successive month in...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...

The pace of decreasing rental values in Prime Central London (PCL) has slowed, according to the latest data from Knight Frank. Average...

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...

The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...

Tenants aged between 18 and 39 and living alone spend 69 per cent of their monthly post-tax income on rent according...

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move.   The area with...

Over a third of adults are now living in some sort of social or private rental accommodation.    New research from insurance firm...

Scotland’s rental market swings to extremes, suggests the latest figures from website Citylets.   On the one hand the Scottish average rent has...

New data from HomeLet shows that rental price inflation in the UK remained modest during March, increasing a small amount for...

The remaining overhand of last year’s buy to let buying surge by landlords means the annual rate of rent rises has...

The speed at which rents across are growing has more than halved since a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second...

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales.   The average...

Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 - but London’s typical deposit is now at its...

Average private rents in Scotland at the national level recorded an uncharacteristic dip in the final quarter of 2016, down 0.9...

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...

Rent increases across the UK are now running at an average that is less than half the level of a year...

  The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...

The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...

Average rents across the country have risen just three per cent in the past year and typical tenants are staying an...

Rents have fallen in prime central London for every month for the past year and tenants now have the whip hand,...

In an otherwise-downbeat set of predictions for 2017 and beyond, Savills says that rental growth is likely to outstrip sales price growth...

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...

The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...

The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...

The average rent for a new tenancy in London during August was £1,765 per month, according to data from the Tenancy...

Average rents in some of the UK's most popular university locations have increased significantly over the last year, according to SpareRoom.co.uk. As...

The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...

Latest figures from London lettings agency Portico suggest a slight fall in rents but the firm is now claiming that it...

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

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...

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

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record.  Data from Your Move shows that average...

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...

A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...

Annual rent rises in Scotland hit a three-year low in April, according to new figures. Your Move's Scotland Buy-to-Let Index shows that...

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...

Rent increases in Prime Central London have slowed due to uncertainty surrounding next month's EU Referendum, according to a new report. London...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...

HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK.  It says rents on new tenancies outside of...

A trade body has hit out at “clear inconsistencies” in an online news report claiming that renting an ‘average London flat’...

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

Average monthly rents for London two-bed homes will top £2,000 by the late summer according to letting agency Portico.  The average rent...

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...

The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...