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21 January 2021
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A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...
19 January 2021
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The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...
18 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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The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...
06 January 2021
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Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
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There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
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It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...
07 December 2020
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
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The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
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A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
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London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...
17 November 2020
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The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
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Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...
04 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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Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord. During September, the average rent for...
08 October 2020
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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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Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 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 average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least. Research by rental platform Spotahome has...
01 September 2020
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New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
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Deposit alternative service flatfair is now selling a top-up cover element that allows landlords to add a further six weeks damage...
11 August 2020
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Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
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New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
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04 August 2020
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A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...
31 July 2020
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New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...
23 July 2020
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New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
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The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
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Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...
10 July 2020
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Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
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03 July 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...
03 July 2020
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In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...
01 July 2020
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A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...
25 June 2020
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New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
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Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...
17 June 2020
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We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...
09 June 2020
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PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...
03 June 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
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Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...
11 May 2020
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The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...
06 May 2020
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New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 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 rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
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23 March 2020
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A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
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A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...
16 March 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...
11 March 2020
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There’s a claim this morning that the average rent in the UK has increased only five per cent since 2014. Research by...
02 March 2020
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Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...
12 February 2020
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The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
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An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...
06 February 2020
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New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
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The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
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A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...
16 January 2020
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Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide. In an analysis of the market released under the name...
27 December 2019
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The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...
20 December 2019
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Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
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A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
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New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...
04 December 2019
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There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...
28 November 2019
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The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...
18 November 2019
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The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
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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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A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 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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Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...
10 October 2019
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The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...
07 October 2019
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A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
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Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...
17 September 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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Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
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There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
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A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
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Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days. The data,...
04 September 2019
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The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir. The franchise...
30 August 2019
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The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 2019
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If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...
13 August 2019
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Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...
09 August 2019
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A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....
09 August 2019
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Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...
09 August 2019
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Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
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Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...
23 July 2019
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Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...
17 July 2019
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Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
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Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...
11 July 2019
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The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...
11 July 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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The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...
28 June 2019
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Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
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Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers. The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...
10 June 2019
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...
06 June 2019
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A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
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The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...
22 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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New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...
07 May 2019
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New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
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Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move. The agency says the typical...
29 April 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise. Data from Hamptons...
15 April 2019
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Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
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Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
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Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...
09 April 2019
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A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...
04 April 2019
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Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...
01 April 2019
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There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
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The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
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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...
15 March 2019
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The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...
11 March 2019
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12 February 2019
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Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
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The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...
30 January 2019
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Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...
24 January 2019
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A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...
21 January 2019
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Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...
16 January 2019
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The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...
11 January 2019
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HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...
11 December 2018
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Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
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The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...
03 December 2018
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Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
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15 November 2018
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So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008. This means that the...
12 November 2018
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A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...
09 November 2018
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An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...
05 November 2018
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New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...
31 October 2018
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Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
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With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
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The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...
28 September 2018
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A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...
18 September 2018
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A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...
17 September 2018
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17 September 2018
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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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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...
07 September 2018
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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...
08 August 2018
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The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
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CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...
01 August 2018
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Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...
12 July 2018
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Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...
06 July 2018
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A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...
29 June 2018
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We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...
28 June 2018
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An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...
18 June 2018
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Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...
14 June 2018
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13 June 2018
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Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...
11 June 2018
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Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...
08 June 2018
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The GMB trades union has waded in to the debate over whether rents in the private rental sector in London are...
05 June 2018
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Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...
25 May 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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09 May 2018
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The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...
03 May 2018
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A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 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 average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...
17 April 2018
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Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...
16 April 2018
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The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...
06 April 2018
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The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...
06 April 2018
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Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...
29 March 2018
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A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...
28 March 2018
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The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...
20 March 2018
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Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank -...
05 March 2018
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A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...
08 February 2018
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High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...
05 February 2018
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Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance. Both cities enjoy average rental...
29 January 2018
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The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...
24 January 2018
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The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...
23 January 2018
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Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide. Last year rents rose by an...
15 January 2018
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UK rents grew by a tiny 0.56 per cent in 2017 according to specialist lender Landbay. However, in a special exercise, the...
08 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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Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...
20 December 2017
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Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...
14 December 2017
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The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...
12 December 2017
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A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...
08 December 2017
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Average rents in prime central London fell 2.4 per cent year-on-year in November, which was the most modest decline recorded in...
07 December 2017
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Knight Frank says average rents are to rise by 14 per cent between the start of next year and the end...
06 December 2017
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Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...
27 November 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 government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...
13 November 2017
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Average rents across the UK rose a modest 0.9 per cent in the year to October, taking the country's average to...
09 November 2017
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After several months of rising rent costs, the number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing prices for tenants fell substantially...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rental values fell three per cent in the year to September 2017 according to Knight Frank. This decline is the smallest...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents for newly-let property across Great Britain rose to £954 per month in August, reflecting a 1.6 per cent annual...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says that the average price of a new let in Britain rose by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in June 2017...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News
10 July 2017
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Rents fell in June by 0.3 per cent when compared to the same time last year, the second successive month in...
05 July 2017
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Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...
05 July 2017
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London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The pace of decreasing rental values in Prime Central London (PCL) has slowed, according to the latest data from Knight Frank. Average...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenants aged between 18 and 39 and living alone spend 69 per cent of their monthly post-tax income on rent according...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move. The area with...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Over a third of adults are now living in some sort of social or private rental accommodation. New research from insurance firm...
25 April 2017
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Scotland’s rental market swings to extremes, suggests the latest figures from website Citylets. On the one hand the Scottish average rent has...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

New data from HomeLet shows that rental price inflation in the UK remained modest during March, increasing a small amount for...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The remaining overhand of last year’s buy to let buying surge by landlords means the annual rate of rent rises has...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The speed at which rents across are growing has more than halved since a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales. The average...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 - but London’s typical deposit is now at its...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Average private rents in Scotland at the national level recorded an uncharacteristic dip in the final quarter of 2016, down 0.9...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Rent increases across the UK are now running at an average that is less than half the level of a year...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents across the country have risen just three per cent in the past year and typical tenants are staying an...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents have fallen in prime central London for every month for the past year and tenants now have the whip hand,...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

In an otherwise-downbeat set of predictions for 2017 and beyond, Savills says that rental growth is likely to outstrip sales price growth...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents across the UK are up eight per cent over the past 15 months according to Connells Group - but...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest. The online mortgage...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent for a new tenancy in London during August was £1,765 per month, according to data from the Tenancy...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Latest figures from London lettings agency Portico suggest a slight fall in rents but the firm is now claiming that it...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There was an eight per cent surge in the number of homes available to rent in the second quarter of the...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Rent increases in Prime Central London have slowed due to uncertainty surrounding next month's EU Referendum, according to a new report. London...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK. It says rents on new tenancies outside of...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A trade body has hit out at “clear inconsistencies” in an online news report claiming that renting an ‘average London flat’...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Average asking rents in Scotland now stand at £767 per month, up 2.1 per cent over the past year. The exception to...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Average monthly rents for London two-bed homes will top £2,000 by the late summer according to letting agency Portico. The average rent...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A typical tenant in a two-bed property in England will have paid over £40,000 in rent in the past five years...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey claims that 17 per cent of private rental sector tenants in the UK admit to having rented out part...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak. This...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been an end of year surge in Scottish rents according to a buy to let index run by Your...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Typical rents in Scotland are down from £757 per month to £747 according to Citylets - just as the Private Housing...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Britain's largest letting agency says rents grew by an average of 3.1 per cent in 2015, taking the average monthly rent...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for buy to let lender Landbay claims that a strong lettings market even in winter demonstrates “the shortage...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s probably a question you’ve never asked yourself but one online flat sharing agency has calculated the most expensive and the...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Another rental index suggests there has been a seasonal dip in rents - although across England and Wales as a whole...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

JLL is forecasting that average rents across the UK will rise by 4.5 per cent next year, followed by a 4.0...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News

After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Average rents have risen for 10 months in a row according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - and there's...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A row has broken out between one of the north east’s most prominent letting agents and Zoopla over the worst place...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...
26 August 2015
From: Breaking News

UK landlords own their properties for an average of 17 years before selling up, according to Countrywide's latest Lettings Index. This is...
25 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...
25 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Research for a student accommodation service says the average weekly rent paid by students has risen a modest £1.43 in the...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Average rental values across prime London are now 7.4 per cent higher than they were this time last year. LonRes says that...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Tenants trying to find cheaper and better value letting properties than those available in London are moving outside the capital -...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...
30 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents have risen in all parts of the UK in the past three months with Greater London average rents now exceeding...
15 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6% in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index. This is...
27 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...
22 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of letting agents expect average rents in prime central London to rise over the course of 2015...
19 May 2015
From: Breaking News

HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now rising roughly in line with those in Greater London for the...
15 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents in Prime Central London have risen 7.4 per cent over the course of the past year despite being unbchanged for...
07 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...
06 May 2015
From: Features

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...
27 April 2015
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests 40 per cent of landlords derive their main source of income from letting property. The study of 500...
27 April 2015
From: Breaking News

A peer-to-peer lender says its study of 1,000 buy to let locations across the UK suggestsfour of the 10 highest yields...