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The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

  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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

A survey claims that 17 per cent of private rental sector tenants in the UK admit to having rented out part...

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak.  This...

There has been an end of year surge in Scottish rents according to a buy to let index run by Your...

Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...

Typical rents in Scotland are down from £757 per month to £747 according to Citylets - just as the Private Housing...

A survey conducted for buy to let lender Landbay claims that a strong lettings market even in winter demonstrates “the shortage...

Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...

JLL is forecasting that average rents across the UK will rise by 4.5 per cent next year, followed by a 4.0...

Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...

Average rents have risen for 10 months in a row according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - and there's...

With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...

Rents are rising faster for three bedroom homes than for any other property type. They show a rise of 4.6 per cent...

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...

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

Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...

HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...

Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...

Rents have risen in all parts of the UK in the past three months with Greater London average rents now exceeding...

Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6% in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index.  This is...

Some 45 per cent of letting agents expect average rents in prime central London to rise over the course of 2015...

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