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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain rose has hit £1,204 pcm - passing the £1,200 mark for...

HomeLet has released its latest rental figures - and they show the market remaining strong. In October the average rent in the...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

The typical rent across the UK has seen another large monthly leap - this time by 1.4 per cent in August...

London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...

The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113  pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country.   That’s the claim...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...

Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...

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

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls...

The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

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...