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25 March 2024
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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
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Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
06 March 2024
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Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...
28 February 2024
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Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...
23 February 2024
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Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...
23 February 2024
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A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...
05 February 2024
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The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
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A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
30 January 2024
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Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...
26 January 2024
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Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...
25 January 2024
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...
19 January 2024
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Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...
18 January 2024
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A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
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Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...
05 January 2024
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Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...
21 December 2023
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The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
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Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...
12 December 2023
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A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...
07 December 2023
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A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...
28 November 2023
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New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
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A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...
15 November 2023
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The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...
10 November 2023
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A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...
07 November 2023
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Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...
27 October 2023
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Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...
05 October 2023
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Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
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Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...
15 September 2023
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The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...
05 September 2023
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A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
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The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...
31 July 2023
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One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...
26 July 2023
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A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...
24 July 2023
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Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom. It says average UK room rents were...
13 July 2023
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Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
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Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
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Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...
12 June 2023
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A year on from the Elizabeth Line opening, new Rightmove analysis reveals the latest renter trends near stations along the line. The...
26 May 2023
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A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
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Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...
05 May 2023
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A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
03 May 2023
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Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...
21 April 2023
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The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
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A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...
05 April 2023
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Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
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London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...
25 January 2023
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The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
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New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...
23 December 2022
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A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...
21 December 2022
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Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
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The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...
28 October 2022
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Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...
27 October 2022
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The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth. Research from the British Property Federation and...
25 October 2022
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A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...
13 October 2022
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An investment firm which has helped guide £100m into the UK buy to let market is to set up its second...
30 September 2022
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The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...
13 September 2022
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One of the biggest names in the deposit alternative sector says the rental market is “stacked against” private tenants. Gary Wright, chief...
31 August 2022
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Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...
23 August 2022
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A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...
18 August 2022
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New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...
10 August 2022
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Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...
08 August 2022
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HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...
04 August 2022
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Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...
28 July 2022
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A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...
07 July 2022
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A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
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One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
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The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
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A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
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Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...
06 June 2022
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A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency. Linley & Simpson has added another...
27 May 2022
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A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 May 2022
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A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
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London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital. That’s the suggestion...
16 May 2022
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The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
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The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...
13 May 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
26 April 2022
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A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...
25 April 2022
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Remote work could enable over 13m Britons to ultimately live and work outside the major cities, according to research by a...
19 April 2022
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A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
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There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
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Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
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New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
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A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
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Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
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Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...
01 February 2022
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The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...
20 January 2022
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There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...
07 January 2022
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Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...
17 December 2021
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A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
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A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...
26 November 2021
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Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...
19 November 2021
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Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...
18 November 2021
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A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...
12 November 2021
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The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
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Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...