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Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...
14 March 2022
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Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...
10 February 2022
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Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...
18 January 2022
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
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North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...
10 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
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...
22 November 2021
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New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
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Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...
24 September 2021
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The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark. The average number...
25 August 2021
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Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...
11 August 2021
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Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
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A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...
20 July 2021
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There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...
17 June 2021
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South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
10 May 2021
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A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...
05 May 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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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
From: Breaking News

The government is asking bailiffs not to enforce court possession orders in areas with the highest Coronavirus restrictions. So although evictions can...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 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
From: Breaking News

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...
30 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
From: Breaking News

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
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Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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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A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...
26 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
From: Breaking News

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...
02 May 2019
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30 April 2019
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An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...
29 April 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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
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Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
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The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...
13 December 2018
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More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
17 September 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
From: Breaking News

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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A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
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A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...
17 April 2018
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09 March 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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The National Landlords’ Association is reporting that around 16 per cent of its members in outer London have reduced rents over...
07 February 2018
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Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...
07 February 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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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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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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A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
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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
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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
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Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 2017
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The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...
14 August 2017
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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
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Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...
27 March 2017
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You may have noticed some subtle changes to Letting Agent Today in recent weeks, aimed at improving the ‘user experience’ we...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...
24 February 2017
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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
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Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...
12 January 2017
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Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...
11 January 2017
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Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...
31 October 2016
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The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...
14 October 2016
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Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do. That is the result of a...
12 September 2016
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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

Failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with an improvement notice has resulted in a landlord being ordered to...
17 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
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The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...
20 June 2016
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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
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Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
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A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...
13 May 2016
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International development firm Westrock has given details of what it calls “the first homes designed specifically for rent in a key...
08 April 2016
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Future demand for rental property looks secure if Hamptons International's latest research is accurate - it says a typical single Londoner...
21 March 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

Rents in Greater London for new tenancies are rising at the slowest rate for almost two years. Data from HomeLet shows rents...
10 February 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

Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The new three per cent stamp duty rate surcharge is the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord,...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Fewer tenants are experiencing rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly market report. The number of letting agents...
24 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

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says rents across England and Wales, outside London, are up 1.3 per cent in the past three months according to...
09 October 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

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Rent rises have moderated across the UK according to HomeLet. In every region of the UK, the pace of rent rises slowed...
14 September 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

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...
07 August 2015
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...