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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...
08 March 2019
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Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 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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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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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
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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
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Failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with an improvement notice has resulted in a landlord being ordered to...
17 August 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...
08 January 2016
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The new three per cent stamp duty rate surcharge is the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord,...
14 December 2015
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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
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Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...
20 November 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...
10 August 2015
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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
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Mystery surrounds the fate of Kirby Property Management, a letting agency with offices at Cambourne, Cambridge and St Neots in the...