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A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

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

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

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

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

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

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

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

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

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

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

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

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...

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

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

Some 48 per cent of tenants are currently living with one or more housing disrepair issues, it’s being claimed. The problems include...

The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...

A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...

There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

Propertymark has called on the government to reintroduce the Empty Homes Programme following the latest news that England has a growing...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

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

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...