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

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

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

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

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

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

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

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

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

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

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

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

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom has revealed just under three quarters of renters are either actively looking or considering moving...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

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

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

After announcing a new license in Southwark and Camberwell earlier this month Fine & Country is now expanding further in London...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

ChatGTP and AI are of huge interest right now and the industry is assessing their potential impact on how we do...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

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

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years.  This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

A developer building flats and houses in Cornwall has set up a lettings operation promising a fixed 10 per cent gross...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

Low stock levels, high demand and increased renewals characterise prime London rental market according to property data firm LonRes. “The rental market...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...

A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...

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

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...

Build To Rent operator Avanton has pledged to build hundreds of new homes in two London hotspots under its A:Living brand. They...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...

A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...

A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

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

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...