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HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

The average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £1,029, up 6.6 per cent on the same time last year,...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

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...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months.  It’s the Product Care Repair or...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an...

Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, which is a rise of 2.5 per cent on this time last...

The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...

HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...

Average rents in London are £1,615, up 3.3 per cent on last year, according to HomeLet’s latest index. This is the first...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...

The average rent in the UK is now £919, up two per cent on the same time last year according to...

The average rent in the UK is now £918, up by 1.5 per cent on the same time last year according...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent in the year to the end of January according...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

Average rents across the UK rose a modest 0.9 per cent in the year to October, taking the country's average to...

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...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet.    It says the average new tenancy signed during...

Rents fell in June by 0.3 per cent when compared to the same time last year, the second successive month in...

Barbon Insurance Group, owner of HomeLet, today formally launches what it calls a "revolutionary" rent payment system aimed at locking tenants into...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...

New data from HomeLet shows that rental price inflation in the UK remained modest during March, increasing a small amount for...

Mark Witherspoon, the data services director at ZPG, has joined the board of Barbon Insurance Group, which operates the HomeLet and...

Rents rose by a year-on-year average of 0.8 per cent at the end of last month - while inflation in the...

Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...

Rent increases across the UK are now running at an average that is less than half the level of a year...

Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...

Rents in London rose by just 1.6 per cent over the year to the end of November - the lowest increase...

Average rents across the country have risen just three per cent in the past year and typical tenants are staying an...

The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...

Rents for new tenants across the UK continued to rise during August and now stand at an average of £913 a...

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow.   Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...

The Belvoir franchise letting agency group has taken the unusual step of calling for clarity on government migration policy.   Belvoir managing director...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during June, but the first half of 2016 has been characterised by a slowing...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet.  Data shows that rents agreed on...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK.  It says rents on new tenancies outside of...

Research by HomeLet shows that rents on new tenancies outside London over the three months to March were on average 4.9...

The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...

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

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...

A survey by HomeLet suggests that nine in 10 landlords do not intend to raise rents on their existing tenancies during...

The latest survey of private sector rents by HomeLet shows very large regional differences with one area seeing a 4.9 per...

After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...

Our team of heroes have been helping thousands of UK letting agents for the past 20 years, during this time we...

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

At HomeLet we have a team of heroes who have been helping the UK's letting agents with rent guarantees, tenant referencing...

Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...

HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...

Barbon Insurance Group Ltd - the firm behind HomeLet, Letsure and Rentshield, has appointed a new non-executive chairman as a global...

Rents have risen in all parts of the UK in the past three months with Greater London average rents now exceeding...

In a marketplace where many providers outsource their Tenant Referencing and Rent Protection services, using one that doesn’t is essential for...

HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now rising roughly in line with those in Greater London for the...

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A new survey suggests 40 per cent of landlords derive their main source of income from letting property. The study of 500...