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An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

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

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

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

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

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

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

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

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

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

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

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008.   This means that the...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

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

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

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 grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...

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...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

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

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

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...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

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

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

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

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...

Prime Purchase, the buying arm of estate agency Savills, says renting may be “a more financially sound route” for some wealthy...

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...

The cost of private rented housing is roughly mirroring changes in earnings across England - but in the social rented sector...

New research claims that the financial benefits of renting rather than owning may have been under-rated.   A financial researcher at the University...

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...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...

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...

"A large proportion of 25 to 45 year olds will be permanent tenants rather than buyers" a senior economist has predicted.   Tony...

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

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...

The governor of the Bank of England has ruled out an immediate rise in interest rates because of the turmoil in...

Dorian Gonsalves, director of commercial and franchising at Belvoir, is urging the government to dramatically increase the availability of social housing...

Almost half of landlords are set to increase their rents in 2016 in a bid to counteract tax changes and higher...

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...

Rents in the private sector have been falling in real terms according to an independent study just published.   The research, commissioned by...

A long-established letting agency and a campaign group have joined forces to analyse a UK government's private rental sector reform proposals...

One of Britain’s senior letting agents says the people likely to be hit hardest by changes of the buy to let...

Campaigning charity Shelter appears for the first time to have acnowledged that rent caps may backfire and end up harming tenants...

One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says private sector rents can...

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

While much of the lettings industry protests against Labour proposals for rent controls and three year tenancies, an influential pressure group...

There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...

The Labour party’s proposals to cap rent rises with inflation and insist on three year tenancies in the private rental sector...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association.  "We understand...

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2 per cent higher than at the time of the last General Election in...