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![BTL investors who sold last year made an average £86,651 - Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it, having...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![The new lettings market - fewer Millennials, more Generation Z](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide’s latest analysis of the lettings market says millennials are slowly but surely becoming homeowners, giving ground in the rentals sector...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: number of homes bought for buy to let at nine-year low](/img/default/lat.png)
Last year saw a significant drop in the number of homes bought by landlords according to data released this morning by...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth up in 2017 with London and Scotland strongest regions](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide. Last year rents rose by an...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says annual rate of rental growth picked up recently](/img/default/lat.png)
The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental market inflated by 80,000 properties let by 'accidental landlords'](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide reports big rise in landlords who buy in cash](/img/default/lat.png)
A record 65 per cent of landlord purchases over the last 12 months were made by cash buyers according to Countrywide. In the...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![London rents slip back as Midlands and Wales see strongest growth](/img/default/lat.png)
The annual rate of rental growth slowed between September and October according to Countrywide. The cost of the average new let in...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide reports record exodus of private tenants from London](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says landlord numbers down but portfolio sizes are up](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents edging up across Britain according to latest analysis](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says falling supply is pushing up rents in many areas](/img/default/lat.png)
The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Modest 1.1% rise in average rents in past year, says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says that the average price of a new let in Britain rose by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in June 2017...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Retired tenants spending record sums on rent' - Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![20% of rental properties now let by companies, says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: most landlords now pay cash for buy to lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![London's biggest rent drop for six years caused by 32% stock rise](/img/default/lat.png)
The average London rent in November was 0.7 per cent lower than last year - not an enormous fall but nonetheless...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: affordability means spare bedrooms are on the way out](/img/default/lat.png)
Affordability pressures in the private rental sector mean that far fewer tenants are now renting properties with spare bedrooms according to...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit uncertainty helping rental market insists Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says glut of homes to let is cutting rental growth](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says buy to let purchases now at a six year low](/img/default/lat.png)
In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cost of renting for young people rises across Britain, especially London](/img/default/lat.png)
The average cost of renting a one-bedroom home in Britain has risen to £746 per month - this is the equivalent...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Half of homes sold in late March were for buy to let - Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average rents now highest-ever at 12% above pre-recession levels](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak. This...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average home let within 20 days as rent rises go on - Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide wants single buy to let licensing system, not current patchwork](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide is calling on the Greater London Assembly to implement a single landlord licensing scheme which individual borough councils can opt...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty hike equals 11 months' rental income, says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
The new three per cent stamp duty rate surcharge is the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord,...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Many tenants rent in better areas than they buy in says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
In an unusual boost for the benefits of the private rental sector, new data suggests tenants routinely rent in more expensive...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide reports record proportion of landlords increasing rents](/img/default/lat.png)
No fewer than 45 per cent of tenants renewing their tenancies were given rent increases in August, the highest since Countrywide's...