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Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...
19 December 2023
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The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
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There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...
20 November 2023
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A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...
12 September 2023
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...
27 July 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
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The Renters Reform Bill can be the perfect opportunity for the industry to become more professional - just so long as...
13 June 2023
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Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...
12 April 2023
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A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
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The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...
27 February 2023
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One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
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Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...
07 November 2022
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Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...
06 October 2022
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Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
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Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
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The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
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Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...
13 April 2022
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Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...
18 March 2022
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One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...
25 January 2022
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Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
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Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...
13 April 2021
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Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...
01 April 2021
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The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...
01 March 2021
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
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Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...
18 December 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
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Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...
25 November 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
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New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
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It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...
06 April 2020
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A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
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Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...
15 November 2019
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A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...
17 September 2019
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There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...
31 May 2019
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There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
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The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...
13 May 2019
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Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 February 2019
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
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The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...
27 December 2018
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Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...
19 December 2018
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Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing the highest number of landlords selling their buy to let properties...
01 June 2018
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A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...
29 May 2018
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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
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Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...
19 January 2018
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Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...
20 December 2017
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A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...
13 December 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...
05 December 2017
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A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...
06 July 2017
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ARLA Propertymark says the number of properties managed per member increased marginally last month, from 183 to 185 - but there was...
26 May 2017
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There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
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The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...
07 October 2016
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Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...