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![Double digit annual rent rises still happening in some areas](/upload/images/shutterstock_2220387893(1).jpg)
The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Connells’ new index shows affordability crisis gripping renters](/upload/images/shutterstock_2340278007.jpg)
A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022926636.jpg)
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another regional agency falls to Lomond’s acquisition programme](/upload/images/shutterstock_2059630586(3).jpg)
Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield. Its latest acquisition of...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents have “toughest job” in era of high rent rises - claim](/upload/images/NB-Movepal-June24-blog-1-Are-we-set-for-summer-surge.jpg)
Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Expect more rent rises in July following long-term trend](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367412269(3).jpg)
Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index. The Index, which analyses...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond continues aggressive growth strategy with new acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148206195.jpg)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency snapped up by private equity-funded firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents may be rising again over the summer - new prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent provider claims record breaking rental unit growth](/upload/images/shutterstock_1778683922.jpg)
Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most homes cheaper to rent than buy, even with large deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good News - buy to let yields at their highest for six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises moderating as market stabilises ahead of summer](/upload/images/shutterstock_1775103674.jpg)
The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year. The price per property over...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under half of homes listed to let are actually available - industry figure’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274659213.jpg)
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group claims letting agents revenue could be £100k a year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative service plays up ‘unaffordable’ rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2205886299.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Acquisition of agency network, 60 staff and 1,100 lettings portfolio](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Demand cools and supply rises - new lettings analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Managing agent bags hundreds of homes in new deal with L&G](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomesTraditional-400x310.png)
Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond acquires another regional agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_1444198397.jpg)
Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents over a quarter higher than at the start of Covid - new stats](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920(1).jpg)
The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year. And looking...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry boss slams government for ‘grandstanding’ on rent issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than owning for most first time buyers says Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Still Rising in most areas of UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Latest Rent Changes and Voids revealed in fresh analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(8).jpg)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency pays £20,000 to employee for Injury To Feelings](/upload/images/shutterstock_409135339.jpg)
A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Final 48 hours for Property Awards nominations](/upload/images/shutterstock_2232908121(2).jpg)
Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards. The search for the very best of...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency snaps up independent lettings business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![AI - many agents are optimistic about Artificial Intelligence](/upload/images/shutterstock_2252587299.jpg)
Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Heating Private Rental Properties - council claims EPC success](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Voids and rents show market “isn’t cooling down anytime soon”](/upload/images/shutterstock_81193501.jpg)
Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent investment rockets, focussed on major cities](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(1).jpg)
The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over-50 year old first time buyers show significant increase](/upload/images/shutterstock_1393919921.jpg)
There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![First two agencies join new self-employed ‘brokerage’ model](/upload/images/shutterstock_1015072978.jpg)
Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most competitive locations for letting agents revealed by research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises outstripping inflation for past nine months - agency analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond snaps up another regional lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants itemise top three priorities in new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mystery Shopping key to improving agency service - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582(1).jpg)
The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over 700 CPO homes let by government along doomed HS2 rail line](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Challenging” Build To Rent scheme rescued from administration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![2023 goes down as the year of record rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons. The average rent...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency celebrates 30 per cent rise in lettings business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb claims its short lets support thousands of jobs across UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand staying high despite approach of Christmas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge lettings book snapped up in deal set to ‘transform’ agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s Affordability Warning - not all tenants will really benefit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand and rents up - supply stays stubbornly low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lomond snaps up another independent agency’s lettings book](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS warns that rents are to go still higher as demand soars](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pressure from High Demand As Intense As Ever - new stats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency makes fifth lettings acquisition of the year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge scale of rental sector reliance on mortgages revealed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of renters struggle to make payments - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Underpaid and Undervalued - agents unhappy with their lot](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many councils enforcing rental regulations face ‘effective bankruptcy’](/upload/images/shutterstock_2192453705.jpg)
A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Frantic landlord exodus leaves more tenants in situ during sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Squeeze on tenants not ending any time soon - top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let yields and capital appreciation show sharp North-South divide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Up and Up! Hamptons says rent growth shows no sign of slowing](/upload/images/shutterstock_276584945.jpg)
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Four! Agency announces fourth lettings acquisition of 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![“Quite Staggering” Rent Rises Last Month - figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_2220387893.jpg)
July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Homes - here’s where they are and what they’re worth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Root and branch HMO crackdown on the agenda for council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cost of compliance with new EPC rules will be huge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents spike and voids plummet in fast and furious market](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June. The average cost of rent per...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - angry agent demands meeting with Michael Gove](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
A regional agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency snaps up much-loved family lettings firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Midlands-based property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its third business in five months. It’s snapped up Chipping Campden-based Andrew Greenwood Estate...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent trade body sets up regional hubs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/AnvilHomes%26Paragon-695x395.png)
The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand now at all-time high, research shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency targets lettings growth - says new acquisition just the start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![TV presenter turns lettings agent and fronts his own advert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents jailed for role in multi-million-pounds drugs crimes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency network to reveal hitherto-unseen market information](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Steady As She Goes - rental market at a standstill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency launches new state-of-the-art branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A Midlands-based agency is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. Sheldon Bosley Knight has launched the...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Former Purplebricks lettings supremo joins rival agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Record high for rents as normal market resumes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home. The figure - which...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Back With A Bang - rental market surges yet again](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yields rise in areas where rents outstrip capital appreciation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices. The...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sign up to scrap tax changes hurting landlords - agents told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency gets 16th regional office by acquiring independent firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up an independent firm. It’s Coventry sales and lettings agency Robin Jones which brings just...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short-stay accommodation provider snaps up another site](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Franchise giant snaps up long-standing independent agency](/upload/images/Franchise%20giant%20snaps%20up%20long-standing%20independent%20agency.png)
The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth shows no sign of slackening, insists top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent-Mobile-400x310.png)
Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMO numbers falling despite need for more rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketUK-400x310.png)
England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Figures show long-term growth of private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Market - latest figures for Rents and Voids](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yields rising - but enough to stop landlords quitting the sector?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors. The...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Winter dip in rents but voids still low across UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![House price slowdown hitting every region says Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ex-agent jumps aboard mould-risk bandwagon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency reveals ‘best rebranding ever seen’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/BerrimanEaton-400x310.jpg)
A well known regional lettings agency has completed a £250,000 investment drive that includes a new office and a recruitment campaign. Berriman...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert - City Trading Standards team begins clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates up as agent warns public to “wake up and smell the coffee”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...