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The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...
08 June 2022
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Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...
05 May 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 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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The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...
22 March 2022
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A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...
04 March 2022
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Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...
28 February 2022
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A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
04 February 2022
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Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...
03 February 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...
03 February 2022
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Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...
27 January 2022
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Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
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The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...
28 September 2021
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New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
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The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...
06 September 2021
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Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...
03 September 2021
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Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...
03 September 2021
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There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
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A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...
20 July 2021
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Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...
08 July 2021
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There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...
29 June 2021
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A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...
10 May 2021
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The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
10 May 2021
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Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...
07 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 National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
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A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
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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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As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
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A property company that owns and manages premises occupied by a politician has returned some £10,000 in furlough money received under...
09 November 2020
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A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...
30 October 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
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The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...
06 October 2020
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Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
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There have been changes to the Notice To Quit process in Northern Ireland. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020...
14 September 2020
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A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
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Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
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Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...
29 June 2020
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A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
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The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...
12 June 2020
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Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...
28 April 2020
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A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...
13 April 2020
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The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...
13 March 2020
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A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
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This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...
30 December 2019
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A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
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UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
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The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...
07 October 2019
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The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
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Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...
24 September 2019
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A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
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A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...
30 July 2019
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Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...
11 July 2019
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A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
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An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...
26 June 2019
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Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...
17 May 2019
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New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
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Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...
25 April 2019
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The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
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Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
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Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...
24 January 2019
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Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
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Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...
07 December 2018
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15 November 2018
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Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...
22 October 2018
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The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...
20 September 2018
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Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...
12 July 2018
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A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 2018
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The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...
23 January 2018
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Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...
20 December 2017
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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...
10 October 2017
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Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...
18 September 2017
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Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...
13 September 2017
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A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...
29 August 2017
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The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
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Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet. It says the average new tenancy signed during...
07 August 2017
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A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...
12 June 2017
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Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...
17 May 2017
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A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...
10 May 2017
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A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
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ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...
06 March 2017
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Poor communication, not being treated as a customer, and the time it takes to get property issues resolved have topped the...
14 February 2017
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A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...
02 February 2017
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Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...
26 January 2017
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Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...
11 January 2017
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One of the UK’s largest local government pension schemes has committed £100m to invest in the fast-growing Build To Rent sector. The...
06 December 2016
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Earlier this month we reported on Belfast council’s decision to open a public consultation on whether To Let boards should be...
16 November 2016
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Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow. Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...
09 August 2016
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Letting agents and landlords operating in Northern Ireland are now being invited to go through an accredited training programme being operated...
27 July 2016
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Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
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All regions of the UK will see falling owner-occupation levels and more private renting over the next decade, with particular rises...
29 February 2016
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A review of the private rental sector in Northern Ireland has been launched - but there is a tight deadline, with...
14 January 2016
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New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
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The Scottish Government is to announce today whether it is replicating the three per cent stamp duty hike on buy to...
16 December 2015
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PropertyPal, a portal covering Northern Ireland, has launched a new Android app which allows consumers to ‘draw’ a defined area in...
09 December 2015
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Up to 5,000 landlords are reported to be receiving licensing fee refunds as a result of legal advice given to the...
08 December 2015
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The latest survey of private sector rents by HomeLet shows very large regional differences with one area seeing a 4.9 per...
10 November 2015
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There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...
21 October 2015
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After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...
16 October 2015
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A licensing system for private landlords and letting agents is the way forward for the Northern Ireland rental sector according to...