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Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
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Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
12 March 2024
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Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...
26 February 2024
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Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...
31 January 2024
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There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
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One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
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Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
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The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...
17 November 2023
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Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...
13 October 2023
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The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...
22 September 2023
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The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...
13 September 2023
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More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
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Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...
25 August 2023
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A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
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The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...
17 August 2023
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Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...
20 July 2023
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New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...
23 June 2023
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A London-focused lettings agency says actual rents in the capital are far greater than official average figures produced by the government. Benham...
28 April 2023
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One of the most respected financial organisations says markets are now betting that the Bank of England base rate will hit...
27 April 2023
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A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
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The number of property employees employees in the UK working from home has dropped by almost half in the space of...
06 March 2023
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A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...
17 November 2022
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Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...
22 August 2022
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A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
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Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
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Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...
19 November 2021
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Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...
08 September 2021
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The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...
13 May 2021
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Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...
06 May 2021
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One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices. The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...
05 March 2021
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A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
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A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
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Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...
12 June 2020
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A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...
11 February 2020
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New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
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Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...
13 December 2019
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As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...
22 November 2019
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The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...
15 November 2019
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The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
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Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...
16 August 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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Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...
25 April 2019
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You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
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The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...
25 May 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...
15 February 2018
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Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...
17 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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The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...
21 July 2017
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The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...
19 July 2017
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Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...
20 June 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...
31 October 2016
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The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...
31 August 2016
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Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...
25 August 2016
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A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...
08 August 2016
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No fewer than 86 per cent of renters - the equivalent of over six million households - have less than a...
05 August 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...
01 June 2016
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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
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Renters are paying 2.7 per cent more for their homes than a year ago, according to data from the Office for...
02 November 2015
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Rents in Britain went up by an average of 2.5 per cent over the last year, the fastest rise for two-and-a-half...
03 August 2015
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Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK. Direct...