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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...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

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...

The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...

Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

No fewer than 86 per cent of renters - the equivalent of over six million households - have less than a...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak.  This...

Renters are paying 2.7 per cent more for their homes than a year ago, according to data from the Office for...

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...

Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Britain rose 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to March, according to the...