Archive

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

Connells’ high end brand John D Wood & Co. Is opening of a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. It occupies a stone-built...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector.  It says that in June the number...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...

The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...

The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...

A lettings agency claims eviction powers may actually increase - not reduce - thanks to the controversial Renters Reform Bill. Knight Frank...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...

The number of new prospective tenants registering at each branch of a Propertymark-member lettings agency held steady at 106 in March,...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...

Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...

The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...

Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...

The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...

The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...

The Propertynest lettings and sales agency is expanding into Yateley in Hampshire.  This follows the recruitment of experienced agent Mark Holloway into...

The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...

An average of 85 new applicants were registered per Propertymark member branch in October according to the trade body’s latest lettings...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows another robust performance for lettings. RICS says tenant demand continues...

Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...

New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...

Propertymark’s latest rental market snapshot shows that since February, the number of new tenants wanting to register on agents’ books has increased...

As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests tenant demand is rising further with a net...

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

It’s been reported that the lettings book owned by a long-standing agency has been sold to a rival firm. A message on...

The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...

A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113  pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...

Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...

A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...

The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...

The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...

Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...

Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...