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![Rightmove says big rise in rental supply still nothing like enough](/upload/images/shutterstock_2380101279.jpg)
Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...
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
![Agency veteran turned MP will run for Conservative leader - report](/upload/images/shutterstock_2388444915.jpg)
The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader. He is MP...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![High-value tenancies agreed in June were below asking rent - Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156575995(1).jpg)
Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove says rents at record high, and challenges new government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councillors launch attack on unruly behaviour in Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![London sees sharp uplift in first-time buyer activity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(3).jpg)
This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two new London offices for Connells’ high-end brand](/upload/images/shutterstock_2153864217(2).jpg)
John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market ‘back to the same size as before Covid’ - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘No Interest Rate Cut This Summer’ after bad news from government](/upload/images/shutterstock_2350743813.jpg)
Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jitters: Reform Bill failure and July Election hit lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_250676278(1).jpg)
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hot Money now on August Interest Rate Cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_1510264187.jpg)
Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Restrictions - Gove slammed by Labour-dominated council body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants Renewing on Existing Contracts hit with high rent rises - new data](/upload/images/shutterstock_150297281.jpg)
Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians should realise how rent controls force landlords out - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_2144683563.jpg)
The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS: Landlord instructions in short supply as market slows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum. Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants pushing back against large rent rises: Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1586677396.jpg)
Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent claims area is over-run with Airbnb-style short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A lettings agent who is also on the executive of Propertymark claims one of Britain’s tourist hotspots has been over-run with...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![50,000 new rental homes needed to meet historic demand - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...
30 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
![Tenant demand easing at last says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let property profile changes as landlords diversify](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook. In both 2022 and 2023,...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Under Pressure in parts of London, admits top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost No Reduction in Buy To Let Supply, insists think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark bats off surprisingly downbeat housing index](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax Just before...
08 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
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns on landlords’ and tenants’ differing rent expectations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![London lettings becoming more stable, says LonRes](/upload/images/shutterstock_340410452.jpg)
February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor and landlord purchases rise, despite soaring taxes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1210308844.jpg)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 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
![Working from home triggers higher rents in outer commuter areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
06 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
![Build More Homes! Agents in new desperate plea to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Tenants to face lower energy bills - announcement this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2394011787.jpg)
Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nearly two-thirds more homes to let in Prime London than a year ago](/upload/images/shutterstock_1487630333%20(1)(3).jpg)
Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent cheerleaders complain about slow planning consents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political uncertainty suggests ongoing landlord exodus, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealthy tenants demand prime rental units ‘with highest spec’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1892708161.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 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
![Supply-Demand imbalance eases in prime areas - and rents stall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises slow to a trickle - new figures for London and beyond](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government takes stake in property investment PropTech platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![End of ‘Covid tenancies’ boosts rental supply - agency’s analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan’s rent controls dismissed as “well-meaning but naive”](/upload/images/shutterstock_1909455316.jpg)
Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
16 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
![Propertymark sits on the fence over first time buyer controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors compete with owner occupiers - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand radical legal reform and a new Housing Court](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Covid Fraud - property company bosses given suspended sentences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove reveals this year’s busiest rental location](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More guarantors demanded as economy slump goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge 31% leap in prime London rents since pre-pandemic times - LonRes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils enforcing rental licensing are on brink of bankruptcy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - owners all at sea over where to start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents urged to use webinars to keep up with compliance issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Super-Rich rent as they baulk at high Stamp Duty purchase costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Universal Credit and private renting - agents win case for forum](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in tax receipts as Chancellor ponders Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban not part of government plans to counter homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![It’s Back - London lettings market returning to equilibrium](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents now a third above London’s pre-pandemic average](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes. However, rents...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: yet another coup for fast-growing licensing platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord. Kamma’s...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness surge means Chancellor must invest in rental sector - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock as Rent Controls backed by Judicial Review decision](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand payment changes in upcoming Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Fears return after “bad news” inflation figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_263591438.jpg)
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb may offer long-term rentals, not just short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market Showing - prime rental growth starting to moderate](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cash investors snap up prime London flats from fleeing landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise move by Propertymark, welcoming house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Rises Even Higher Than Expected - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Flats Underperforming in Housing Market - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now%20-%20digital%20conveyancing%20is%20next!%20by%20Beth%20Rudolf.png)
Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS tells Tories - do more to improve supply of rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Serious possession court delays identified in some areas](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yet another record rent rise reported by agency Hamptons](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency says London rental market lull down to fewer overseas students](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch2-695x395.jpeg)
Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Up, Up and UP AGAIN - prime London rents soar once more](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS survey predicts yet more rent rises](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings stay strong as sales market slumps](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes. This figure took rents to 28.4 per...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![How Many? Huge number of enquiries per rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1809642622.jpg)
A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 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
![Joy as London stock supply improves - but no respite for renters yet](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank. The agency says the underlying...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal warning over Renters Reform Bill impact on market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning. Dutton Gregory’s...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Average asking rents hit ANOTHER new high - Rightmove](/upload/images/2%20Where%20Rent%20Has%20Increased%20The%20Most%20In%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood%20.png)
Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in affluent tenants needing to provide guarantors](/upload/images/shutterstock_689039443.jpg)
Increasing numbers of relatively well-paid tenants are being asked to provide a guarantor. That’s the view of PropTech firm Goodlord which says...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Virtual auctions rule the roost as pandemic trend now permanent](/upload/images/shutterstock_1353888464.jpg)
The vast majority of auctions - widely regarded as a favourite for buy to let investors acquiring properties - are now...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rental growth starts to slow - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Show Green! Tenants want agents to display eco-credentials](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Bad to disastrous’ - sharp fall in private rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy renewals shoot up as renters delay decisions to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Values plummet in Canary Wharf as fears grow for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...