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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

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...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Propertymark has outlined an extensive regional programme for next year. It’s going to hold 19 regional events under the #morefor24 campaign slogan. The...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

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

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

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

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

The cost of rent across England rose for the fifth consecutive month during May, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. During the month,...

A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance.  A survey of 1,013...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home.   The figure - which...

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

An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms.   That’s the view of lettings...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions monitored...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain rose has hit £1,204 pcm - passing the £1,200 mark for...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

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

Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The new Liz...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...

The Build to Rent sector has grown by 14 per cent in the year to the end of the first quarter...

A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

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

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

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

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

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...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

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

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...