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![Renters Rights Bill promised by government in blizzard of new laws](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fears grow for rent controls as Labour reviews rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Housing Policies - next five years start today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 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
![Agents have “toughest job” in era of high rent rises - claim](/upload/images/NB-Movepal-June24-blog-1-Are-we-set-for-summer-surge.jpg)
Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning - new leasehold law ‘could take years to come into effect’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
New rules on renewing leases may take years to come into effect, a leading property lawyer warns. The Leasehold Reform Act became...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars - letting agents mostly to blame, says campaigner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 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
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...
22 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
![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
![Agents urged to understand key tenancy agreement differences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark guide helps tenants complain and challenge rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative service plays up ‘unaffordable’ rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2205886299.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning: rental reform could mean rewriting tenancy agreements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Furious at Permanent Rent Controls proposed by politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in rental stock in London prompts rent falls says top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Problem properties hit two thirds of renters, claim lettings group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises outstripping inflation for past nine months - agency analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 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
![Top agent slams latest rent control move as costly and complex](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth to decline this year warns muted Winkworth](/upload/images/shutterstock_2250281321.jpg)
Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and offer new anti-social behaviour rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises outstrip inflation in every part of the UK - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gary Wright - flatfair Chief Executive Officer](/upload/images/gary%20400%20by%20310%20.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agents want tax reforms on top of pledge to avoid rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![No rent controls in England - government confirmation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control changes introduced for shared ownership homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls at heart of Shelter’s General Election manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - Agents urged to lobby MPs with amendments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent industry supplier is urging agents and landlords to lobby MPs to suggest improvements to the Renters Reform Bill. PayProp UK...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why do politicians pursue failed policy of rent controls? - agent asks](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Under-pressure landlords now more choosy about letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents accused of “too good to be true” rent valuations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...
01 August 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
![Rent Controls backfire - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill needs to be even tougher - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls extended despite Propertymark opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1032274147.jpg)
The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - politicians demand series of extra restrictions](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists threaten action if rental reform ‘does not deliver’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - everything we know so far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - date announced](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents skyrocket across UK amid warning of “housing disaster”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians blasted for ‘lack of balance’ in private rental sector policies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Some renters struggling to pay according to new DPS survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Caps and Build To Rent - seminar to discuss impact](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control law backfires as agents see landlords selling up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze U-turn welcomed by leading agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze threat ‘stopping large-scale housing developments’](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Same Old Story - Prime London rents soars as stock shortage goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/LondonMapUK-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Actual rent rises may be below figures in surveys - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Protests outside letting agency offices planned this weekend](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ignore Critics! Rental reform popular with vast majority of industry - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of pushing landlords into raising rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pledge to go further than government on rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson, Matthew Pennycook, says his party would go further than the government on the subject of private rental...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls crush hopes for thousands of affordable homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents to be briefed on the latest rental reform updates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Angry reaction against rent freeze which could last 18 months](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze fast-tracked and may last much longer than expected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Double digit rent rises to continue in prime markets - top agency](/upload/images/Logos/KnightFrank_NEW(white)2022_400x310.png)
As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Responsible rent rises’ pledged by huge Build To Rent operator](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-Small-InArticle.jpg)
Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns of tough time ahead for tenants](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New record high for typical room rents, latest survey reveals](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must help keep rental sector buoyant - warning from agents](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has issued the government with a stark warning - without incentives to landlords, the private rental sector will shrink, rents...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs want agent feedback on Rental Reform - but be quick…](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent confronted by tenant ‘pushed out’ to make way for short let](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialTenantHome-2-400x310.jpg)
A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![White Paper fall-out - private rental sector set to contract](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour rent freeze aims to “re-direct profit back to workers”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Public kick back against rental reform proposals](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Protest-400x310.jpg)
An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pushing for even more radical reforms plus rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Get Involved Now! Big industry debate on Rental White Paper](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform White Paper - full details here](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency giant announces huge jump in managed properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent caps and two year tenancies wanted by council letting agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control momentum building rapidly across UK](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Arrears rising as Omicron hits tenants across rental sector](/upload/images/library/Coronavirus5-400x310-min.jpeg)
Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Get set for rent controls in one part of the UK](/upload/images/library/LondonHousesAndSkyline-400x310.jpg)
Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - highest and lowest rental stock as winter begins](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn politicians that investors could quit buy to let sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand slows but it’s still a record for Autumn](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Race For Space means rents soaring on detached houses](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Low rental supply pushes demand and rental increases to record highs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/uk-housing400x310.png)
Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Northern Ireland lettings agents braced for new laws](/upload/images/library/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand is officially highest on record, say letting agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310.jpg)
The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark. The average number...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New figure revealed for rent increases as every region shows a rise](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Heat easing in rental market - but still a record month](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents give qualified support radical overhaul of rental sector in NI](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another record-breaking month for tenant demand, agents say](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boom! Unprecedented demand from tenants according to agents](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Indefinite Tenancies is key demand in campaigners’ reform manifesto](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must still help landlords and tenants during Covid - ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand radical overhaul of eco-targets for rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Call for national register and indefinite tenancies for rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents up over 20% a year in one region of the UK](/img/default/lat.png)
An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...