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A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says a survey of its members suggests that 2023 will be a tough year for...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

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

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

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

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last.   The number of...

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

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

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

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

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

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

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

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

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

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

Over a quarter of letting agents saw rents rise in May - the highest level since June last year when 28...