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

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

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

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

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

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

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

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

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

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

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

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

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

The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...

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

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

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

Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...

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

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

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

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

The number of properties available to rent in London is now 46 per cent below the national average according to ARLA...

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove.   Prices rose 2.8 per...

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...

The government must urgently deliver 1.8m new rental homes as new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveal a...

The number of rental properties on the market is at the highest level this year so far according to the Association...

The supply of rental properties fell by 5% during April when compared to the previous year, according to figures from the...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

Forty per cent of letting agents are predicting supply will decrease over the next five years – the highest rate this...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

The number of available private rented properties rose sharply in July according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents.  Agents managed an...

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have worked in the rental sector for some time and watched the...