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![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
![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
![Agent’s Affordability Warning - not all tenants will really benefit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants worrying more over affordability, claims deposit alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto unveils ‘much requested’ PropTech integration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents edge above long term ratio to earnings says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental affordability improving at last, says Foxtons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Truss cost of living measures will impact lettings market - agency](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss02-400x310.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The new Liz...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mind The Gap! Here’s the rent gap between London and the suburbs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are we at Peak Rent? Affordability worsens in much of country](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls would prompt switch to Airbnb - warning](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![They're Back! City Centre rents and demand on the rise at last](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental affordability worsens in five areas of the UK](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big drop in homes on lettings market, reports Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rents up but void periods down, according to new Zoopla survey](/img/default/lat.png)
UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how the rental market puts women at a disadvantage](/img/default/lat.png)
New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - areas where tenants pay highest proportion of salary in rent](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: best university towns for rents and yields](/img/default/lat.png)
A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
!['Very large clouds over rental sector' warns Emoov-owned agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents: we're nearly at the affordability ceiling, warns HomeLet](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents across the country have risen just three per cent in the past year and typical tenants are staying an...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents to rise 16% to 22% over next five years - forecast](/img/default/lat.png)
Savills says mainstream UK rents are likely to rise by an average of 16.5 per cent by the end of 2020...