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Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

Online agency lettingaproperty.com says it’s bought up the rental portfolio handled by virtual rival Mashroom. The acquisition increases lettingaproperty’s assets under management...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

A lettings agent who is also on the executive of Propertymark claims one of Britain’s tourist hotspots has been over-run with...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

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

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

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

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

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

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

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

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

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

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

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

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

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

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

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

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

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

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

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

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

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

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

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

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

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

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

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

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

Propertymark’s regional conferences are now in full swing with the next event at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge in Kent on  November...