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A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...

New figures show that post-pandemic rental prices are on the rise across the majority of the capital but that some rents...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...

A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

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

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

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

A new analysis of prospective first time buyers suggests that the cost of their initial deposit has soared in the past...

London-based lettings payment platform Yorlet has launched a new PropTech partnership with Canopy, TDS and Alan Boswell. The platform offers automated workflows,...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

The rental market shows no signs of slowing with ongoing high demand, fuelled in part by the pandemic, creating a buoyant...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls...

The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...

A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...

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

Another report is talking up the Build To Rent niche in the British rental market. Sirius Property Finance has compiled BTR sector...

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...

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

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...

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

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

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

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

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...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

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

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

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

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...

Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

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

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

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

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

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

A poll of over 1,300 renters by a flat share platform suggests that over half have been deterred from moving in...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

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

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

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

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

Rents across the wider London commuter belt continued to rise in the first three months of the year, according to a...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

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

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

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...

The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

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

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

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

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

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

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

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

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

The latest snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows “huge gains for the lettings market” since transactions resumed a month ago. The...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord.  Void periods dropped slightly in...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

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

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

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

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord.  Five out of the...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

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

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

The latest rental market snapshot from the Association of Residential Letting Agents suggests that 50 per cent of agents witnessed an...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...