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An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...
10 February 2021
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Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
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Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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

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

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
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Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
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One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows “huge gains for the lettings market” since transactions resumed a month ago. The...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord. Five out of the...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from the Association of Residential Letting Agents suggests that 50 per cent of agents witnessed an...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....
23 October 2019
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New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir. The franchise...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer has launched a new podcast aimed at helping listeners through what he calls “the minefield”...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. Rents were up...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008. This means that the...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...
17 September 2018
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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

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering. Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...
14 August 2018
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Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s a conundrum for many, especially those moving to the capital...but portal OnTheMarket claims it knows exactly where it is cheapest...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...
24 July 2018
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One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm has analysed London’s rental market and its results again spell bad news for those in the sector in...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...
18 May 2018
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The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...
03 May 2018
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A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 2018
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The lettings market remains steady with demand roughly unchanged in March compared to the previous month according to the latest figures...
26 April 2018
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The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...
25 April 2018
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A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance. Both cities enjoy average rental...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Last year saw a significant drop in the number of homes bought by landlords according to data released this morning by...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...
12 December 2017
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The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...
11 December 2017
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A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in parts of prime central London is becoming increasingly dominated by well-funded overseas students, according to a leading...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association. RLA Wales policy officer...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

SDL Group - owner of the UK franchise for Century 21 lettings and estate agency branches - has been named as the...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing rent costs for tenants remained at 31 per cent in July -...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet. It says the average new tenancy signed during...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new app called UrbanCo is launched today in London as part of a buying agent-style service aimed at busy would-be renters. A...
12 July 2017
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10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents fell in June by 0.3 per cent when compared to the same time last year, the second successive month in...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company claims its new software platform will make it easier for letting agents and property managers to co-ordinate maintenance...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...
07 June 2017
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The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

New research shows that the image of tenants with fractious relationships with their letting agents or landlords is generally untrue. No fewer than...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A study of over 3,000 tenants has found that an increasing number of renters are 'very happy' with their living situation. LSL...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat spokesman has used a lettings sector trade body website to outline his party’s support for a range of...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move. The area with...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Scotland’s rental market swings to extremes, suggests the latest figures from website Citylets. On the one hand the Scottish average rent has...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...
13 April 2017
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A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New lettings data from Agency Express supports the belief that the rental market may be slowing down across much of the...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

As the industry awaits the delivery of today's Spring Budget, the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called on the government...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

L&G, one of the biggest firms involved in Britain’s Built To Rent sector, has named the agency it is appointing to...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the board company describes as “a robust start to 2017” as the rental...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Independent financial services monitor Moneyfacts claims that a new report is about to reveal the withdrawal of 74 buy to let...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 80 per cent of letting agents say they expect rents to rise next year. In the latest market survey by the...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Hunters has reported to its shareholders that it has seen an 18 per cent rise in its lettings income...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co claims to have identified the 10 key factors that influence local rental markets in terms of tenant numbers...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents will "unpreventably rise" thanks to the government's proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants and because of its...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

New research suggests the UK is on the brink of a large-scale, commercially developed, owned and operated Build To Rent sector. A...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A major survey has given a vote of confidence to buy to let despite the wave of fiscal, political and economic...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy Dataloft has produced an index to monitor what it says are the four key factors behind buy to let investors'...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The campaign group Generation Rent says most buy to let properties are not mortgaged and many landlords are unaffected by current...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Regional lettings markets around the country are now outperforming London according to Your Move. While rents in London grew 6.9 per cent...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest residential property owner and manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, has set out an argument to...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

ARLA says its letting agent members have an average of 37 prospective tenants registered per branch – the highest number since...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Over 5.5m Britons think that they will never be able to own a home on the grounds of cost. A survey of...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A London agency has reported that its lettings revenues increased by a fifth during August. ludlowthompson's lettings revenue increased by 20% year-on-year...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market remains resilient, despite an expected summer slowdown in activity. This is the message from the latest Agency Express...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An East Midlands estate agency has opened its third lettings office, saying the rental market has 'defied expectations'. Richard Watkinson and Partners,...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost half of letting agents say they have seen uncertainty from their landlord clients “which could cause waves in the rental...
26 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK Apartment Association - the umbrella group of Build To Rent suppliers, including some developers and operators - is starting...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agency chief suggests that Brexit may - against the expectations of many - actually be a good...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK continued to rise during June, but the first half of 2016 has been characterised by a slowing...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The high-end agency Pastor Real Estate is marketing what it believes may be the capital’s smallest grade II listed duplex apartment - it...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...
16 June 2016
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Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet. Data shows that rents agreed on...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers. Aussie Man & Van...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

An online platform aiming to link letting agents with tenants and landlords has raised £2m and now promises to use it...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...
12 May 2016
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HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK. It says rents on new tenancies outside of...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the capital’s most high profile agents say prime central London’s rental market may be an indirect beneficiary of the...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5. The 10-part series...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells says there is still substantial room for additional agencies in the private lettings sector and that it intends to add...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A group of MPs is raising concerns about a claim that 40 per cent of homes sold through the Right To...
12 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The lettings market is now enjoying ‘the calm before the storm’ according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. In its latest...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A land-owners’ group is upset at the Scottish Government’s alleged “disregard” for estate- and land-owners to be able to gain vacant...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It's more important than ever that letting agents stand out with their marketing messages. The British rental market is more crowded than...
15 January 2016
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New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Dorian Gonsalves, director of commercial and franchising at Belvoir, is urging the government to dramatically increase the availability of social housing...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A seasonal slowdown has hit the lettings sector with rents dipping 0.4 per cent in November to a UK monthly average...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Fewer tenants are experiencing rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly market report. The number of letting agents...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Apartment Association, the organisation that represents the Build To Rent sector in the US, has just hosted a UK...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Prime central London’s sales market has been in the doldrums for some time - now at least one high-end lettings agency...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Savills says mainstream UK rents are likely to rise by an average of 16.5 per cent by the end of 2020...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The rental market looks set to benefit from the continuing housing market strength as new research claims that first time buyers...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Countrywide may have been criticised by some for recent management and strategy changes but one thing appears to have been proven...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The sales market in Prime Central London may be in the doldrums but the lettings sector is on the rise with...
05 November 2015
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Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Green Party candidate for London Mayor says protests outside the MIPIM property conference have her backing as they highlight that...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says letting agents are reporting “extraordinary demand” in many parts of the country, with an increasing number of tenants positively...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News

After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The struggling London sales market is provoking a boom in the capital’s rental sector according to data from Benham & Reeves...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Our team of heroes have been helping thousands of UK letting agents for the past 20 years, during this time we...
06 October 2015
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Rents are rising faster for three bedroom homes than for any other property type. They show a rise of 4.6 per cent...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The government has confirmed that it has no plan to ban letting agency fees in England. Fees are already banned in Scotland...
16 September 2015
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The 107,000 overseas students using London’s burgeoning private rental market contribute some £600m annually to landlords, according to research by agency...
09 September 2015
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The office of a letting agency that urged its landlord clients to consider increasing rents has been the subject of an...
04 September 2015
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At HomeLet we have a team of heroes who have been helping the UK's letting agents with rent guarantees, tenant referencing...
01 September 2015
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Atlas Residential - a US Build To Rent company which operates 18,000 rental units across 13 states valued at a total...
01 September 2015
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The number of available private rented properties rose sharply in July according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Agents managed an...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...
26 August 2015
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Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...
10 August 2015
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An analysis by Britain’s biggest letting agency, Countrywide, has thrown up a little known fact - with applications for school places...
22 July 2015
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17 July 2015
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This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Private rents in the UK are the highest in Europe despite having amongst the least secure tenancies - that it the...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...
19 June 2015
From: Features

Prominent landlord Liz Hodgkinson has hit out at the allegedly-high fees of letting agents who offer full management services, claiming their...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents have risen in all parts of the UK in the past three months with Greater London average rents now exceeding...
15 June 2015
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Forget those ideas that even posh students live in digs or shared houses - prime central London agency Napier Watt has...
11 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...
22 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Tenant evictions have reached a record high 11,307 in the first quarter of the year according to government figures. However, the majority...
15 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...
27 April 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association. "We understand...