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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...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

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...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

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

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer has launched a new podcast aimed at helping listeners through what he calls “the minefield”...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008.   This means that the...

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

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

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

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

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

It’s a conundrum for many, especially those moving to the capital...but portal OnTheMarket claims it knows exactly where it is cheapest...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

A PropTech firm has analysed London’s rental market and its results again spell bad news for those in the sector in...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...

The lettings market remains steady with demand roughly unchanged in March compared to the previous month according to the latest figures...

The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

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

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

Last year saw a significant drop in the number of homes bought by landlords according to data released this morning by...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...

Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...

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...

The rental market in parts of prime central London is becoming increasingly dominated by well-funded overseas students, according to a leading...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...

SDL Group - owner of the UK franchise for Century 21 lettings and estate agency branches - has been named as the...

The number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing rent costs for tenants remained at 31 per cent in July -...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet.    It says the average new tenancy signed during...

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...

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...

The average rent of a new letting in the UK grew by 0.24 per cent in the first six months of...

Rents fell in June by 0.3 per cent when compared to the same time last year, the second successive month in...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...

A PropTech company claims its new software platform will make it easier for letting agents and property managers to co-ordinate maintenance...

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...

The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...