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

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

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

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last.   The number of...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...

Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

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

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

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

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...

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

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

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

Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

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

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

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

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

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

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

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

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has opened in Leeds city centre. The Headline, from Grainger, features 242 new homes and...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

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

A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

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

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

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

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

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

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

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

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

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

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

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

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

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

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

Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...

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

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

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

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

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

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

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

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

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...

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

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

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

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

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

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

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

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

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

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

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...

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

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

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

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

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

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

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

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

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

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

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

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

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

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

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons.  Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

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

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

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...

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...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

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...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

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

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

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

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

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

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

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

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

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

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

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

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

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

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

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

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

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

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

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

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

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

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

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

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

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

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

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...

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

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

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

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

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

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

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

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

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...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

Average room rents in the capital have dipped seven per cent compared to this time last year according to a flat-sharing...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall.   Data from Hamptons International...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

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 lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

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

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

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

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

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

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

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

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

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

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...