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Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

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

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

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

A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

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

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

The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...

Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank.  The high...

A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

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

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

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

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

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

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

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector.  The episode - Losing Your Home:...

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

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...

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

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...

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

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

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

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

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

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

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

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

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

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

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

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

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...

Rightmove is launching a new insurance product for letting agents called Agent Revenue Protection. It is designed to pay out up to...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

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

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

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

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

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

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

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

Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

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

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

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

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

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

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...

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

Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...

The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

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

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

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

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

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

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

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

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

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

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

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

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

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 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...