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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...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

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

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

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

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions has hit an all time low...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

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

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

One of the leading providers in the hyper-competitive deposit alternative niche has made a bid for support from London tenants by...

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

Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

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

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

New data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents shows how the festive slowdown has hit the market. The number of tenants...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

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

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

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

The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...

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

Controversial housing charity Shelter claims that private renters are collectively paying out £11 billion more a year – around £425 a...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

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

There’s been a steep rise in the costs of landlord joining a compulsory licensing scheme operated by Labour-controlled Nottingham city council. The...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

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

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

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

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

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

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...

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...

Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

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

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

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

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

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

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

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

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

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

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

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

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says there has been a record number of rent increases reported by its members. In a...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

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

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...

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

Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...

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

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

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

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

Consultation is underway to extend a landlord licensing scheme in a London borough where a third of households rents privately.  Three types...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

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

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

The public are described as being “sceptical and confused” over the fees ban that comes into effect tomorrow.  A survey by insurance...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

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

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...

Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...

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

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says there is a record number of homes available to renters - but this does...

A 23 year old lettings agent has tragically died from a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

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

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise.  Data from Hamptons...

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

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

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

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The number of agents seeing rent rises imposed on tenants hit 34 per cent in February, well up on the 26...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

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

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...

More tenants are seeing rent increases, according to the latest market snapshot delivered by the Association of Residential Letting Agents. It says...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

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...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, which is a rise of 2.5 per cent on this time last...

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...

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

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

Tenants are in for a rocky ride this year - and it’s chiefly the fault of government, says the chief executive...

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

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The lettings industry has welcomed news that reforms to Universal Credit will include a new online system for private landlords to...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

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

It’s the lull before the storm for private tenants according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. In its market snapshot looking...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

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

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

There’s been a large jump in the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions according to the Association of Residential Letting...

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

OnTheMarket, which is beginning to undertake occasional property research, has released data identifying what proportion of tenants’ salaries are spent on...

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

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

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

A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

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

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

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...

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...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...

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

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...