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29 November 2023
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Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector. Savills...
28 November 2023
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An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
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Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...
27 November 2023
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Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...
27 November 2023
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Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...
24 November 2023
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New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing...
23 November 2023
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A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...
21 November 2023
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Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...
17 November 2023
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The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...
17 November 2023
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Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes. However, rents...
15 November 2023
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The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...
14 November 2023
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Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...
14 November 2023
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Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...
14 November 2023
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The government is considering five different options for ground rent as the reform process for the sector begins. The government is committed...
13 November 2023
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The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...
09 November 2023
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The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns. This is...
09 November 2023
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An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...
08 November 2023
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One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...
08 November 2023
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Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 November 2023
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New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
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A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...
07 November 2023
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The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
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There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
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Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England. According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...
03 November 2023
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
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Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
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Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...
27 October 2023
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The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...
27 October 2023
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A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
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Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
25 October 2023
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The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...
24 October 2023
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A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 October 2023
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The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...
19 October 2023
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Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...
18 October 2023
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London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...
17 October 2023
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Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...
17 October 2023
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The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...
16 October 2023
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A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...
13 October 2023
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The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 2023
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Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...
12 October 2023
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Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...
11 October 2023
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Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
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An independent agency managing 115 lettings units has been snapped up its local Belvoir franchise. Tim Hughes, owner of Belvoir Newbury, has...
10 October 2023
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Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
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Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...
06 October 2023
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Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...
06 October 2023
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Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...
06 October 2023
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Letting agents are currently managing 25 email and phone enquiries on average for every property they have to let across Britain,...
05 October 2023
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Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...
05 October 2023
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Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
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A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
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It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...
26 September 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...
25 September 2023
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Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 2023
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A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
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A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...
22 September 2023
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The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...
22 September 2023
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A prominent industry supplier is urging agents and landlords to lobby MPs to suggest improvements to the Renters Reform Bill. PayProp UK...
21 September 2023
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The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...
21 September 2023
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London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...
19 September 2023
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The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...
18 September 2023
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Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
18 September 2023
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Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...
15 September 2023
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There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...
15 September 2023
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New data from flatshare site SpareRoom has revealed just under three quarters of renters are either actively looking or considering moving...
13 September 2023
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More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
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Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
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A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...
11 September 2023
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The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...
06 September 2023
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A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations. Fisher German says the government should act now...
04 September 2023
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Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...
04 September 2023
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Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...
01 September 2023
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New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers. So far this year...
29 August 2023
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The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...
25 August 2023
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New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...
24 August 2023
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
21 August 2023
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...
21 August 2023
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A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
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Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes. This figure took rents to 28.4 per...
18 August 2023
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A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
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Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...
16 August 2023
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There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
14 August 2023
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Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...
14 August 2023
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There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
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The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank. The agency says the underlying...
09 August 2023
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A letting platform says what it calls “the rental chaos” of the current market has now end in sight. New data from...
04 August 2023
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July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
02 August 2023
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A retirement forecast suggests older renters may struggle as demographic and property market figures change over time. Scottish Widows’ annual retirement report,...
01 August 2023
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Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...
31 July 2023
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Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...
28 July 2023
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The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...
24 July 2023
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Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...
21 July 2023
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A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector. It says that...
21 July 2023
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The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector. It says that in June the number...
20 July 2023
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The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...