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New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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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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
From: Breaking News
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...
07 June 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...
18 April 2023
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The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...
14 April 2023
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New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, held a summit yesterday about the capital’s private rental sector - but he did not...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...
14 November 2022
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The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...
02 November 2022
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The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove asking price market report suggests that the biggest victim of the current market mayhem is the first time...
17 October 2022
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New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...
02 September 2022
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The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
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Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...
19 July 2022
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Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
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Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
01 July 2022
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The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...
08 June 2022
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The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
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The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...
28 March 2022
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ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector. The episode - Losing Your Home:...
17 March 2022
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A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...
27 January 2022
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Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...
08 October 2021
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Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...
15 July 2021
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Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...
09 April 2021
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The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...
31 January 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions has hit an all time low...
29 January 2020
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The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
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As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...
22 November 2019
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The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
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A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...
22 March 2019
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Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close. Firstly...
31 December 2018
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With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
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A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
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A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...
08 February 2018
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High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...
05 February 2018
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The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...
07 September 2017
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New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...
24 February 2017
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The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...
28 October 2016
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The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice. Whilst...
16 February 2016
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Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak. This...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...
01 February 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
The local council in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is starting an investigation into the private rental sector within...
24 June 2015
From: Breaking News
When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...
19 June 2015
From: Features
The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...
18 June 2015
From: Breaking News
Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...