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A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

A long-standing Martin & Co franchisee is expanding his network of London offices following an independent agency acquisition. Michael van de Vyver, who...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team.  Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...

New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

Savills has promoted Sophie Candlin, a negotiator in its south west London Teddington office, to become its head of lettings. She takes...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

Savills London has promoted Charlotte Whitmarsh to head of lettings in the Wimbledon office.  She steps into her new position with seven...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Samuel Estates, an agency based in south west London, has snapped up local independent Home Lets. Established in 2004 the first Samuel...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country.   That’s the claim...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

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

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

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...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

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

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

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

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

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

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

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

New research by MoneySuperMarket reveals that dogs cause £1.5 billion of property damage per year. Labradoodles are the UK’s most destructive dog...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

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

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

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

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

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