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Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

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...

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

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 market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

A business owner who calls himself a “frontline agent” is the new Vice President of ARLA Propertymark.  David Votta, owner of Votta...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall.   Data from Hamptons International...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord.  Void periods dropped slightly in...

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford.  This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

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

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

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

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

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

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

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

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

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

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

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

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

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

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

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

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

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

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

Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells.  The...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

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

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

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

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing that for the first time the value of awards...

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...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

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

Belvoir has snapped up another independent lettings agency in the south east.  Grey & Co, located at Wembley Park in north London,...

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

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

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

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

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

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...

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

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

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

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

London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has revealed where voids are at their worst in the rental sector - and where...

The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...

A third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2018 despite a backdrop of increased challenges in...

The National Landlords’ Association is reporting that around 16 per cent of its members in outer London have reduced rents over...

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...

UK rents grew by a tiny 0.56 per cent in 2017 according to specialist lender Landbay. However, in a special exercise, the...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

A pullback in the buy to let market is threatening to reduce sale prices further in London and parts of the...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

Average rents across the UK rose a modest 0.9 per cent in the year to October, taking the country's average to...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

Consumer group Which? says ‘micro-apartments’ - which have proliferated in recent years - may not be good investments.    The group has focussed...

The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet.    It says the average new tenancy signed during...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

The annual report of The Property Ombudsman, released today, reveals that the largest compensation award of the year has been made...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

There has been a ‘robust’ improvement in the lettings market according to board company Agency Express.   It says its nationwide data on...

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

A new report says buy to let will continue to provide good investment opportunities but requires an increasingly professional approach.   The report,...

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move.   The area with...

Leaders and Romans have announced that both brands are seeking to expand this year through acquisitions following what they call "a...

Build To Rent operator Essential Living has won planning consent for 221 new homes in Brentford - part of the firm’s...

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales.   The average...

Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...

Property campaigner Ajay Jagota has launched what he calls a “stolen deposits totaliser” to keep track of how much cash crooked...

A former administrator at a Savills letting office has admitted embezzling around £16,000 from the firm over a five and a...

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...

A major buy to let mortgage provider has eased the criteria to be met by landlord investors who want to borrow...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...

The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...

Regional lettings markets around the country are now outperforming London according to Your Move.    While rents in London grew 6.9 per cent...

The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...

The average rent for a new tenancy in London during August was £1,765 per month, according to data from the Tenancy...

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do.   That is the result of a...

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...

Rents for new tenants across the UK continued to rise during August and now stand at an average of £913 a...

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...

Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow.   Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

Latest data from board company Agency Express suggests that last month’s lull in the lettings market was short lived - although...

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...

Bexley council in south east London says it is going to announce what it describes as a “crackdown” on HMOs next...

A letting agent and his landlord client have been fined thousands of pounds for a number of offences relating to what...

The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...

A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

International development firm Westrock has given details of what it calls “the first homes designed specifically for rent in a key...

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak.  This...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants the government to allocate more spending and greater political priority to housing, after new...

Rents in Greater London for new tenancies are rising at the slowest rate for almost two years.  Data from HomeLet shows rents...

L&Q has launched its programme to create 5,000 new homes for the Build To Rent sector in London and south east...

Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...

Rents climbed 0.7 per cent in October to a UK average of £1,294. There were increases in every region with the...

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...

In an unusual boost for the benefits of the private rental sector, new data suggests tenants routinely rent in more expensive...

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...

No fewer than 45 per cent of tenants renewing their tenancies were given rent increases in August, the highest since Countrywide's...

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...

Rent rises have moderated across the UK according to HomeLet.  In every region of the UK, the pace of rent rises slowed...

Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...

HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...

Tenants trying to find cheaper and better value letting properties than those available in London are moving outside the capital -...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...