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The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

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

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

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

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

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

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

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

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

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

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

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

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

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...

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...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

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

The Nationwide has set out a comprehensive study of how migrstion impacts on housing demand in the UK, especially in the...

This is a final call for estate and letting agents to have a say on what may be one of the...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

Repairs service provider Fixflo is this week opening its annual call for comments from letting agents on repairs and maintenance issues.   Although...

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

Not too many years ago, electric and hybrid cars were regarded as being rather quirky, their main purpose being to deliver...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Contrary to a number of trends identified by lettings organisations and surveys of tenants, an insurance firm is claiming that longer-term...

The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...

An industry body has blasted an analysis of housing trends in England that claims the private rented sector is ‘not fit...

Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

In 2026 - just 10 years from now - the average UK private rental deposit is set to reach £1,111 - the...

Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...

Only 26 per cent of people currently aged 20 to 39 in England will live in a home they own by...

A new lettings sector index to be launched later this month claims new “insight into the UK private rented sector.” The index...

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...