The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
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Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...
29 March 2022
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Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...
28 January 2022
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Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...
10 December 2021
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Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace. According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...
03 December 2021
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The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
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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...
02 November 2021
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Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...
28 October 2021
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Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...
13 October 2021
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The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...
28 September 2021
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We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...
23 September 2021
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Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...
25 August 2021
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Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
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London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...
02 August 2021
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Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons. The agency says the gradual...
29 July 2021
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Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...
15 July 2021
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Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...
26 May 2021
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Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year. They’re to be held via...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
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The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...
21 January 2021
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A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...
15 January 2021
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The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...
06 January 2021
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One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...
17 December 2020
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An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively. Rentround...
10 December 2020
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Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...
03 December 2020
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A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
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It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

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...
06 October 2020
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A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on. Benham...
06 August 2020
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There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...
28 July 2020
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Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...
10 July 2020
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Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
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Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
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There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...
13 December 2019
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Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...
11 November 2019
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A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...
31 October 2019
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The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...
02 October 2019
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Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
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Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...
12 September 2019
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A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...
28 August 2019
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The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 2019
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...
04 July 2019
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A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...
16 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...
19 February 2019
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Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...
18 February 2019
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The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...
10 December 2018
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A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...
11 October 2018
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
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A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...
09 April 2018
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Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...
07 February 2018
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The Nationwide has set out a comprehensive study of how migrstion impacts on housing demand in the UK, especially in the...
02 November 2017
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17 October 2017
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Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
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Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
10 October 2017
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Repairs service provider Fixflo is this week opening its annual call for comments from letting agents on repairs and maintenance issues. Although...
02 August 2017
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The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...
05 June 2017
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The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
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Not too many years ago, electric and hybrid cars were regarded as being rather quirky, their main purpose being to deliver...
10 April 2017
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It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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Contrary to a number of trends identified by lettings organisations and surveys of tenants, an insurance firm is claiming that longer-term...
17 March 2017
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The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...
07 December 2016
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An industry body has blasted an analysis of housing trends in England that claims the private rented sector is ‘not fit...
03 August 2016
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Angels Media, publisher of Letting Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...
21 June 2016
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In 2026 - just 10 years from now - the average UK private rental deposit is set to reach £1,111 - the...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...
25 November 2015
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24 November 2015
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A new lettings sector index to be launched later this month claims new “insight into the UK private rented sector.” The index...