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An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

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

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

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

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

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

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...

Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...

The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...

A digital start-up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of landlords against the entire buy to let mortgage market of...

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...

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

The managing director of LSL’s Corporate Client Department has been appointed as National Lettings and Franchise Director for Your Move and...

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

LSL Property Services, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings and estate agencies, is investing in an online buy to...

Latest data from Your Move’s rental indices suggest that rents are growing, with the average in England and Wales now £904,...

Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...

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...

London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...

Rents in Scotland dropped 2.3 per cent on average in the month leading up to the General Election according to Your...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

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

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...

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

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

Your Move says almost half of prospective tenants place extreme importance on who their landlord will be when deciding where to...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...

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

Some 40% of private tenants are aged over 46, according to a study by Your Move.  The agency researched 36,500 tenants and...

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

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record.  Data from Your Move shows that average...

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

Annual rent rises in Scotland hit a three-year low in April, according to new figures. Your Move's Scotland Buy-to-Let Index shows that...

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...

The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...

March saw the sharpest month-on-month fall in Scottish rents on record, according to the letting agency Your Move.  Average residential rents in...

Adrian Gill, whose resignation as LSL Property Services was announced last week after just nine months in post, is to become...

Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...

The latest survey of arrears in England and Wales suggests the level now stands at 9.1 per cent of all rent...

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move.  As of January the proportion of late...

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year.  Data from Your Move and Reeds...

There has been an end of year surge in Scottish rents according to a buy to let index run by Your...

Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...

The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen by 13.8 per cent.  An arrears tracking index conducted by letting agencies...

Another rental index suggests there has been a seasonal dip in rents - although across England and Wales as a whole...

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

LSL Property Services has snapped up another independent letting agency - and says it’s looking for more.  The agency, PHP Lettings in...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

A firm has launched a new service for landlords and agents which is designed to speed up and increase the recovery...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...

A total of 74,000 private sector tenants owe more than two months’ rent - this is up 4.4 per cent in...

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...

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

The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...

Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has acted about the mystery surrounding the future of east of England letting agency Kirby Property...

Tenant arrears are rising in Scotland, even though letting agents’ fees on tenants are banned. Agents’ fees on renters, which are legal in...

There has been a sharp rise in rent arrears - they made up 8.7 per cent of all rent payable in...

Scotland is to be officially represented within the Association of Residential Lettings Agents with the appointment of a Your Move area...

Britain’s tenants would overwhelmingly support the appointment of a government minister solely responsible for tenancy issues, according to agents Your Move...

Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6% in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index.  This is...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Britain rose 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to March, according to the...

Landlords anticipate that rent rises will taper off over the next twelve months, according to a sentiment survey conducted by Your...

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2 per cent higher than at the time of the last General Election in...