Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...
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17 April 2024
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Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons. Last month, the average rent on...
20 March 2024
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Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...
18 March 2024
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Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...
20 February 2024
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Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
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Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...
03 January 2024
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It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...
10 October 2023
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Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 2023
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Although most property sellers in the past year made a substantial gain, a new analysis shows that flat sellers - many...
09 January 2023
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The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
21 June 2022
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The draconian new rules governing EPC targets are driving some landlords to favour new build properties when expanding their portfolios. That appears...
15 February 2022
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The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
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For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...
15 June 2021
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A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...
09 March 2021
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No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...
14 December 2020
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The average buy-to-let landlord made £78,100 profit upon selling their rental property in 2019, fresh data shows. Landlords selling up in London made...
17 June 2020
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There was a 1.6 % fall in rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain in May, the third consecutive monthly drop,...
16 June 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second consecutive month in April, the latest Hamptons International Lettings Index shows. Last month, the average...
18 May 2020
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Some 70% tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed, the highest level recorded in any March since 2008...
28 April 2020
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There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International. The estate...
09 April 2020
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The number of landlords in the private rental sector has fallen to a seven-year low, according to Hamptons International’s latest monthly...
19 February 2020
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A shortage of properties available to rent coupled with strong demand from tenants has led to notable rental price increases across...
30 December 2019
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The proportion of homes bought with cash has hit an all-time low as the number of investors acquiring property continues to...
26 November 2019
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The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...
11 November 2019
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The proportion of ‘accidental’ landlords has dropped year-on-year for the first time since 2014, fresh analysis shows. One in 14, or 7.1%,...
15 October 2019
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Rents in Great Britain increased by an average of 2.3% year-on-year in August, fuelled primarily by growth in the South East...
17 September 2019
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Some 12% of properties in the private rented sector are now owned by a company as tax changes make private landlords...
24 July 2019
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of over 50s renting homes, according to new research from Hamptons International. Some...
17 June 2019
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The average buy-to-let landlord made £80,000 profit upon selling their rental property in 2018, new figures show. Landlords in London made the...
13 May 2019
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Rents in Great Britain increased 1.9% year-on-year in March, driven by a 3.7% rise in Greater London where rents hit a...
15 April 2019
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There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...
15 April 2019
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The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in London in cash hit a seven-year high in 2018, according to fresh data from...
18 March 2019
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Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...
18 February 2019
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Tenants spent £1.9bn less in rent in 2018 compared with a year earlier, marking the first annual decline in more than...
11 February 2019
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The proportion of let properties in the UK owned by overseas landlords is at its lowest in almost a decade, new...
17 December 2018
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The outlook for renters has improved over the past decade, albeit with considerable regional variations, thanks to improved affordability, new figures...
12 November 2018
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Buy-to-let investors spent £12.1bn on new buy-to-let purchases during the first half of 2018, down 30% on three years ago, fresh...
16 October 2018
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A number of tenants have been hit by rent rises over the past 12 months as landlords respond to extra taxes...
16 October 2018
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Tenants are adopting a longer-term view to renting property, with more private renters looking to renew their existing contracts, new research...
17 September 2018
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The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...
13 August 2018
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Many would-be first-time buyers are being forced to rent longer despite a slowdown in house prices as new figures reveal that...
25 June 2018
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The number of properties rented as a second home in Great Britain reached 13,680 last year, the highest number on record,...