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A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

With 2023 drawing to a close, flatshare website SpareRoom has revealed data which suggests a slowdown in the rental frenzy -...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...

Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

Annual growth in rental values continues to increase in the traditionally busy summer months, with little sign of an imminent slowdown.  This...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...

Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

A new study claims to show where landlords should invest in 2023, based on recent profits. The website Money has looked at...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

Rental value growth remains firmly in double-digits in prime London postcodes as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to Knight Frank. The...

Rents are still rising rapidly across Prime London, hitting a new record high, as the shortage of property available to rent...

The intense heat felt across the lettings market over recent months appears to have cooled a little according to the latest...

Average rents cross the UK rose by over two per cent for the second quarter in a row during Q3 2022,...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

A new market analysis by lettings agency Hamptons shows that the period from July 2020 and July 2022 saw the biggest...

Today’s rental market is unsustainable according to a leading industry supplier. HomeLet’s latest monthly market snapshot says the average rent in the...

Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...

Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are  now privately...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...

One of the major lettings market indices has produced figures showing how much rents rose in 2021. HomeLet says the average rent...

Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround.  This is according to lettings...

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

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord.  In good news for landlords,...

A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising landlords to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

A leading market monitor suggests voids are increasing but otherwise states the rental market is in good health, one year on from...

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...

There’s more bad news for landlords and investors looking at prime London properties according to a market snapshot from Knight Frank. It...

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...

The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...

Rental growth across Great Britain was flat in September according to the latest market survey by Countrywide brand Hamptons International. Average rents...

With activity in the market continuing to rise and the number new tenancies back to pre-pandemic levels, landlords are enjoying strong...

Rents increased by an average of 2% in August thanks to greater demand from renters, the latest figures show.  Modest growth in...

Average rents across the UK increased by 2.1% in August when compared with a month earlier, according to the latest data...

Average rents across the UK increased by 1.5% in July when compared with a month earlier, the latest data and analysis...

The number of new tenancies is almost back to pre-pandemic levels following a sharp decline in activity during the second quarter...

Average rents achieved on tenancies in June dropped marginally compared to May, but remain higher on an annual basis, the latest...

Average rents across the UK increased by 2.7% in May when compared to the same month last year, according to the...

The government is being urged to increase housing benefits and remove the benefit cap to help support more tenants, especially in...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second consecutive month in April, the latest Hamptons International Lettings Index shows.  Last month, the average...

Rents have unsurprisingly dropped over the past month, while the dip in void periods has fluctuated across the UK, the latest...

Some 70% tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed, the highest level recorded in any March since 2008...

The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show.  The Scottish...

The rental market broadly remained stable in January, the latest rental index from Goodlord shows. Average rents increased in four out of...

Despite the widening supply-demand imbalance in the private rented sector, it is now generally more affordable to rent a property with...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Rents in the PRS continued to grow at a modest pace in November, the latest figures from HomeLet show.  The data reveals...

Rental price growth in London is set to rise ahead of wage inflation over the next five years, according to new forecasts...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased further in October, according to the latest data.  The figures from HomeLet show that...

After an encouragingly buoyant summer period for the letting sector, there are growing signs that the rental market is starting to...

The UK has a chronic undersupply of housing. This is not news; it’s just a statement of a fact which has...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector continued to increase in September, the latest figures show.  The data from HomeLet reveals that...

Rent increases in the third quarter of 2019, as released by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) Rent Index, reveal growth...

Rents in Great Britain increased by an average of 2.3% year-on-year in August, fuelled primarily by growth in the South East...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector reached a record high in August, according to the latest data from HomeLet.  The figures...

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Private rental price increases have accelerated modestly, in line with earnings across the UK, according to a new report from HomeLet. The...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by Goodlord in July, new figures show. The property technology firm...

UK rents have increased by an average of 13.9% over the past five years, according to HomeLet. The group said its June...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.6% in the 12 months to May, according to...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by £15 per calendar month (pcm) over the past...

Average asking rents in London rose to an all-time high of £2,091 a month in the first quarter of the year...

Weak rental growth has resulted in improved affordability for renters across many parts of the country, including London, while rents in...

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...