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

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

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

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

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...

New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...

Proposed minimum energy efficiency standards regulation in England could leave residential landlords facing a £17.9 billion bill, a lettings agency warns. The...

A flamboyant landlord with 150 properties in England says he’s quitting the sector and taking his investment money elsewhere. Ajay Ahuja says:...

A letting agents’ trade group is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

As much as 75 per cent of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) for the next educational year has already been taken...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

Improving yields throughout 2023 may stop more landlords quitting - and, in addition, rental reforms are unlikely to be as bad as...

At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market.  Rent is...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

The Private Rental Sector is undeniably in need of some assistance, as recent changes to legislation and global events have put...

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

England’s private rental is forecast to top five million households within the next two years or so. The specialist rental platform Ocasa...

Figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons suggest that rentals have reaching the highest ever weekly price in the capital. The average in September...

An interesting analysis of the current rental stock shortage has been undertaken by Sky News. Using data from property consultancy TwentyCi, Sky...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

A lettings agency says demand for ‘bills included’ properties in London has rocketed since April - despite it costing tenants large...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

Those wondering why Airbnb is accused of contributing to the shortage of long term rental stock may be interested in seeing...

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...

Demand for apartment living across much of Britain has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite a move back to normality...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

Landlords are being invited to let the BBC know what it believes lies behind the current rental market stock shortage.  The corporation...

A long-term shortage of stock means the rental sector is “massively underperforming” according to the property analytics service TwentyCi. It says in...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

Research by buy to let consultancy Sequre Property Investment suggests that despite the return to near-normal in much of the country,...

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...

New data from Rightmove reveals the effect the staycation boom is having on the rental market across Britain. Seaside towns and other...

Growing numbers of landlords are quitting the sector, prompting a supply shortage and rent rises according to a market snapshot by...

A council’s own lettings agency is coordinating the call for landlords to house Afghan refugees, in one of the country’s most...

The latest rental market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests supply and demand in the lettings sector still...

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

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has written that whether landlords will accept pets in rental properties will not be...

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...

A key supplier is warning that landlords penalised by ever higher government taxes and rules will be forced to increase rents. Andy...

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...

Demand for student accommodation is greater than ever, a specialist online platform suggests. This is despite high supply of new purpose built...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

A new survey by rental sector PropTech supplier Fixflo asks landlords and agents how they have been impacted by the pandemic. The...

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

Data from estate agency Carter Jonas reveals which borough in the capital appears to be seeing the largest number of people...

Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...

There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...

A reduction in rental stock entering the market during the existing lockdown could result in higher rental costs for tenants, according to Ome.  The rental...

Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...

Rents continued to rise year-on-year in March while the number of homes available to let fell, according to the latest data...

Rental demand reached a record high of 88 prospective tenants per letting agency branch in January, up 57% from an average...

An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London.  The...

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings.  The...

Greater confidence and more certainty in the housing market following last month’s Tory election victory looks set to boost the housing...

The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

Almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their existing buy-to-let portfolio, new research from...

With the government consultation on tenancy reform ending tomorrow, time is running out for landlords wishing to have their say by...

The government’s proposal to scrap the use of Section 21 notices to evict tenants has been poorly received by landlords, with...

Private landlords in Newcastle have slammed the Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that could see long-term tenants acquire buy-to-let...

There has been a significant increase in letting market activity in East Hampshire, according to Zoopla. The property portal reports that East...

The government has been attacked by a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee for its “incoherent” approach...

A growing number of tenants are experiencing rent hikes due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in the market, according to Carter...

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

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in February rose to the highest figure since August, as supply of new property...

Rental income for buy-to-let landlords has increased by a staggering 15% over the past 12 month to hit £18.7bn, up from...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in January rose for the first time since September 2018, according to ARLA Propertymark’s...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1% in the 12 months to January 2019, unchanged from...

Despite government cuts, a new report claims that buy-to-let landlords in the UK claimed £17.7bn in tax relief last year, up...