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One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...
16 August 2024
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The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...
25 July 2024
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Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
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Deposit alternative provider flatfair claims to have enjoyed a record-breaking start to 2024, forming 61 new partnerships. These include Concept Estate Agents,...
12 July 2024
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There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...
23 April 2024
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HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
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Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
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Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
12 March 2024
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A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
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One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
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Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...
05 December 2023
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The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...
17 November 2023
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Propertymark has donated £5,200 to the industry charity Agents Giving, which works with lettings and estate agents to encourage, support and...
01 November 2023
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Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...
22 August 2023
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Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom. It says average UK room rents were...
13 July 2023
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The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...
05 July 2023
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A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...
30 June 2023
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An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...
09 June 2023
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The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
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Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...
14 March 2023
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Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...
13 March 2023
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Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices. The...
22 February 2023
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Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...
03 February 2023
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New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...
16 January 2023
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An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...
23 December 2022
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A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...
17 November 2022
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Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
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A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...
10 October 2022
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Maintenance costs now account for over a fifth of the average rental income of a property, it’s been claimed. A company called...
26 August 2022
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Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...
23 May 2022
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Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
26 April 2022
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A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
04 February 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...
03 February 2022
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Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...
21 January 2022
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New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...
22 October 2021
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Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
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A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...
05 October 2021
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More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
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An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...
22 September 2021
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The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
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The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...
06 September 2021
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The average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £1,029, up 6.6 per cent on the same time last year,...
06 August 2021
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The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...
22 July 2021
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Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the Deposit Protection...
07 July 2021
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The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...
05 July 2021
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A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...
19 January 2021
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Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
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The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
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04 August 2020
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Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
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Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...
12 June 2020
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PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...
03 June 2020
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New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
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The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
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The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord. Five out of the...
08 January 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...
18 November 2019
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UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
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Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...
11 October 2019
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Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...
04 October 2019
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The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...
11 July 2019
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Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...
13 May 2019
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The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...
11 January 2019
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HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...
11 December 2018
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The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...
07 September 2018
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A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...
02 August 2018
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Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...
12 July 2018
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Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...
13 June 2018
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A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 2018
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The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...
06 April 2018
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The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...
23 February 2018
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The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...
08 February 2018
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Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...
14 December 2017
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The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...
14 November 2017
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The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
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The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...
08 June 2017
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Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...
06 June 2017
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A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
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Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...
03 February 2017
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Age UK says the number of older people renting in the private sector is set to soar in the near future...
27 October 2016
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The average UK tenant expects to remain part of the Private Rented Sector for a further decade, according to a new...
14 September 2016
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The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...
13 September 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
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The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...
03 March 2016
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Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...
16 February 2016
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The latest survey of private sector rents by HomeLet shows very large regional differences with one area seeing a 4.9 per...
10 November 2015
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Rent rises have moderated across the UK according to HomeLet. In every region of the UK, the pace of rent rises slowed...
14 September 2015
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Rents continue to rise across the UK with many regions now keeping pace with or exceeding the pace of price increases...