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New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord.  Five out of the...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...

  The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak.  This...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...