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Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...

Average rent arrears claims reached £2,092 in the second quarter of this year - a rise of 15% from £1,816 in...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

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

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

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

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

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

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

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

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

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

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

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

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

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

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

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

Letting agents are currently managing 25 email and phone enquiries on average for every property they have to let across Britain,...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

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

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

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

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

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

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

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

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

HomeLet has released its latest market figures from April, showing UK average rental prices hitting their highest of all time.  The average...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...

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

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...