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Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

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

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

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

A London-focused lettings agency is partnering with Barratt London to encourage Indian investors. Barratt London, with 40 years’ experience in the capital...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...

A London-focused lettings agency says actual rents in the capital are far greater than official average figures produced by the government.  Benham...

A new PropTech tool says it will help agents maximise their chances of handling the sales of properties being disposed of...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

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

Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

A former lettings agent stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and personal items from homes after conning other agents into...

Rental growth in London remained relatively stable during the first quarter of 2017, according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings. The firm's...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings has surveyed its tenants and, based on 1,400 responses - a third of the...

Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says it is encouraging its London landlords to avoid rent rises and instead focus on retaining...

Rents have flat-lined across most of the capital according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, which says it is advising its...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

A leading London lettings agency chief suggests that Brexit may - against the expectations of many - actually be a good...

A firm which claims to be London's fastest growing letting agency has opened its fifteenth branch. Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings' latest...

Developers of major London developments, including Battersea Power Station, may be considering 'downsizing' apartments that can't sell to make them more suitable...

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...

George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...

Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, London’s largest independent letting agency, has opened its 14th office. It's in Surrey Quays and is the agency’s...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

The struggling London sales market is provoking a boom in the capital’s rental sector according to data from Benham & Reeves...

A London letting agency is playing down the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed changes to buy to let tax breaks,...

The central London sales market dip of recent weeks has directly led to a surge in the lettings sector according to...

A letting agency chain is claiming to be London’s largest independent letting agent after opening its 13th office. Benham & Reeves Residential...