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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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