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Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

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

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

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

A letting platform says what it calls “the rental chaos” of the current market has now end in sight. New data from...

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

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

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

The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...

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

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

It’s a conundrum for many, especially those moving to the capital...but portal OnTheMarket claims it knows exactly where it is cheapest...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...

A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move.   The area with...

An online letting agency has sharply criticised student accommodation branded as affordable yet costing, it claims, nearly twice the maximum maintenance...

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...

The average rent for a new tenancy in London during August was £1,765 per month, according to data from the Tenancy...

Average rents in some of the UK's most popular university locations have increased significantly over the last year, according to SpareRoom.co.uk. As...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

Latest figures from London lettings agency Portico suggest a slight fall in rents but the firm is now claiming that it...

Tenancy deposits in England and Wales are typically £100 dearer than the Scottish equivalent.  Between June 2015 and May 2016, the average...

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...

It’s probably a question you’ve never asked yourself but one online flat sharing agency has calculated the most expensive and the...

Many lenders are holding the equivalent of ‘mortgage January sales’ in order to kick-start the market for borrowers, according to a...

Research for a student accommodation service says the average weekly rent paid by students has risen a modest £1.43 in the...