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The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

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

TV property guru Phil Spencer is urging lettings agents to prepare for a surge in the number of older tenants and...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

The number of middle-age and later life tenants living in privately rented homes has accelerated faster than those under the age...

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...

The head of a retirement rentals brand says the phenomenon of the elderly tenant is on the increase. Jamie Turnbull, business director...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...

A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...

New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...

The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...

Some 40% of private tenants are aged over 46, according to a study by Your Move.  The agency researched 36,500 tenants and...

Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...

Data produced by Scottish lettings agency DJ Alexander Lettings appears to show a growing trend towards long-term letting over buying. The agency,...

The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...

The private rental sector could expand to cover 40 per cent of households and the UK population is likely to split...

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