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One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

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

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector.  Sam...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

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

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

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

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

Pattinson estate agency in the north east of England has snapped up Ryedales Estate Agents, an independent in Northumberland. Ryedales owners Geoff...

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

A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

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

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 new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

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

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

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

A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

The average rent in the UK is now £1,174 pcm, down 0.1 per cent from December after seeing the first month-on-month...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

Maintenance costs now account for over a fifth of the average rental income of a property, it’s been claimed. A company called...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

North east of England agency My Property Box has acquired Newcastle independent Groves as part of its strategic growth plan. All 12...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

The government is asking bailiffs not to enforce court possession orders in areas with the highest Coronavirus restrictions.  So although evictions can...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

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

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

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

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...