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15 August 2024
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The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
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A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
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New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
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Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...
24 April 2024
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A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons. The average rent...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...
14 November 2023
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Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection. The funding will be...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A year on from the Elizabeth Line opening, new Rightmove analysis reveals the latest renter trends near stations along the line. The...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...
19 May 2023
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Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers. Research from lettings...
25 April 2023
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Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home. The figure - which...
17 March 2023
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Rightmove forecasts average asking prices will drop two per cent in 2023 - meaning they will remain higher than after the...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
14 December 2022
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Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...
26 October 2022
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Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...
05 April 2022
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Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...
04 February 2022
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Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...
17 May 2021
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The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...
17 May 2021
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Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
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The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons. Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...
15 February 2021
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There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
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The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall. Data from Hamptons International...
15 June 2020
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The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
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23 March 2020
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London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...
31 January 2020
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The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
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Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...
20 January 2020
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Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...
27 December 2019
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Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide. In an analysis of the market released under the name...
27 December 2019
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The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...
23 December 2019
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The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
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A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
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Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...
15 October 2019
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Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...
05 August 2019
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Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
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New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
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The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise. Data from Hamptons...
15 April 2019
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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
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New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...
08 March 2019
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Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
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A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
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The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
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So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008. This means that the...
12 November 2018
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Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...
13 August 2018
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Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...
11 June 2018
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There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
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The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...
17 April 2018
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Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...
28 March 2018
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Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...
17 January 2018
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Last year saw a significant drop in the number of homes bought by landlords according to data released this morning by...
15 January 2018
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Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide. Last year rents rose by an...
15 January 2018
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The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...
12 December 2017
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Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...
11 December 2017
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A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...
08 December 2017
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The annual rate of rental growth slowed between September and October according to Countrywide. The cost of the average new let in...
13 November 2017
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Average rents for newly-let property across Great Britain rose to £954 per month in August, reflecting a 1.6 per cent annual...
11 September 2017
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The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...
14 August 2017
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Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...
20 June 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...
25 August 2016
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A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...