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A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

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

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

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

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

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

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

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

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

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

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

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

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

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

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...

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

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

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

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

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

One of the most respected financial organisations says markets are now betting that the Bank of England base rate will hit...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions monitored...

A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country.   That’s the claim...

Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...

Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

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

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

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