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Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

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

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Annual rental growth across remained in double-digits during September, with the average cost of a new let up 11.7 per cent...

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

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

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

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home.   The figure - which...

Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...

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

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

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

Stock levels crept up for a second consecutive month, according to lettings agency Hamptons, meaning there were 15 per cent more...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain rose has hit £1,204 pcm - passing the £1,200 mark for...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

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

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

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

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

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

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

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

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons.  Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

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

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...

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

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...