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Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

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

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

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

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

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

Developers of major London developments, including Battersea Power Station, may be considering 'downsizing' apartments that can't sell to make them more suitable...

George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...

The struggling London sales market is provoking a boom in the capital’s rental sector according to data from Benham & Reeves...

The central London sales market dip of recent weeks has directly led to a surge in the lettings sector according to...