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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...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

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

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

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

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

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...

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

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A London-focused lettings agency says actual rents in the capital are far greater than official average figures produced by the government.  Benham...

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

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

The number of property employees employees in the UK working from home has dropped by almost half in the space of...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

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

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...

Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

No fewer than 86 per cent of renters - the equivalent of over six million households - have less than a...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...

Countrywide says average rents across the UK are now at their highest-ever levels, some 12 per cent above their pre-recession peak.  This...

Renters are paying 2.7 per cent more for their homes than a year ago, according to data from the Office for...

Rents in Britain went up by an average of 2.5 per cent over the last year, the fastest rise for two-and-a-half...

Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Britain rose 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to March, according to the...