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New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

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

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

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

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

A year on from the Elizabeth Line opening, new Rightmove analysis reveals the latest renter trends near stations along the line. The...

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

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

There were 108 new applicants registered per Propertymark member lettings agency branch on average in January, compared to just 64 in...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

The latest Rightmove asking price market report suggests that the biggest victim of the current market mayhem is the first time...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

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

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...

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

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

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

There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

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

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

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...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

In what seems to be increasingly rare good news for the private rental sector, ARLA says demand from new tenants has...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

There were 26 prospective tenants registered at each member branch of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - the lowest level...

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

Property consultancy Dataloft has produced an index to monitor what it says are the four key factors behind buy to let investors'...

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...

The average void period has dipped below 2.6 weeks per year according to a survey of the private rental sector by...