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London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

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

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

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

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

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

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

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

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...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

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

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

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

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

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

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

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

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

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...

There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

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

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

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

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...

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

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

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

Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...

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

The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...

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

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

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

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

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

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

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

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

The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...

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

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...

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

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

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

Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...

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

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

The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

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

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

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

The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...

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...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

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

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

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

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

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

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

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

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

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

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