New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...
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A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...
18 April 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Hamptons says rental growth across Britain in March posted its third ever double-digit increase since the agency records began almost a...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Cornwall is the hottest spot in the rental market, not only home to the highest level of tenant demand, but also...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK Association of Letting Agents says a survey of its members suggests that 2023 will be a tough year for...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties. The results of a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last. The number of...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark. The average number...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News
An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...