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A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

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

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

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

Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...

Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, held a summit yesterday about the capital’s private rental sector - but he did not...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

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

The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...

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

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

The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...

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

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector.  The episode - Losing Your Home:...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

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

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...

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

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions has hit an all time low...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

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

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

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

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...

The average rent for two bedroom apartments has risen to more than a third of gross average earnings of tenants in...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

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

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

The local council in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is starting an investigation into the private rental sector within...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...

The new Conservative government must focus on raising standards across the private renal sector according to one of the industry’s leading...