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Rightmove, still very much the Number One portal despite growing competition, is launching a new national marketing campaign this coming weekend. The...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

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

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

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

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

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

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

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

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

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

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

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

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

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

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

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...

The Bank of England has revealed its latest decision on base rate - which in turn has a strong influence on...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...

A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...

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

Propertymark, together with Gas Safe Register, has produced top tips to be passed by agents to landlords and tenants as part...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

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

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

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

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

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...

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

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

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

Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...

A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...

Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

OnTheMarket is to host a series of Meet Our Partners webinars to showcase suppliers with links to the portals.  Since Jason Tebb...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

HomeLet has released its latest rental figures - and they show the market remaining strong. In October the average rent in the...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

A lettings agency group has made two moves to signal its commitment to being a forces-friendly employer.  Spicerhaart has signed the Armed...

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

A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

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

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

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

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

The massive Belvoir franchise network has signed up 360 of its franchisees to the PropTech service Kamma.  The franchisees include those under...

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...

A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...