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 new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...
23 July 2024
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A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
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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
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The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...
11 July 2024
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Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
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The latest snapshot of the rental market from Rightmove reveals that average advertised rents for tenants outside of London have reached...
03 July 2024
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A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 May 2024
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Asking rents continue to show positive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...
24 May 2024
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The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
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Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
16 January 2024
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New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...
03 January 2024
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A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...
05 December 2023
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Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
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The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...
14 September 2023
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
21 August 2023
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A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 August 2023
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There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
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The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector. It says that in June the number...
20 July 2023
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The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...
06 July 2023
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The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...
05 July 2023
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The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...
14 June 2023
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A lettings agency claims eviction powers may actually increase - not reduce - thanks to the controversial Renters Reform Bill. Knight Frank...
01 June 2023
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The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 May 2023
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A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...
24 April 2023
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The number of new prospective tenants registering at each branch of a Propertymark-member lettings agency held steady at 106 in March,...
20 April 2023
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Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...
31 March 2023
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...
03 March 2023
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The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...
02 March 2023
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Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...
20 February 2023
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The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...
16 February 2023
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Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...
19 January 2023
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The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot by London-focussed data company LonRes shows that a shortage of homes available to rent across all parts...
16 December 2022
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The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...
08 December 2022
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An average of 85 new applicants were registered per Propertymark member branch in October according to the trade body’s latest lettings...
18 November 2022
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The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows another robust performance for lettings. RICS says tenant demand continues...
10 November 2022
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Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...
21 October 2022
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Propertymark’s latest rental market snapshot shows that since February, the number of new tenants wanting to register on agents’ books has increased...
20 October 2022
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As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...
15 September 2022
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The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...
13 September 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests tenant demand is rising further with a net...
08 September 2022
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A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...
18 August 2022
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The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...
17 August 2022
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A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...
16 August 2022
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The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
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The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...
29 July 2022
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A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...
21 July 2022
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Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...
19 July 2022
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A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...
07 July 2022
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The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113 pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...
05 July 2022
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London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
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A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...
16 May 2022
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The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...
13 May 2022
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The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...
13 May 2022
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The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...
04 May 2022
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Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...
21 April 2022
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The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...
19 April 2022
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The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
14 April 2022
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There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...
11 April 2022
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The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...
24 March 2022
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An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...
17 March 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...
04 March 2022
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The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...
03 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...
01 February 2022
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A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
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The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...
09 December 2021
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The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...
22 November 2021
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Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...
16 November 2021
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Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...
16 November 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...
03 November 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
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Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...
15 October 2021
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Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
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More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
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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
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There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
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A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...
16 August 2021
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Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
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Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...
12 August 2021
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Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...
03 August 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
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Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...
15 July 2021
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For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...
09 July 2021
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Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the Deposit Protection...
07 July 2021
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Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...
11 June 2021
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The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself. The...
04 June 2021
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The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...
03 June 2021
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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
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...
06 May 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...