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

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

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

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

The number of people committing to tenancies for two years or more is declining according to new data released by Foxtons.   In...

The average UK tenant expects to remain part of the Private Rented Sector for a further decade, according to a new...

Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...

An industry study reports that the average tenancy length is now almost three years. Property consultancy firm Allsop’s fifth annual Rent Check...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...