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New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

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

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

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...

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

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

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

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

A well known regional lettings agency has completed a £250,000 investment drive that includes a new office and a recruitment campaign. Berriman...

A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...

Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...

A Landlords’ Club launched by a Solihull-based lettings agency under a year ago is now acting as a gateway for global...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance.  The Central England...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

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

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...