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

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

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

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

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

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

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

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

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

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

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

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

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

Increasing numbers of relatively well-paid tenants are being asked to provide a guarantor. That’s the view of PropTech firm Goodlord which says...

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

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

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

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions monitored...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

A growing number of rental applications are being rejected by agents, it’s been claimed. PropTech firm Vouch says that between January and...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...

A new online estate agency based in London says that to rent the recommended space for a single person in the...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

Almost half of letting agents say they have seen uncertainty from their landlord clients “which could cause waves in the rental...

Whatever the outcome of today’s EU Referendum, ARLA says its lettings agent members do not believe supply, demand or rental costs...

JLL is forecasting that average rents across the UK will rise by 4.5 per cent next year, followed by a 4.0...