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A prominent rental market analyst is warning that elements of the reform legislation proposed by Labour “are casting dark shadows” over...

The government has been warned by a charity not to weaken its commitment to scrapping Section 21 by allowing ‘backdoor evictions’...

The National Residential Landlords Association has congratulated Labour on its landslide election win and has extended the hand of cooperation for...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...

A prominent housing market website suggests that unprec­edented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...

A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

Most landlords are no better off now, even after substantial rent increases over recent years.  Rightmove recently reported that national average asking...

The latest edition of a housing market measure has suggested that one borough of London has seen rent rises of 33...

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

Cluttons says renter demand in central London is massively outstripping the supply of homes available for let, while the sales market...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...

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

Rents are up year-on-year across all regions, according to the property website Home.   The mix-adjusted average rise across the UK is a...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

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

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

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

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...

A lettings market monitor says the Greater London rental sector has in recent months switched from one of scarcity of properties...

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...

One in four buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...

Demand for rental property is up 33% compared to this time last year as market restrictions ease and renters plan for...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

The UK has a chronic undersupply of housing. This is not news; it’s just a statement of a fact which has...

Almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their existing buy-to-let portfolio, new research from...

Average asking rents in London rose to an all-time high of £2,091 a month in the first quarter of the year...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

Rental values in prime London increased by 1.9% in the fourth quarter of 2018 on the back of greater demand from...

Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...

Asking rents in London rose to a record high in December, with market conditions in the capital improving to levels not...

Asking rents for properties in the UK increased in the second quarter of the year, led by gains in London, Rightmove’s...

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

The average asking rent across the UK, excluding London, increased by 0.7% in 2017, which is the lowest rate of growth...

Asking rents are continuing to drop as the supply of property to let increases, according to a new report. Historically, asking rents...

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite an increase in the number of rental homes on the market, according...

Private landlords in the capital are starting to feel the pinch from weaker tenant demand, with some landlords being forced to...

Rent asking prices so far in 2017 have slowed to their lowest level since the final quarter of 2014, following a...

Prime rents in the Home Counties dropped by an average of 0.8% last year, as a higher number of homes available...

Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...

The annual rate of rental price growth in London fell for the first time in six years in July as rents...

Landlords who rushed to acquire properties earlier this year are now actively renting them out, providing tenants with a flood of...