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A property portal has taken the unusual step of warning politicians about the dire impact of rent controls on the private...

Demand is still way ahead of supply min he private rental sector, a Rightmove survey has round. The property portal says there...

The average advertised rent of new properties coming onto the market hits a 17th consecutive record, with the average price of...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

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...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

The National Residential Landlords Associations has expressed relief that Labour appears to be backing away from rent controls. Association chief executive Ben...

New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

A prominent supporter of landlords has accused Labour and nationalist politicians of making the supply shortage of private rental properties in...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...

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

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

Unsurprisingly, there has been a sharp drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last...

Rental demand reached a record high of 88 prospective tenants per letting agency branch in January, up 57% from an average...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

There has been a further increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, according to new research by the...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people living in private rental homes, owed in part to a...

Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...

Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the UK as local authorities step up their efforts to clampdown on rogue...

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...

The number of landlords planning to sell some or all of their buy-to-let properties remains at an historic high, according to...

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

The supply of rental properties fell by 3.7% during October when compared to the previous month, according to fresh data from...

The supply of homes is set to fall while demand from tenants continues to increase, according to the latest research from...

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

There was a sharp increase in new rental properties listed in October, mostly in major towns and cities, according to fresh...

The supply of private rental homes hit an 18-month high in September, but fewer letting agents report increasing rents, while the...

The head of the UK's largest property franchise group has called on the new Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, to reverse 'punitive...

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

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell in March, to the lowest level since the start of...

Almost a quarter of a million homeowners have advertised for lodgers since the Rent a Room scheme threshold was raised in...

The supply of rental accommodation is the lowest in the past year, while demand for rented accommodation is still rising, according...

A seasonal lull kicked in as the supply of available rental properties dropped, alongside falling demand, according to the Association of...

Property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has launched a buy-to-let calculator, which shows landlords the full impact of the cuts to their...