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Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent housing market website suggests that unprecedented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...
08 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Most landlords are no better off now, even after substantial rent increases over recent years. Rightmove recently reported that national average asking...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest edition of a housing market measure has suggested that one borough of London has seen rent rises of 33...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Cluttons says renter demand in central London is massively outstripping the supply of homes available for let, while the sales market...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A lettings market monitor says the Greater London rental sector has in recent months switched from one of scarcity of properties...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
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...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental property is up 33% compared to this time last year as market restrictions ease and renters plan for...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The UK has a chronic undersupply of housing. This is not news; it’s just a statement of a fact which has...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their existing buy-to-let portfolio, new research from...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents in London rose to an all-time high of £2,091 a month in the first quarter of the year...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in prime London increased by 1.9% in the fourth quarter of 2018 on the back of greater demand from...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Asking rents in London rose to a record high in December, with market conditions in the capital improving to levels not...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Asking rents for properties in the UK increased in the second quarter of the year, led by gains in London, Rightmove’s...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The average asking rent across the UK, excluding London, increased by 0.7% in 2017, which is the lowest rate of growth...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Asking rents are continuing to drop as the supply of property to let increases, according to a new report. Historically, asking rents...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite an increase in the number of rental homes on the market, according...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Private landlords in the capital are starting to feel the pinch from weaker tenant demand, with some landlords being forced to...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Rent asking prices so far in 2017 have slowed to their lowest level since the final quarter of 2014, following a...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Prime rents in the Home Counties dropped by an average of 0.8% last year, as a higher number of homes available...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The annual rate of rental price growth in London fell for the first time in six years in July as rents...