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![Tenants buddy up with friends to reduce costs of renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2431192489.jpg)
The percentage of tenants choosing to live alone has dropped over the last three years, research suggests. A study compiled by Reposit,...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under 30s Face An Impossible Task When Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_402629233(1).jpg)
Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...
03 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Long-term population rise to put more pressure on rental market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tough EPC targets to return despite Sunak’s U-turn - new warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![England has some of the worst housing in the developed world](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Just where is England’s cheapest rental location? Answers here…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent-Mobile-400x310.png)
The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crowning Glory - House Prices Since The Last Coronation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...
06 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
![Generation Rent seeks new director within three weeks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents and mortgages cost roughly the same, claims Rightmove](/upload/images/library/MortgageDepositImage-400x310.jpg)
New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renting set to prosper as FTBs face “frightening” price rise](/upload/images/library/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mark Walton, Managing Director of Walton Robinson](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Walton%20Robinson/400x310%20Mark%20Walton.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Walton and I am the Managing...
14 April 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Capital appreciation - new league table shows unexpected winner](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boom Continues: Rents up and voids down as landlords prosper](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Switch from long-term lets to Airbnb 'worsens housing crisis'](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech chief warns that stamp duty holiday may have hurt renters](/upload/images/library/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant income tumbles but so far no damage to rental market](/img/default/llt.png)
The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![High-deposit cities may prove rich pickings for buy to let landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top renter-friendly cities in the UK unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
The best and worst cities for renters have been identified by taking into account several factors, including the average salary spend...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![The proportion of income spent on rent drops despite increases in rental level](/img/default/llt.png)
Despite increased rent prices, the proportion of income spent by tenants on rent decreased between 2016 and 2019, according to The Deposit...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants spend nearly half of their salary on rent](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in England are almost half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a new report on the state of the...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![The most affordable locations to invest in property in England and Wales](/img/default/llt.png)
If you are looking to expand your buy-to-let portfolio this year with a low-cost property purchase you may wish to consider buying...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buying property now cheaper than renting in 90% of the 10 largest UK cities](/img/default/llt.png)
Renting a property is now more expensive than buying in nine out of ten of the largest British cities, fresh data...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![London crowned second most expensive city to rent in the world](/img/default/llt.png)
London continues to be one of the most expensive cities in the world in which to rent property, second only to...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Who’s renting where in London?](/img/default/llt.png)
Success in the letting industry hinges largely on the ability to find good tenants. And while it may be obvious what...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Are people being forced off the rental ladder?](/img/default/llt.png)
A website has claimed that rising rents and deposit requirements mean even the rental market will soon be out of reach...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Renters must earn over national average to be able to buy](/img/default/llt.png)
The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers need to earn £50,000 to get on the property ladder](/img/default/llt.png)
New research by Gocompare.com claims that first-time buyers need on average a minimum household income of £50,000 to purchase a house...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average tenant spends 41% of pay packet on rent](/img/default/llt.png)
The average tenant in the UK spends 41% of their monthly salary on rent, according to new research. London's tenants fork out...