Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...
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![London landlords “flexible” over rent as supply improves](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
The latest data from Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agents, suggests that the capital’s rental market could be showing early...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants face tougher conditions after one-third drop in supply](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
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
![Revealed - the high-end location where 50% of buyers are landlords](/upload/images/library/LandlordAndTenant-695x395.jpg)
A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords on top at last in prime central London rental sector](/upload/images/library/PrimeLondonStreets-400x310.jpg)
After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![London rents and demand both go through the roof, says agency](/upload/images/library/RentRising-360x280.png)
London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high. The agency’s latest market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is London’s international tenant market coming back at last?](/img/default/llt.png)
The London international rental market, a long-term victim of the pandemic and travel restrictions, appears to be improving at last. High profile...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Too much, too quickly! Call for energy efficiency timescales to slow](/img/default/llt.png)
A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Massive spike in landlords reducing rents in London, admits agency](/img/default/llt.png)
The challenges of London’s rental market continue to play out in the latest market snapshot from one of the capital’s biggest...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![London landlords testing the water for possible sales, says agency](/img/default/llt.png)
Some London landlords are testing the water to see if they can downsize or sell their entire portfolios. Chestertons, a London-focussed high end...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new tenancies as renters take advantage of lower rents](/img/default/llt.png)
There was a notable increase in the number of new tenancies last month as an increasing number of tenants took advantage...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rents have dropped 10% in central London](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords in central London have been forced to reduce rents by an average of 10%, according to Chestertons. The letting agency says...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![London rents drop by up to 15% amid the coronavirus crisis](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords in London have been forced to drop rents by up to 15% following a significant increase in the number...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords warned against using mortgage payment holidays](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords are being warned not to use mortgage payment holidays unless absolutely necessary. Chestertons, based in London, says that landlords should...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property market to bounce back once restrictions are lifted](/img/default/llt.png)
The UK housing market will bounce back once the current coronavirus crisis has passed. This is according to Guy Gittins, who is...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chestertons to offer Zero Deposit guarantee](/img/default/llt.png)
Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents in London set to increase as tenant fees ban approaches](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in London look set to rise sharply over the next few months, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![London offers ‘improved yields’ as market shows signs of bottoming out](/img/default/llt.png)
There are growing signs that the London housing market may have bottomed out, fresh analysis shows. Property prices in the capital have...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents set to rise in London next year](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in London are expected to increase further in 2019 due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in the capital’s rental market,...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where in London has seen the biggest surge in rental returns over the past year?](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ex-letting agent jailed for burgling rental properties](/img/default/llt.png)
A former north London letting agent who stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and belongings from rental homes by tricking...