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The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Britain has suffered the worst house price fall out of any major European economy according to a report from property consultancy Knight...

An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...

Rents in England their upward path last month, rising 0.1 per cent to an annual rate of 4.7 per cent according...

Proposed minimum energy efficiency standards regulation in England could leave residential landlords facing a £17.9 billion bill, a lettings agency warns. The...

The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says.  Demand for apartments in prime central...

The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...

Rental value growth remains firmly in double-digits in prime London postcodes as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to Knight Frank. The...

Landlords relying on capital appreciation to help offset the growing costs of letting out property have been given bad news.  October saw...

Zoopla has now joined Knight Frank and Lloyds Bank in forecasting a price drop in 2023. The property website’s executive director, Richard...

House prices could actual UP in 2023 - against the expectations of almost every property professional. That’s the view of Jonathan Rolande,...

House prices in the UK rose by 0.4 per cent in August, against a 0.1 per cent drop in July, according...

A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...

The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...

Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...

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

The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...

Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...

A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...

Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...

There’s more bad news for landlords and investors looking at prime London properties according to a market snapshot from Knight Frank. It...

One of the leading agents is advising landlords that the high-end housing market is ‘edgier’ than before - but there’s no...

Viewing figures in the letting market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10-year high at the end of August,...

Rental market activity in prime London markets has been lower than normal this summer due to uncertainty around the start of...

The super prime property market in London has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows.  In times of crisis, the prime...

There has been a noticeable increase in the supply of letting properties, placing downward pressure on rental values, according to Knight...

Mortgage approvals plummeted to an all-time low in May, leaving many would-be buyers with no alternative but to rent for longer.  The...

Demand from consumers, including buy-to-let investors, for new build homes has increased over the past 12 months, new figures show.  Fresh applicant...

Following a two-month pause, the rental market has seen a resurgence in tenant demand, while a record number of buy-to-let landlords...

Further signs of greater activity in the housing market have come from Knight Frank. The company reports that the volume of online enquiries...

Four in five deals underway when the Covid-19 pandemic struck are still progressing, but transaction numbers in the week ending 2...

The number of tenants renewing private tenancy agreements is rising, as people opt to stay put given the global uncertainty. The number...

House prices could fall by up to 20% this year in a worst case scenario for the economy, according to Jefferies. The...

Knight Frank forecast that residential property sales will fall by 38% this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the assumption that...

Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...

An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London.  The...

Soaring demand in London is pushing up activity levels with the housing market seeing interest from would-be buyers, including property investors,...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...

Affordability is the most important issue facing students when renting, according to the latest UK student accommodation survey.  The study, undertaken by...

There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...

Rental price growth in prime London looks set to pick up to hit an annual rate of about 2% over the...

Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...

Demand for rental accommodation in prime London has jumped by almost a third over the past 12 months, according to the...

With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...

There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, underpinned by uncertainty in the sales market,...

There has been a dramatic rise in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, underpinned by uncertainty in the sales market,...

Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...

There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, according to the latest report from Knight...

Australia is the popular country of residence for overseas Scottish property owners, followed by the USA, new figures show. SafeDeposits Scotland, the...

Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...

There has been a significant increase in the number of film-related enquiries for short-lets in London and the Home Counties, according...

With demand for short term rental accommodation growing, an increasing number of landlords and homeowners in prime London areas are offering their...

Activity in London’s super prime rental market continues to grow as more people opt to rent rather than buy property in...

There was an 11% rise in the number of tenancies agreed in prime central London and prime outer London in the...

Activity in London’s the super prime rental market has hit a five-year high as more people opt to rent rather than...

A new multi-housing report reveals five trends that are set to dominate the private rented sector between now and 2025.   The...

There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...

As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, with their reduction in yields principally due to increased regulation and tax changes, they are questioning...

The average rental yield achieved in prime central London in December was 3.35% - the highest level seen since April 2012...

The views and opinions of British and international students regarding their accommodation choices across the UK have been unveiled in the...

Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...

Rents in London’s prime property market have increased further, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to September, as more people...

Growth in demand for super-prime properties in prime central London has slowed significantly, fresh data shows. According to Knight Frank, the number...

Rents in London’s prime property market rose again in August as market conditions in the capital improved to levels not seen...

The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...

Rental yields in prime central London are typically among the lowest in the UK, but that does not mean that there...

Rents in London’s prime property market increased for the second consecutive month, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to June...

Rents in London’s prime property market have moved into positive territory for the first time since January 2016, increasing by 0.8%...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major property portals, most landlords would naturally like...

A drop in the number of properties coming onto the private rented market in prime central London (PCL) has begun to...

A new build development of eight luxury flats has come on to the rental market in Shoreditch, east London. The new homes,...

Older people are facing a shortage of suitable housing for their retirement, putting pressure on the wider property market. A new report...

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...

Rents in prime central London increased by 0.2% between February and March, the first monthly rise since September 2015, according to...

Average rents in the prime central London (PCL) residential lettings market fell 2.1% in the year to February 2018, the same...

With residential property prices in super prime London continuing to fall, an increasing number of would-be purchasers are turning to luxury...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth between 2018 and 2022, according to the latest residential property forecast from Knight Frank. The...

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...