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The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

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

The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

The government's Office for National Statistics has revealed that it conducts an exercise to assess the likelihood that landlords will increase...

The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...

Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

Rents in the private sector of England and Wales increased by 5.1 per cent in the year to June — the...

A report from the government’s Office for National Statistics shows that renters and mortgage holders have higher odds of experiencing financial...

A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A charity is warning that growing numbers of private tenants are likely to have difficulties keeping up with their financial commitments. The...

A pressure group is calling on the government to introduce in-tenancy restrictions on how much rents can be raised, and claims...

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

A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...

One of the most respected financial organisations is warning landlords and the rest of the property industry that markets are now...

Many indices suggest house prices have already dipped, at least slightly, but “forward-looking indication don’t look brilliant either” according to one...

Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has yet again taken to social media to demand the powers to freeze private sector rents. This has...

House prices rose by 9.8 per cent year-on-year in December compared with the same month in 2021, the Office for National...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

The charity Crisis says rising rents are a contributing factor to the homelessness crisis. The comment come as  new data from the...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

Rents have increased by 3.4 per cent across the UK on average over the past year - rather less than the...

A prominent personal finance analyst says renters in the private sector are amongst the most badly hit by the cost of...

Average rental prices across the UK rose at the highest level since 2016 in June, government figures show.  Even so that annual...

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will further rise from £1,971 to £2,800 in October this year, amid an...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

With landlords under pressure to fund ever-stricter energy efficiency requirements, a new report appears to make the government’s ‘one size fits...

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...

A business analyst is warning owners of older properties that the value of their assets may be cut if energy efficiency...

A new report from the government’s Office for National Statistics appears to show landlords are ahead of the game when it...

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

Private sector rents are falling in real terms according to government figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that private...

There’s a warning that the government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...

The average monthly private sector rent in England over the 12 months to September was £725. The figure, released over the weekend,...

Rents rose 1.4 per cent in the year to October, a drop from the 1.5 per cent growth recorded in September...

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched its ex-pat buy-to-let product. The mortgage deal is available at 70% loan-to-value (LTV) on a two-year discount...

The UK is in a recession for the first time in 11 years, and there are some suggestions unemployment could hit...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are having to prepare for a potential spike in rent arrears after the latest data revealed...

London has long been home to the highest rental deposits, but what other regions in England are seeing tenants pay above...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to June 2020, the latest...

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

An error in the processing of cross-border flows between Wales and England has resulted in the under-estimation of Wales’ net population...

Residential property prices increased across the UK by an average of 2.1% in the year to March, up from 2% in...

Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...

The government is currently protecting renters from eviction as a result of enacting the Coronavirus Act 2020, ensuring that anyone struggling...

Average UK rents continued to rise in February, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

The private rented sector is set to see the sustained growth of rental values seen throughout the course of last year...

The cost of renting a home in the UK is rising quicker than the rate of inflation, with the average monthly...

It is common knowledge the UK is facing an undersupply of housing. Unfortunately, this is not a sudden phenomenon – the...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...

Private rents paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.3% in the 12 months to July 2019 and is unchanged...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.2% in the 12 months to March 2019, up from...

The cost of living alone has hit 92% of income, making it far harder for single people to get a foot...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in February rose to the highest figure since August, as supply of new property...

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 1.1% in the 12 months to February, according to the Office for National...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1% in the 12 months to January 2019, unchanged from...

The proportion of income spent on rent in the private rented sector has fallen from 35.4% in 2010/11 to 32.9% in...

Many people tend to hold off on buying property during times of uncertainty and that appears to be precisely what is...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to December 2018, the...

UK house price growth has slowed to the lowest level since August 2013, according to the latest data from the Office...

A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...

Private rental prices paid by tenants continued to slow last month suggesting that rent controls may leave tenants worse off. Rent paid...

London continued to be the worst performing region in Britain when it comes to house prices, with values falling by 0.8%...

Rent paid by tenants to private landlords in Britain rose by 1.2% in the year to December, the Office for National...

Annual rental price growth in the UK slowed to just 0.7% in November, down from 0.9% a month earlier, HomeLet’s latest...

Supply and demand are perhaps the most fundamental concepts of economics, and it is the main reason why UK house prices...

Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed all major asset classes in recent years, but...

UK rental prices paid by private tenants rose by 1.8% in the 12 months to June 2017, fresh figures from the...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

Despite the fact that UK house prices are continuing to slow, with yesterday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Since the twin onslaughts of George Osborne’s Section 24 tax raid and the wholly unfounded negative hype surrounding Brexit, the talk...

There has been a “significant increase” in demand among corporate tenants relocating to London and the South East of England thanks...

There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...

Rent increases for tenants across Britain continue to far outstrip inflation as demand exceeds the supply of rental stock on the...

Renters now spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent across large parts of England, new research has...

Residential property prices increased across Britain in May despite uncertainty ahead of the EU referendum and significantly higher stamp duty bills...

Residential property prices continued to soar in March as buy-to-let landlords rushed to beat the government's stamp duty changes adding to...

British renters are paying 2.7% more for their homes than a year ago, according to data from the Office for National...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.5% in the 12 months to June 2015, according to...