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Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

Today’s rental market is unsustainable according to a leading industry supplier. HomeLet’s latest monthly market snapshot says the average rent in the...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount.  The...

A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...

Rents across the UK rose by an average 2.47 per cent to £870 per calendar month during the second quarter 2022...

New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

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

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  Property website Home,...

  Who are you? Danny Wyrwoll What does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide? Glide are a...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists. The exempt sector provides...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

The government only has itself to blame for the explosion in AirBnb and other short lets properties. That’s the view of the...

The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.  Only a peppercorn ground rent...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

The great rent rise continues according to new data from ARLA Propertymark.  The trade body says while there has been a long...

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...

Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too. That’s the claim of Sarah...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...

A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...

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

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

The number of adults living at home with parents has increased 20 per cent in the past 10 years, it’s been...

Property owners who have a building or disused piece of land by a high traffic road can make a significant profit...

Opposition continues to build to the prospect of rent controls in part of the UK, with the latest voice citing the...

A council is offering a no-commission rent guarantee service to private landlords. A statement from Elbridge council claims that it offers not...

A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...

Some 820,000 private rented households in Britain are routinely hit by a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

No fewer than 74 per cent of landlords say they feel a responsibility to support their tenants during times of financial...

A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London. Daniel Briceno Garcia was...

The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...

A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...

The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...

The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...

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...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

A west country council is the latest to launch an initiative aimed at helping landlords meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

A prominent buy to let mortgage expert says yesterday base rate rise by the Bank of England is expected to hit...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

The National Association of Property Buyers says soaring numbers of landlords are looking to sell homes - slashing stock and therefore...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

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

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

Almost 70 per cent of private tenants in the North East relying on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

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

An online specialist mortgage broker claims that lenders are getting quicker at passing in interest rate rises to landlords. Property Master says...

Representatives of holiday let landlords say they hope to capitalise on the increased number of staycations for economic-conscious  holidaymakers. They claim the...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was something - but not enough. That’s the view of Ben Beadle - chief executive of the...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

A specialist company is warning landlords that the recent spate of named storms across the UK may have heightened the risk...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

The Airbnb market in the UK is booming.  Before the pandemic there was over 223 thousand active listings on Airbnb in the...

The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is  “the worst form of gesture politics in...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of tenants would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

Letting agents’ trade group ARLA Propertymark is raising the alarm over what it believes is a particular shortage of landlords in...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are  now privately...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...

Almost 10 per cent of private landlords letting properties to Universal Credit claimants have experienced at least one tenant having difficulties...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest index suggests there’s no end in sight to rent rises in 2022. RICS’ monthly sentiment...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...

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

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...

Local media are reporting that landlords on a housing estate known to harbour drug traffickers and criminal gangs are being given...

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

One of the major lettings market indices has produced figures showing how much rents rose in 2021. HomeLet says the average rent...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

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

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

The year is ending with void periods dropping across England as demand for rental properties continues apace.  According to the latest Goodlord...

Shelter claims that 200,000 children living in privately rented homes are at risk of being evicted this winter – equivalent to one in every 50 children in England.   A study for the campaigning charity claims that 104,000 private...

Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

Proposals to force landlords to pay up to £10,000 to improve energy efficiency of rental properties require a rethink, according to...

As I write, at home in bed recovering from Covid, I can’t fail to notice the irony of attempting to predict...

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

High profile MP Caroline Lucas has told a newspaper that the government turns a blind eye to bad landlords. “This government, like previous...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Demand for rooms has rocketed in recent months, coinciding with a huge shortage in the number of rooms available in the...

Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround.  This is according to lettings...

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...

Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

The Green Party says the fact that some landlords increased rents during the Coronavirus pandemic shows the need for rent controls. The...

After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

The Bank of England may have voted to keep its base rate at a historic low of 0.1 per cent yesterday,...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a tiny 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

The Budget revealed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak does too little to help many of those struggling most to pay their rents. That’s...

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...

Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...

London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high.  The agency’s latest market...

After lengthy periods in the doldrums, prime London’s rental market is looking up at last according to data consultancy LonRes -...

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

The proportion of private renters in arrears in England has more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic according to government data. The...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

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

Some student rents have increased by over 25 per cent in the past five years according to new research. Specialist rental industry...

New analysis of government data by the national homelessness charity Crisis suggests that in England over 100,000 low income renters on Universal Credit will be at least two or more months behind on...

New independent research among 512 landlords show how they have reacted to the pandemic. It found that 65 per cent of landlords...

Rents and capital appreciation will both rise next year - but to a significantly lesser degree than in 2021. That’s the verdict...

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...

A £360m ‘wall of rent debt’ built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave hundreds...

Rents across Britain continue to bounce back according to the Hamptons agency.  The average rent of a new let rose 7.4 per...

Activists group Generation Rent is urging renters who have renewed their tenancy but not moved since May 2019 to check if...

Private renters and landlords face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefits, says a leading...

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...

Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...

A council says the private rental market is “out of control” and he wants rent controls - but nonetheless is asking...

The latest rental market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests supply and demand in the lettings sector still...

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

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that the market is still strong as we head into autumn...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners is now nearing its 50,000...

A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants.  The group...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

Demand for private rented housing has reached a five year high says the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s survey of...

The popular belief that homes in close proximity to shops inevitably pushes up the rent is being challenged by new research. The...

The Hamptons lettings agency says the rate of annual rental growth is slowing slightly - but there’s no suggestion of a...

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord.  In good news for landlords,...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...

Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...

Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

Some 46 per cent of landlords reduced monthly rent payments for their tenants because of the pandemic, according to research from...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...

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

There's more good news about the rental market across the country, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data comes from...

The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...

A council leader has criticised landlords in a tourist hotspot for evicting long term tenants and switching to higher paying Airbnb...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

A leading supplier says rent rises seen in recent months have been driven by increased taxes and regulations imposed on landlords. The...

A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...

Another new Build To Rent player is emerging - in the unlikely form of the John Lewis Partnership. The company has long...

The agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark says more records have been set in the lettings market in terms of tenant demand. It...

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

A new analysis of government figures shows major changes in Britain’s families and the ‘home unit’ between 2015 and 2020. This may be...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...

For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

We’re on track for a bumper summer of lettings according to one of the sector’s most authoritative rental market monitors. Goodlord’s latest...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

A Citizens Advice and Students Union study into student accommodation in its patch says there should be an additional licensing scheme...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, changing the rental market fundamentally. According to new research, landlords...

A new survey shows that just over a third of landlords have recently purchased another buy to let property or intend...

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

Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...

It may not be a typical part of the country but on one of the Channel Islands there is now a...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors makes welcome reading for most landlords. RICS deals only with broad...

Despite the global pandemic putting many major life plans on hold, almost three fifths of renters continue to have ownership as...

A row has blown up in Cheshire over a claim by a student tenant that she pays more rent than the college’s...

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...

One of the leading industry suppliers has given a warning to government that continual regulation and legal changes restricting landlords will...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

Investment advisers Sterling Wealth Associates says the north of England is the go-to spot in the UK for property investment.  It says...

For the first time in four years, the proportion of landlords who say they plan to expand their portfolios is higher...

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

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...

Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

The National Residential Landlords Association has repeated its backing for upfront cash payments and rent guarantees. A new study has found that...

New figures suggest a large average rise in rents over the past year in almost every region outside of London. According to...

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

A key supplier is warning that landlords penalised by ever higher government taxes and rules will be forced to increase rents. Andy...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

New research shows that monthly payments for the mortgage are likely to be cheaper than rent for a comparable home -...

The latest Goodlord rental index shows a buoyant lettings market over the past month.  March brought a boost in average income for...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

One of the most respected and experienced agents in Prime Central London has given an insight into the lettings market in...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields.  According to the...

Areas boasting Russell Group universities - considered the best in the UK - have the highest rents but disappointing yields.  Returns from a...

A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...

High level research shows that since the start of the pandemic - March 2020 - some 300,000 fewer properties have come...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising landlords to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...

A website claims an average £1,621 has been ‘wasted’ by each student on accommodation they haven't used this academic year -...

The latest rental market snapshot from the property website Home talks of “a nightmare scenario for London landlords”. Firstly, it says rents...

Plummeting inner London rents mean the gap between central and outer areas of the capital is now far less than before. Data...

Rents have risen gently across most regions of the UK but worries are growing over the longer-term economic landscape. HomeLet’s latest lettings...

There is substantial investment going in to the private rental sector by individual landlords, according to evidence from the latest edition...

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...

A Labour MP has written to private landlords asking for a rent reduction or release from a tenancy for students prevented...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...

Up to 50,000 rental homes in the countryside could be sold off if the government presses ahead with stricter energy efficiency...

An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund...

A leading market monitor suggests voids are increasing but otherwise states the rental market is in good health, one year on from...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

Public funds are to be used to assist students in Northern Ireland cover rent this year as they cope with remote...

Research by lettings agency Keller Williams suggests the Coronavirus crisis has led to dip in rents across the UK - but...

A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...