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The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

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

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

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

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

Letting agents are feeling more optimistic about the letting sector than they were at the outset of 2020 despite the challenges...

Rents increased by an average of 2% in August thanks to greater demand from renters, the latest figures show.  Modest growth in...

Pent-up demand during lockdown has translated into a rapid bounce-back in activity since the start of June, with new and completed...

Activity levels in the rental market have bounced back more quickly than other parts of the property market, with landlords and...

There has been a notable increase in the number of rental properties now making late rent payments, according to a survey...

The rental market looks set to recover faster than sales, with recent activity in the sector showing some glimmers of hope.  Goodlord’s...

Property moves and viewings will be able to resume again in England from today, under new rules announced by the government...

Rents have unsurprisingly dropped over the past month, while the dip in void periods has fluctuated across the UK, the latest...

Many tenants have been laid off, furloughed, or have seen their incomes plummet because of the response to the coronavirus outbreak,...

There was a notable increase in the number of new tenancies in the early part of March before a sudden drop...

The majority of letting agents in England have experienced lost revenue from the tenant fees ban. A survey of agents by letting platform...

After an encouragingly buoyant summer period for the letting sector, there are growing signs that the rental market is starting to...

Void periods increased across the UK in September, with the exception of London, according to the latest Goodlord rental index. A void...

Buy-to-let landlords in England and Wales are facing void periods of just 11 days on average between tenancies, which is the...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by Goodlord in July, new figures show. The property technology firm...

The average rent increased in four of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord across England and Wales between May and June,...

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

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

Tenants living in some of the most deprived areas in England will face some of the steepest rent price hikes in...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...