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Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...
30 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons. Last month, the average rent on...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons. The average rent...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The prime London market appears to be seeing a slow return to stability - but average rental growth in the past...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests. Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
12 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Across prime London, annual rental growth in June was 8.0 per cent according to data consultancy LonRes. This takes rents to almost...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...
25 March 2023
From: Agent Advice
An agency heavily involved in Build To Rent claims investment in the sector remains high - but soaring debt costs may...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...
11 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
Grainger, the Newcastle company that is active in Build To Rent and claims to be Britain’s biggest landlord, has enjoyed a...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the property industry’s most respected bodies says Build To Rent won’t solve the lettings supply shortfall. The claim comes in...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...
28 January 2023
From: The Big Issues
Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Cluttons says renter demand in central London is massively outstripping the supply of homes available for let, while the sales market...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures from the Hamptons lettings agency show that rental growth is softening - although the overall rate remains high. The agency...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index. With the previous record...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents have increased by 3.4 per cent across the UK on average over the past year - rather less than the...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills says Prime London rents are to rise by 12.0 per cent in 2022 and by a total 18.3 per cent...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Average rental prices across the UK rose at the highest level since 2016 in June, government figures show. Even so that annual...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are now privately...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest index suggests there’s no end in sight to rent rises in 2022. RICS’ monthly sentiment...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround. This is according to lettings...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Rents and capital appreciation will both rise next year - but to a significantly lesser degree than in 2021. That’s the verdict...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
New research by lettings agency Hamptons shows the total amount of rent paid by tenants across Britain has actually fallen eight...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Hamptons lettings agency says the rate of annual rental growth is slowing slightly - but there’s no suggestion of a...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Last month the average cost...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures suggest a large average rise in rents over the past year in almost every region outside of London. According to...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
High level research shows that since the start of the pandemic - March 2020 - some 300,000 fewer properties have come...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Plummeting inner London rents mean the gap between central and outer areas of the capital is now far less than before. Data...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
There is substantial investment going in to the private rental sector by individual landlords, according to evidence from the latest edition...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a drop in landlord activity across the UK. RICS does...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents rose 1.4 per cent in the year to October, a drop from the 1.5 per cent growth recorded in September...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental growth across Great Britain was flat in September according to the latest market survey by Countrywide brand Hamptons International. Average rents...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest study from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows a strong lettings market across the UK - except in London. “London...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Prime Central London rents fell by an average 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 according to Savills. In prime...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
New landlord instructions were broadly flat last month following a modest increase in July, while tenant demand continues to increase sharply,...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for properties in the private rented sector has increased significantly providing a welcome boost for buy-to-let landlords. Various reports show that...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a solid recovery in the letting market in recent weeks, according to a new RICS survey. Respondents noted a...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Average UK rents slowed in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Zoopla’s latest quarterly Rental...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There was a 1.6 % fall in rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain in May, the third consecutive monthly drop,...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second consecutive month in April, the latest Hamptons International Lettings Index shows. Last month, the average...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Some 70% tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed, the highest level recorded in any March since 2008...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show. The Scottish...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The squeeze on supply, coupled with continued demand for properties from tenants, is likely to lead to continued rental increases across...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The cost of renting a home in the UK is rising quicker than the rate of inflation, with the average monthly...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Despite the widening supply-demand imbalance in the private rented sector, it is now generally more affordable to rent a property with...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...