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The latest edition of The Deposit Protection Service Rent Index has revealed that the UK experienced a sharp rise in average...

Ten cities in Europe have asked for more help from the EU in their battle against Airbnb and other short-let holiday rental websites....

Two housing-related charitable organisations have collaborated to fund a major UK-wide research programme in order to improve standards in the private...

New research from online mortgage broker Property Master has revealed that the cost of the majority of fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages appear...

The average rent in the UK now sits at £934, a 1.6% rise on the same time last year, according to...

Purchase prices in Berlin’s property market are rising faster than expected, according to Black Label Properties. The Berlin-based international agency recently published...

Rent rises in South West London have significantly outpaced the rest of the capital, despite the imminent ban on tenant fees,...

The government’s tenant fee ban has been widely championed in the consumer press as a big win for renters – but...

Brexit! Whether you’re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, no one can deny that this is probably the number one issue on...

High yield properties in Coventry continue to sell A broad number of properties in Coventry continue to be snapped up by investors...

The average rent paid by millennials declined in 2018, according to online estate agency yieldit. According to a survey of 2,000 UK...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by £15 pcm (3%) since this time last year,...

London's average asking rents are at an all-time high of £2,093 per month following a record year-on-year price increase, new Rightmove...

An in-depth analysis from Zoopla has reported the trends in the affordability of private renting across the UK since 2007. The study...

New research has revealed that property investors can more than double the 8% yield the average landlord aims for by making...

Allsop’s latest residential auction achieved a total of £57 million, with 258 lots offered and 192 lots sold. The auction was held...

An AI-led room rental platform has identified Europe's 'coolest rental neighbourhoods', with London continuing to be one of the continent's largest...

Even though the government has tried to make life better for renters, the UK is still a long way from being...

The number of landlords exiting the market rose in February, while the number of tenants seeing rent rises increased to the...

Airbnb hosts and landlords of short-term let properties in Walton, Liverpool are achieving the best yields of any location in the...

Renters in East London are seeing twice the growth of their West London counterparts, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index,...

For landlords, experiencing occasional void periods is inevitable and often out of your control. If a tenant’s circumstances change, they could...

Now is an exciting time to be a buy-to-let investor, says investment agency Surrenden Invest, even in spite of the ongoing...

Private sector buy-to-let landlords sometimes get a bad rap from renters, who blame property investors for fuelling a housing boom which...

New research has revealed that Bristol is the best city for house shares – a way of renting which is particularly...

Uncertainty over Brexit is thought to be having a significant impact on rental and house prices, according to a recent Belvoir...

Annual rental growth in the UK (excluding London) is at its lowest point in nearly six years, according to the latest...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, up by 2.5% on the same time last year, according to figures...

Rental prices in major European cities are on the rise, according to research by housing platform HousingAnywhere. The HousingAnywhere European Rent Index...

Investment yields from prime London buy-to-let properties don’t reflect the risks involved, Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC) has claimed. The London-based specialist debt...

Asking rents for London properties hit a record high at the end of 2018, exceeding the previous peak witnessed in the...

A report has asked whether luxury renting is the new home ownership for millennials, with the dying dream of home ownership...

The latest Landbay rental index has suggested that landlords in London are potentially £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave...

Average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of 2018, with December showing a continuation of the steady rise...

The number of 35 to 54-year-olds renting a home has risen by 15% in the least three years, according to new...

Edinburgh has been revealed as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual rent rising by 4.63% in 2018,...

Rents in other UK cities are growing faster than both London and the UK average as workers relocate from the capital...

Strettons raised £13 million at its 10th December auction, selling 70% of the properties on offer. This strong performance amidst difficult market...

Battersea Power Station continues to attract high-end professionals, resulting in healthy buy-to-let rentals, rising rents and low void periods. This is according...

The number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions increased by 85% in October, according to ARLA Propertymark. Its October Private Rented Sector...

Micro homes are the next big thing for London’s property market, according to property inventory firm Assist Inventories. The new trend is...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases continued to rise in September, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest Private Rented Sector (PRS)...

Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...

Some 80% of landlords plan to increase their portfolios over the next 12 months, according to advice website The Property Hub. Its...

Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...

Brexit concerns continue to loom large for landlords despite average UK rental values growing steadily over the last month. That’s according...

Southend-on-Sea is the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, according to research carried out by independent mortgage broker Private Finance. The seaside town,...

A joint report by Reapit and Dataloft has revealed that the letting market is witnessing significant activity, with viewings up 13.3%...

Ireland has retained its position as Europe’s most attractive destination for buy-to-let investors for the third year in a row, according...

The decline in the value of properties in the capital could potentially come to a halt as early as autumn 2020. The...

Government measures are among the top causes for landlords increasing rents, according to research from Property Partner. The government is increasing its...

New research has revealed that average rental growth around the stations of the Elizabeth Line (excluding zone 1) has been more...

The number of available homes to rent in Greater London is falling at an alarming rate, according to the latest figures...

Berlin, which next year marks its 30th anniversary as a re-unified city, has witnessed strong price growth over the last five...

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools carries a 42% house price premium compared...

Research by TotallyMoney has revealed that buy-to-let landlords facing increased taxation and diminishing profits could find better yields in UK towns...

Brits are feeling confident about the future of the UK property market even in light of no-deal Brexit predictions, research from Quick...

New data has revealed that the Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector, with rental property sales outdoing...

Durham is the university city which offers landlords the best buy-to-let returns, new research has revealed. Simple Landlords Insurance yesterday published a...

New research by Gatehouse Bank has revealed that Winchester is home to the most vulnerable rental market as tax changes amplify...

Residential rent rises in the private rental sector (PRS) have been closely tied to the rate of inflation and retail price...

Excluding London, rents in the UK rose by 1.18% in the 12 months to July 2018 – the slowest annual rental...

The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes rose to 35% in June, up from 28% in May – the highest figure...

Bexley in South East London, is the cheapest place to rent in London for those living as a group of four,...

London was the region with the highest annual rent rises for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2014, according...

Student housing is increasingly becoming an attractive prospect for investment, with a 17% increase in investment in student accommodation in the...

Research has revealed that London rents increased by 0.10% in the year to June 2018, the first annual rental rise for...

As a reaction to (and by-product of) London’s housing crisis, there has been a rise in recent years in the number...

It's not just first-time buyers relying on financial help to purchase a property. According to new research from Lloyds Bank, second-steppers...

The average rent in the UK reached £919 in May, up by 2% on the same time last year, according to...

Celebrate the shows 5th Birthday and 57th event to date in the Landlord Investor Lounge with a glass of prosecco with...

SDL Auctions Bigwood’s May auction, held at Aston Villa FC's Villa Park ground, raised more than £16.4 million, driven by strong bidding for...

The UK has seen average rents decrease for the first time since 2017 during the first quarter of 2018, according to...

Landlord confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the end...

The average rent for a property in London fell 0.27% in the year to April, weighing down the resilient rental growth...

Activity of transactions in Scotland’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) exceeded £100 million in 2017, according to recent figures for GVA’s Student...

The East Midlands saw residential rents grow by 2.24%, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. The region had the fastest rise...

The National Landlord Show arrives at Olympia on Thursday 15 March to give advice via complimentary seminars, leading suppliers and two...

The average cost of renting a home in the UK is now rising for the first time in almost two years,...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has found that average UK rents increased at less than half the rate during 2017...

Private Finance’s latest buy-to-let hotspots analysis has revealed that Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best-performing locations for property investment, with...

The catalogue for Strettons' February auction is now available to view online, the property firm has revealed. The national property auction is...

The latest Complex Buy to Let Index, published by Mortgages for Business, has revealed that HMOs produced average yields of 8.9%...

The latest Property & Homemover Report, released by marketing consultancy TwentyCi, has shown a sharp rise in the number of rental...

New research carried out by Rightmove has revealed that national average asking rents (excluding London) increased by only 0.7% in 2017. This...

Landbay’s latest Rental Index has revealed that commuters in nearly half of London’s most popular commuter towns face a greater overall...

Analysis by London estate agent ludlowthompson has revealed that UK buy-to-let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax...

Rental price inflation has now lagged behind general rate of inflation, despite average rents across the UK rising by 0.7% in...

NAEA Propertymark and ARLA Propertmark have shared their forecasts for the rental and buying market in 2018, with rental prices set...

Q&A with Rachael Donnelly, associate solicitor in the property litigation team at Blacks Solicitors LLP, on the key things to look...

The cost of the Bank of Mum and Dad phenomenon to parents has been laid bare by new research carried out...

The latest data from Knight Frank has revealed that the number of agreed tenancies for prime home counties properties has increased...

With continued media interest in the unfair leasehold practices of some freeholders and ever-increasing queries from clients surrounding this point, I...

It was revealed last week that Crossrail 2 could be delayed by up to a decade, with the £31bn infrastructure project...

Private student rent has remained at an average of £100 to £119 a week for the second year running, according to...

Against a backdrop of weak post-summer auction results elsewhere in the UK, Allsop raised £71.3m and topped its residential September sales...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

Property Pact, a new property funding platform, has been launched after gaining consent from the Financial Conduct Authority.   Property Pact, which connects...

A single mum who lived in a council flat with her newborn baby has been given a new £120,000 home for...

Q: What is No Agent?   No Agent is a complete property management service. We have combined the experience of property experts with...

Office take-up in central London in the first half of 2017 has reached 5.5 million sq ft, marking a 23% increase...

You would have had to have been living under a rock to not know about the Government’s recent tax attacks on...

The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...

With the general election behind us, investors turned out in high numbers last week as Allsop held its latest commercial property...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let property acquisitions, following the government’s decision to introduce the 3%...

Companies operating in the tech and media (TMT) sector have accounted for the greatest proportion of take-up in central London so...

Despite recent turmoil, it seems Manchester is a city on the up, as it is now being identified as a true...

Various reports have suggested that a number of private landlords plan to sell up and quit the PRS as a consequence...

UK rental prices fell for the second month in a row in June, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The data...

Most parts of England and Wales saw rents rise in the run-up to the recent general election with yields stable at...

Many young people are being left with little alternative but to live with their parents to save enough money for a...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Rental asking prices are increasing fast across many parts of Spain, particularly in hot markets like Barcelona and the Balearics; an...

The rental market in prime central London is showing signs that it is potentially on the road to recovery, as reflected...

Strettons has raised almost £13.5m, including post-auction sales, on the back of an 88% success rate in what was the firm’s...

Strong investor interest in good quality, long term assets helped Allsop raise £94m at its third commercial auction this year. The auction...

The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...

Demand for commercial office space in Sheffield remains remarkably strong, driving upward pressure on rental prices and increasing the demand for...

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...

Home sales this month remained robust as buyers shrugged off pre-election jitters, signalling growing confidence in the UK economy and bolstering...

Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...

Asking prices increased across most of England and Wales between March and April, with the exception of London where values continued...

Prime commercial property rental values in the UK increased by 0.8% in the first quarter of the year, the latest prime...

There was a significant increase in prime rents in the West End of London in the first quarter of the year,...

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

Investing in property near a good primary school adds £18,600 to the average price of a home in England, while property...

A sharp fall in the number of homes being built north of the border is likely to push up house prices...

With high demand from tenants continuing to place upward pressure on rents, a growing number of national and international investors are...

Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...

The leasehold system is a feudal form of property ownership in England and Wales, which many investors believe is a flawed...

House prices continued to rise towards the end of last year, with the last three months seeing a 2.5% increase, according...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of students living in private sector purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the...

Rental prices are continuing to race ahead across some of Spain’s main cities, led by gains in Barcelona and Madrid, where...

Rents in the UK prime commercial property sector rose by an average of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the...

Residential property prices and private rents in Scotland’s cities are expected to rise sharply in the next five years due to...

Planning consent has been awarded for a £20m student accommodation scheme in Sheffield city centre. Sheffield City Council gave London-based developer Southern...

A series of tax tutorials have been launched for buy-to-let investors and their professional advisers by Property118 and The Landlords Union. These...

Rental prices are rising in most Spanish cities, led by gains in Barcelona, new figures show.   Average rental prices in Barcelona...

Glasgow saw strong levels of office take-up last year, surpassing the 10-year annual average of 500,000 sq ft within the first...

Prime commercial property rents in Dublin will increase by more than 4% in 2017, according to fresh research by Cushman &...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 1.7% in December compared with the previous month to reach an average of...

Office investment in Bristol continues to go from strength to strength as investors seek to take advantage of soaring take up...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...

Homeowners and property investors in Greater London are facing steep falls in house prices as the slowdown in prime areas of...

Scott Hendry of Together shares some tips on buying at auction. Buying at auction is a popular choice for property investors...

The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...

The luxury property market in Dubai continues to weaken, with prices having dropped by up to 15% over the past 12...

We live in interesting times indeed; who would have predicted at the start of 2016, Britain voting to leave the European...

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

A severe undersupply of residential development sites and office space created by strong economic growth in Leeds City Region, which includes...

Residential property prices across parts of the UK could rise by more than £50,000 over the next five years, although much...

A growing number of landlords in the U.S. are open to negotiating on asking prices, reflecting the fact that it is...

Around a third of Britain’s richest people, which includes many property investors, are under tax investigation by HMRC over almost £2bn...

The property markets in London, New York and Singapore have been among the most popular international destinations for the Gulf’s wealthiest...

The best time to invest in the real estate market of any city is when the prices are at their lowest,...

An increasing number of investors are rushing to invest in the house-share market through crowdfunding sites, according to Smart Property, which...

Major changes in the makeup of the portfolio of rural estate income in recent years is now probably more important than at...

The UK commercial property market could see an exceptionally high amount of activity in the coming weeks as investors flood to...

A growing number of property investors are attracted by rising residential property prices in Germany’s main cities, supported largely by high...

They say no man is an island, however the UK is – and there is only so much land available, says...

With several reports out this week showing that parents are prepared to pay significantly more money to buy property within the catchment...

Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university cities, based on the Guardian’s latest university league table, have risen by...

There was a significant rise in the number of commercial property investors ploughing money into Manchester’s office property market during the...

The latest housebuilding data shows that there was an increase in the number of new build housing schemes started in England...

It is a tenants’ market in Dubai, as reflected by weakening rental values across many areas in the emirate, owed in...

A rent-to-buy business has announced that it has secured £20 million in funding. Rentplus, which was formed in 2012 and is planning...

A recent court ruling in Berlin has been welcomed by landlords and letting agents with properties in the German capital. Last week,...

Rental values across the UK’s commercial property market remained steady last month, the latest figures show.  But despite stable rents, capital values,...

Office investment in Bristol hit an all-time high of £237m in the first half of the year, fresh data from Savills...

Investor interest in Ireland’s commercial property market is growing, with many investors now looking beyond Dublin to the country’s provincial markets,...

The cost of renting a home in the non-rent controlled sector in the Netherlands continued to increase during the second quarter...

There was a marginal rise in the amount of private rents paid by commercial property tenants last month, fresh data reveals. The...

The government remains committed to delivering one million new build homes in England by 2020, in an effort to tackle the...

York recorded the largest increase in rents of any retail location outside of London between April 2015 and April 2016 as figures...

Luxury residential rents across many of the world’s main cities are continuing to fall, the latest figures show. Knight Frank’s Prime Global...

A Grade II listed manor house is among the properties set to be sold at auction by Strettons next month. Ryton House,...

Demand for commercial property in the UK will weaken in the coming weeks and months after the UK opted to leave...

Allsop Commercial has released the summer catalogue ahead of its next London property auction in July, which will feature 174 properties. The...

The residential property market in Ireland continues to attract investors due to strong growth witnessed in recent years, particularly as the...

Landlords of BHS stores across the county have voted to accept reduced rents until the troubled retailer’s future is resolved –...

Demand for residential properties unsurprisingly fell in April following the introduction of higher stamp duty for buy-to-let and second home buyers,...

Allsop has announced details for their third commercial property of 2016, which will take place on 16 May at The Berkeley...

Rents in the UK prime commercial property sector rose by an average of 1.4% in the first quarter of this year,...

Fresh caps on private property rentals through Airbnb and similar online platforms have been introduced in Berlin, Germany, in a bid...

The decline in the rate of homeownership seen over the past decade in this country looks set to continue as a...

Plummeting property prices in Dubai is creating a wealth of cheap investment opportunities, new research shows. Residential property prices in Dubai dropped...

The rental market in prime central London is starting to slow following a year of record breaking growth with rents either...

Northern cities Leeds and Manchester offer the best buy-to-let property investment opportunities for parents of undergraduate students, according to research. Both areas...

Tenants will bear the cost of recent buy-to-let tax hikes for landlords as they will almost inevitably result in a fall...

Research carried out by London estate agents Portico has revealed that 61% of tenants living with partners in rental properties in...

According to new statistics from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) the total number of evictions reached a record high of 42,728. Whilst...

Rent prices for new tenancies in Greater London are rising at the slowest rate since March 2014, according to the latest...

Research carried out by Orchard & Shipman Group has revealed that a significant proportion of landlords (86%) believe that the government’s...

The frustrations vented over the looming buy-to-let tax hike has sadly been all too predictable. In the latest twist to what have...

Average UK rental prices outperformed wages across 2015, according to findings from the monthly Landbay Rental Index. Despite a seasonal dip in...

Rupert Hunt, founder of flatsharing website Spareroom.co.uk, is using his own site to source housemates for his Grade II listed East...

Some 45% of landlords surveyed by flatsharing website SpareRoom.co.uk said they plan to raise their rents this year. Covering the costs of...

The Residential Landlords Association has warned that Treasury proposals to make access to buy-to-let lending harder could cut off the supply...

The latest Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move and Reeds Rains has revealed that rents across England and Wales have dipped below...

Average rent on new tenancies agreed over the three months to November fell in most areas of the country, according to...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has advised tenants that they shouldn't be persuaded into paying higher rents to subsidise...

London rental values have increased by 5% in the four months to October 2015, it has been revealed. According to figures released...

A survey by The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that 68% of landlords believe that changes in landlord tax will lead...

Rents across England and Wales dipped on a monthly basis between September and October, according to the latest Buy-to-Let index from...

If rents continue at the same pace, the average two bed home in the capital will surpass the £2,000pcm mark by...

The average rent in the UK climbed 0.7% to £1,294 in October, according to Landbay's latest rental index. Rents in all UK...

The University of Nottingham provides one of the UK's best student property investment locations in terms of rental returns. This is the...

Rent rises for one bedroom flats increased significantly last month, according to the second Landbay Rental Index. Average rents for one bed...

Recent research conducted by Rentify has revealed that tenants in the UK spend on average 41% of their monthly income on...

Average monthly rents in England and Wales have fallen on a monthly basis for the first time since March, according to...

Despite a recently introduced rent cap, the rental sector in Berlin will remain profitable for landlords and investors, according to Property Frontiers.  Berlin...

Research conducted by high-end estate agency Savills has revealed that Britain’s dearth of housing supply and its growing economy have helped...

According to the European Commutability Index produced by London-based logistics company Kiwi Movers, at least 12 major European cities are now...

It was announced last week that the Scottish government is to implement rent controls in an effort to limit increases in...

The supply of rental properties is increasing, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), with...

More than half of landlords say they are likely to increase rents to cover the cutting of mortgage interest relief announced...

Research by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) shows that in the wake of this month's Summer Budget, over two thirds of...

Average rents in England and Wales accelerated at a faster rate in June than in any other month on record, according...

While property in the capital city has been attractive to investors for decades, new figures suggest that investors are flocking here...

The latest Buy-to-Let index from Your Move and Reeds Rains has revealed that rents throughout England and Wales increased by 4.6%...

The average rent across the UK is now rising in line with Greater London for the first time and at the...

Prime rents in the Home Counties grew by 3.5% in the first quarter of 2015, the highest rate of quarterly growth...

Average rents for newly let properties rose by 4.5% in Q1 2015 to £894pcm, according to new findings from Countrywide’s Quarterly...

Recent research has revealed that more than half of landlords are looking to expand their property portfolio in 2015. This is...