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![Housing crisis as long term slump in rental supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_2277803769.jpg)
New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Global prime city residential rents stabilise - Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022626048.jpg)
Average annual rental growth across a basket of 15 cities was 3.5% in the 12 months to the end of June...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Hotspots revealed in detailed analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_2410117505(1).jpg)
Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - one of London's newest and hottest property prospects](/upload/images/shutterstock_2418300517.jpg)
Oval has been named one of London’s hottest property prospects by market intelligence company Dataloft. Neighbouring the Vauxhall Battersea Nine Elms Opportunity...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Cushioned private sector rents begin catching up with 'true' market levels](/upload/images/24%2006%2004%20%202.jpg)
So Hamptons wants that in percentage terms, tenants are now facing bigger rent increases when they renew their contract rather than...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures show Rent is more affordable than a Mortgage](/upload/images/24%2005%2016%20%2001.jpg)
A European real estate valuation service has released what it calls “a comprehensive study on housing affordability in the United Kingdom”,...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Commercial Real Estate Investment Looking Very Positive](/upload/images/240326%20%2001.jpg)
New retail and leisure research has revealed a boom in commercial real estate activity over 2023. The latest report by the Local...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![London’s struggling prime market offers opportunities for investors](/upload/images/240326%20%2003.jpg)
The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surging rents drive up capital growth according to Savills](/upload/images/240215%2003.jpg)
UK housing costs hit £200 billion for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by the property firm...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industrial Property investment boost - Savills highlights key region](/upload/images/240213%2005.jpg)
The West Midlands industrial market is poised for continued rental growth over the next five years, according to Savills latest Big...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investors Warned - rising prime London lettings supply hits rental growth](/upload/images/24%2001%2030%2005.jpg)
Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Commercial property investment opportunities and top picks for 2024](/upload/images/24%2001%2011%2001.jpg)
This year will be an opportunity to buy at the very bottom of the cycle for commercial investors – with retail,...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investors set to swoop on London commercial offices](/upload/images/23%2012%2028%202.jpg)
BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor Insight from Zoopla: what makes the UK rental market tick?](/upload/images/23%2012%2021%202.jpg)
A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years. UK rents...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - How Residential Rental Market will perform in 2024 and beyond](/upload/images/23%2012%2005%2002.jpg)
The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Data reveals surprise location as buy to let investment capital](/upload/images/__thumbs/2023%2011%2023%201.jpg/2023%2011%2023%201__400x265.jpg)
A property and legal consultancy has identified what it calls Scotland’s buy to let capital - and it’s neither of the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK Property Investment gets boost from HNW Middle East punters](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2009%204.jpg/23%2011%2009%204__400x267.jpg)
High net worth investors from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE see the UK property market as a strong investment opportunity as...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will HS2 Debacle Have A Silver Lining for Investors In Birmingham?](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2024%2002.jpg/23%2010%2024%2002__400x265.jpg)
A wealth management company suggests that the HS2 debacle may have a silver lining for Birmingham. With news that the high speed...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors In London Property Buoyed By Better Returns](/upload/images/23%2010%2019%2002.jpg)
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Near Crossrail Gives Investors Platform For Success](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2021%203.jpg/23%2009%2021%203__400x266.jpg)
Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests. Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![High Returns in High End Global Luxury Markets](/upload/images/4%20High%20Returns%20in%20High%20End%20Global%20Luxury%20Markets%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth. The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rising rents push renters towards smaller properties and lower running costs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Cash%20property%20buyers%20image.jpg)
Renters must be banging their heads against the wall by now as they are being pushed towards smaller properties and lower...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: The best UK cities to be an Airbnb host this August](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
With the public still very much favouring staycations and avoiding the chaos of travelling abroad, Airbnb hosts in the UK are...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb experts reveal best UK cities to be a host this August](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb2-400x310.png)
Air travel has reduced in demand since before the pandemic by as much as 76%, a sign that staycations are still...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![How BTR can offer attainable access to desirable lifestyles](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market woes – UK rents hit £1,000 pcm as living costs squeeze households](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Average UK rents have risen to almost £1,000 per month – £62 more than at the start of the pandemic, according...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR in the South West - Wise Living set to provide 500 new homes](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
A leading Build to Rent (BTR) provider has set a target of securing more than 500 BTR homes in the South...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Which prime London areas are driving the rental market revival?](/upload/images/library/Central-London400x310.png)
The prime London rental market has enjoyed an 8% uplift in rental values over the last year, with the most in-demand...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Looking to London – is it time to invest in the capital again?](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – is Manchester the top UK investment city?](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester, once an integral part of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, remains one of the UK’s most important and fastest-growing cities, having performed...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market insight – homes for rent are letting 30% faster since Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
The pandemic continues to shape the UK property market, with a growing disparity between inner city and outer city residential rents,...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR – thriving cities, new hires and BTR awareness week](/img/default/pit.png)
Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester have seen the largest year-on-year rental increase across the Build to Rent (BTR) sector, the latest...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental trends: flood of urban stock as tenants flee cities](/img/default/pit.png)
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a rise in city centre rental stock and dropping asking rents, according...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Where is best to invest? Top ten investment hotspots for 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
While 2020 has been a challenging year due to Covid, the property market has boomed, driven by changing priorities for homeowners...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – why investors should be considering Preston](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this year, we ran a number of stories on Preston’s burgeoning reputation as a property investment hotbed, including one about...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 reasons to invest in UK property now despite the recession](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the UK began to emerge from lockdown, the property market has reacted positively, with recent reports confirming a ‘mini boom’...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth continues following property market restart in May](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest rental market data from HomeLet shows that average annual rents increased last month following the market officially reopening on...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![The world has changed – what next for Build to Rent?](/img/default/pit.png)
Covid-19 is a generational event that will impact the way people live, work and behave long after the pandemic has been...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Vauxhall and Nine Elms Battersea will come of age in 2021, JLL report claims](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report from global real estate firm JLL has claimed that 2021 will be the year when the mammoth new...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![With Brexit upcoming, should UK investors be alarmed?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Yaroslava Tkalich, chief marketing officer of Smartlands - a global investment platform for the tokenization of real economy assets by issuing...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Preston insight – why is the city perfect for investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week we covered the initial works being started on a new luxury development in Preston, redeveloped by Wigan-based property developer...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sales and rental values in PCL set to rise over the next five years](/img/default/pit.png)
Prices in Prime Central London (PCL) are predicted to rise by 18% over the next five years, while cumulative rental growth...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – a home at the home of British television?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today checks in on the transformation of Television...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![The most affordable rents in Great Britain revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
An in-depth analysis from Zoopla has reported the trends in the affordability of private renting across the UK since 2007. The study...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![East London dominates rental growth table while West London dwindles](/img/default/pit.png)
Renters in East London are seeing twice the growth of their West London counterparts, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index,...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pre-Brexit jitters shrugged off by rental sector](/img/default/pit.png)
Now is an exciting time to be a buy-to-let investor, says investment agency Surrenden Invest, even in spite of the ongoing...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth slowdown looms over UK regions](/img/default/pit.png)
Annual rental growth in the UK (excluding London) is at its lowest point in nearly six years, according to the latest...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK rents up 2.5 per cent on same time last year](/img/default/pit.png)
The average rent in the UK is now £932, up by 2.5% on the same time last year, according to figures...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Returns from London BTL homes don’t outweigh risks, firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit causes London landlords to lose out on rental growth](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest Landbay rental index has suggested that landlords in London are potentially £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![The top performing London boroughs in 2018 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The best performing boroughs in the London residential market in 2018 have been revealed by new research from CBRE Residential. Its annual report, the...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Millennials exiting London fuels rental growth in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds](/img/default/pit.png)
Rents in other UK cities are growing faster than both London and the UK average as workers relocate from the capital...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit causing concern among landlords despite steady rental growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit concerns continue to loom large for landlords despite average UK rental values growing steadily over the last month. That’s according...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents rise rapidly in areas surrounding Elizabeth Line stations](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has revealed that average rental growth around the stations of the Elizabeth Line (excluding zone 1) has been more...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental prices boom in West London’s development hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
Strong price growth across a number of West London boroughs has been reported by rental brand Residently. W12, which covers the thriving...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown in rental growth across the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
Excluding London, rents in the UK rose by 1.18% in the 12 months to July 2018 – the slowest annual rental...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![London rents finally rise after 18 months of falls](/img/default/pit.png)
Research has revealed that London rents increased by 0.10% in the year to June 2018, the first annual rental rise for...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Falling rents in London ‘distorts’ picture for the rest of England, Index shows](/img/default/pit.png)
The average rent for a property in London fell 0.27% in the year to April, weighing down the resilient rental growth...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents in East Midlands outstrip UK average](/img/default/pit.png)
The East Midlands saw residential rents grow by 2.24%, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. The region had the fastest rise...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![London bounces back with UK rents on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The average cost of renting a home in the UK is now rising for the first time in almost two years,...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Average prime home counties rents on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest data from Knight Frank has revealed that the number of agreed tenancies for prime home counties properties has increased...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Manchester establishes itself as a major buy-to-let property hotspot](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite recent turmoil, it seems Manchester is a city on the up, as it is now being identified as a true...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![No sign of landlords exiting PRS despite ‘catalogue of challenges’](/img/default/pit.png)
Various reports have suggested that a number of private landlords plan to sell up and quit the PRS as a consequence...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Surge in demand for office space in Sheffield is ‘positive news for investors’](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for commercial office space in Sheffield remains remarkably strong, driving upward pressure on rental prices and increasing the demand for...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors ‘undeterred by the changing economic and political landscape’](/img/default/pit.png)
There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purpose-built student accommodation delivers positive rental growth](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of students living in private sector purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prime Dublin commercial rents to rise by over 4% in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime commercial property rents in Dublin will increase by more than 4% in 2017, according to fresh research by Cushman &...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bristol office take-up soars in 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Office investment in Bristol continues to go from strength to strength as investors seek to take advantage of soaring take up...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Student property investors target homes in continental Europe](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Diversity helps ‘insulate’ rural estates from economic and political upheaval](/img/default/pit.png)
Major changes in the makeup of the portfolio of rural estate income in recent years is now probably more important than at...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims August was record month for new tenancies](/img/default/pit.png)
Letting agency Knight Frank reports that the number of new tenancies it agreed in August was the highest it has ever...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK commercial property rents edge higher](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a marginal rise in the amount of private rents paid by commercial property tenants last month, fresh data reveals. The...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Retail rents rise in Yorkshire for first time in 10 years](/img/default/pit.png)
York recorded the largest increase in rents of any retail location outside of London between April 2015 and April 2016 as figures...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime global rents fall](/img/default/pit.png)
Luxury residential rents across many of the world’s main cities are continuing to fall, the latest figures show. Knight Frank’s Prime Global...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime commercial property rents continue to grow](/img/default/pit.png)
Rents in the UK prime commercial property sector rose by an average of 1.4% in the first quarter of this year,...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rental market cools](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental market in prime central London is starting to slow following a year of record breaking growth with rents either...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![No sign of seasonal slowdown as UK rents continue to rise](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth for one bedroom flats rises sharply](/img/default/pit.png)
Rent rises for one bedroom flats increased significantly last month, according to the second Landbay Rental Index. Average rents for one bed...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Halstead named top investment location](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest Rightmove Rental Trends Tracker has revealed that Halstead has been named as the highest performing investment location outside of...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average rents retreating as yields remain steady](/img/default/pit.png)
Average monthly rents in England and Wales have fallen on a monthly basis for the first time since March, according to...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rest of the UK catching London on rental growth](/img/default/pit.png)
The average rent across the UK is now rising in line with Greater London for the first time and at the...