Tag: London rents

London rents stabilise but remain unaffordable for renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2025, 1 year ago | 2

Despite rents in London stabilising, affordability remains out of reach for many renters, claims SpareRoom. A report by the flat-share...

Property market sees London rents plummet and unsold homes pile up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd May 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The housing market in Britain is grappling with a complex landscape as asking rents see an annualised decline of 1.8%,...

Rents hit record highs amid rising supply and cooling demand

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29th April 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Rents across the UK have surged to new highs with the average advertised rent for properties outside London climbing to...

Room rents fall in big cities as commuter towns see surge in demand

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9th April 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Room rents drop in London and Birmingham as renters move to commuter hotspots, according to new data. Flat-sharing website SpareRoom...

Buy to let companies hit record 401,000 as rents stall

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17th March 2025, 1 year ago | 1

Britain’s property investment landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation with the number of limited companies established to manage buy to...

UK rent growth slows as house prices continue rising – ONS

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20th February 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Private rent prices across the UK saw a slight dip in their annual growth rate, while house values continued to...

Rents outside London fall for the first time since 2019

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28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

The average advertised rent of properties coming to market outside of London has fallen this quarter for the first time...

London room rents fall as the market stabilises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Rents for rooms in London have fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q4 2024, according to the latest SpareRoom...

PRS rents show signs of stabilisation as increases slow

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th October 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The UK’s private rented sector is beginning to show signs of stabilisation as rent rises are slowing down, research reveals....

Rents start falling in major cities as rental inflation slows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Rents in major UK cities are beginning to fall for the first time in years – the pace of rental...

Renters face record price highs as PRS remains ‘difficult’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd July 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Average advertised rents outside London have surged to a fresh quarterly peak of £1,314 per month, marking a 7% increase...

Landlords and tenants see prime rental market entering a new phase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd April 2024, 2 years ago | 1

London’s prime residential rents have seen a significant slowdown after three years of record growth, Savills’ says. The firm’s associate...

Renters in London see rents soar by 11% in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

According to Foxtons, the average weekly rent for tenants in London last month was 11% higher than in August 2022,...

August sees rents remaining red hot

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The rental market remained ‘boiling hot’ in August, with the cost of rent up 10% year-on-year, according to the latest...

Rented home supply in London begins to improve

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The supply of homes to rent in London is improving, two leading firms in the sector say. Flat share platform...

London landlords warned over ‘too good to be true’ rent promises from agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd August 2023, 3 years ago | 0

A lettings firm says private landlords in London need to be wary when dealing with agents who make enticing promises...

Rents hit new high as landlords deal with ‘queues of prospective tenants’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Tenants are feeling the squeeze as new rents outside of London have hit a new record high of £1,231 –...

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London buy to let rents 78% higher than rest of UK

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21st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

London rents are 78% higher than those in the rest of the country, according to the latest figures from landlord...

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UK split into “London” and “the rest” rent divide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The great rental divide is splitting the UK as tenants in London pay double the amount for a comparable property...

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Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless...