Tag: Rental demand

Renters turn to commuter towns as demand soars

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2026, 2 months ago | 1

Demand has soared in commuter towns such as Esher as renters are priced out of cities, according to a new...

London rent rises ease but tenant competition intensifies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st December 2025, 4 months ago | 0

London’s lettings market remained lively in November as more tenants chased fewer available homes, despite the usual year-end cool down....

Rental demand hits six-year low as supply improves and rents cool – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th December 2025, 4 months ago | 1

Demand for rented homes has dropped to its lowest level in six years, with the gap between tenants and available...

Landlord optimism surges as confidence rebounds in the buy to let market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2025, 6 months ago | 2

Positivity is returning to the buy to let sector, with landlord confidence more than doubling since last year’s Autumn Budget,...

Renters see steeper cost rises than homeowners since 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd July 2025, 9 months ago | 2

Private renters in the UK have endured sharper increases in their housing expenses compared to mortgaged homeowners since 2022, research...

Rent rises drop to a four-low as PRS cools – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th June 2025, 11 months ago | 2

The surge in UK rent prices has lost momentum, with annual growth dropping to 2.8% in April, the slowest pace...

Rental demand surges while house prices stabilise – RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2025, 1 year ago | 1

There has been a big rise in tenant demand with a strong showing of RICS’ members saying so – but...

London rents stabilise as tenant budgets rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

London’s private rented sector has shown signs of cooling in recent months, despite increased tenant budgets, Foxtons reveals. While tenants...

Record rental stock levels and flat rent rises in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2024, 1 year ago | 1

London’s private rented sector (PRS) saw a big shift in October, with Foxtons’ latest lettings market index revealing record-high stock...

Live-Work Spaces: A New Frontier for Short-Term Letting in the Gig Economy

Author: Mark Alexander

13th September 2024, 2 years ago | 1

One minute, tenants are obsessed with open-plan kitchens; the next, they’re crying out for energy-efficient windows. But here’s the latest...

Landlords on edge as demand outstrips supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2024, 2 years ago | 0

A new Labour government has made landlords nervous about what lies ahead as demand continues to outpace supply. The latest...

Landlords see a surge in demand as less choice pushes up rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd May 2024, 2 years ago | 4

Landlords have seen a surge in tenant demand with tenants chasing fewer properties in the private rented sector (PRS), a...

Mismatch between supply and demand continues to dominate the lettings market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Demand continues to outstrip supply as rents continue to rocket, one industry body warns. Propertymark’s Housing Insight report reveals August...

Tenant demand surges in South East regions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The rental market in England has seen a strong recovery in the third quarter of 2023, with some regions in...

Rental market sees surge in demand as academic year begins

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

As the new academic year kicks off, the UK’s rental market is witnessing a seasonal peak characterised by a substantial...

A call to convert 66,000 student HMO’s back to family homes?

Author: Mary Latham

26th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I have been having a catch up on my on-line reading over this weekend and I have just come across...

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Buy to let rents still rising and unlikely to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Rents are still rising and are unlikely to drop anytime soon, according to one of the UK’s leading letting agents....

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Mortgage famine fuels buy to let rent rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Rent rises are fuelled by a mortgage famine that is forcing home owners that cannot sell to become reluctant landlords...

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Buy to let did boom in 2011 – it’s official!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let really did boom in 2011 – with the total up 12% on the previous year as 692,766...

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Number of tenants in arrears surges 20% in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Thousands of tenants are in rent arrears with a growing number adding to the total every month, according to statistics...