Tag: Rental market

Are selective licensing schemes to blame for soaring rents?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2023, 3 years ago | 23

For anyone wondering what the impact of selective licensing schemes is on tenants and rent prices, then one landlord has...

Legislation uncertainty causing chaos in PRS, claims industry body

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5th December 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Uncertainty in legislation is causing high rents in the private rented sector, according to a new report. Propertymark’s Housing Insight...

The most affordable rental cities in Britain revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The major cities that currently have the highest level of affordable homes for tenants that are at or below the...

Landlords optimistic about PRS after government’s EPC U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords are more confident about their letting businesses and the private rental sector (PRS) after the government scrapped plans to...

ONS reports a rental price surge across UK

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17th November 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Private rents increased by more than 6% in England, according to the ONS lettings price index. London saw a big...

Londoners demand green belt reforms to solve housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Londoners want homes built on the green belt to improve their housing chances, according to a new survey. In a...

NRLA urges cooperation between landlords and tenant groups on rental reform

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1st November 2023, 3 years ago | 11

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has appealed to the Renters’ Reform Coalition, a group of organisations that push for...

Affordable homes to rent are ‘scarce and in high demand’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Finding a cheap rental home in the UK is a daunting challenge with only 1.9% of the current rental market...

Rising rents pushing students to the limit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Students are struggling as soaring rents outpace average maintenance loan, according to new research. A survey by student housing charity...

Housing crisis continues as demand surges past supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Demand continues to outpace supply in the lettings market, according to new data. The latest figures from Propertymark’s Housing Insight...

RICS survey reveals rising rents and falling house prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The UK’s housing market is facing a tough time, with the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

London’s rental market hits record high as landlords reduce rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 0

London’s rental market reached its peak last month with a growing trend of landlords lowering their rents, and Chestertons helped...

Angela Rayner dodges landlord questions in LBC interview clash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th October 2023, 3 years ago | 42

In a feisty exchange on LBC, the Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner refused to comment on Labour’s plan for landlords....

Rental market frenzy: Nottingham landlord sheds light on supply and demand imbalance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th October 2023, 3 years ago | 11

The mismatch between supply and demand is worse than ever with a frenzy of activity in the rental market. New...

Rental market crisis: NRLA urges Government to act

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9th October 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to take urgent action to address the supply crisis...

Rental market frenzy: Tenants face 25 enquiries per property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The rental market in the UK is experiencing a frenzy of activity, as letting agents report an average of 25...

Rents soar by up to 41% in five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Bristol is the most expensive city to rent a property in England with tenants paying 41% more than they did...

Rents rise as landlords exit the market, survey shows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2023, 3 years ago | 13

The UK’s private rented sector is facing a supply-demand imbalance that is pushing up rents as landlords exit the market,...

Tenant demand surges in South East regions

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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...

Rent controls in Wales will worsen housing crisis warns NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

One association is warning that introducing rent controls in Wales will have a ‘disastrous impact on the private rented sector.’...