Tag: Rental market

Housing crisis continues as demand surges past supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2023, 2 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...

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...

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.’...

Rents hit new record-breaking high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

The average rent in Great Britain has now passed £1,300 for the first time in a decade, according to new...

Rent deposits eat up more than half of the average monthly income

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The average renter in the UK must spend 64% of their net monthly income just to pay the deposit on...

Another delay for Renters’ Reform Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

The Renters’ Reform Bill has been delayed yet again! The government confirmed that the second reading of the legislation will...

Deprived areas hit hardest by shortage of rental stock

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 6

People living in the most deprived areas of the UK have seen their rents skyrocket this year, according to new...

Rent cap law drives up Scottish rents to record highs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2023, 3 years ago | 12

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector (PRS) have soared by 11.4% – the third...

England’s hottest rental market is…

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords with properties to rent in Cornwall currently have the nation’s hottest rental market, a rental demand index reveals. The...

Where are the most affordable places to rent?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The current turmoil in the rental market shows no signs of slowing down with UK rents in the fourth quarter...

Rental market starts 2023 strongly

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The demand for rental property is still outpacing supply and rent growth is still rising – so the sector starts...

Rental market picks up steam while house sales stall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Demand across the lettings market is high and continues to push rents up, the latest surveyors’ report reveals. RICS says...

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...