Tag: Rising Rents

Demand surges as older landlords exit the private rented sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Demand continues to outstrip supply as older landlords leave the market, warns one industry body. According to Propertymark’s Housing Insight...

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks more chaos: Are landlords and letting agents doomed?

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th March 2025, 2 years ago | 30

It’s not even law yet but the dreaded Renters’ Rights Bill has spread its tentacles from landlords and tenants to...

Industry body calls for investment over legislation to support PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2025, 2 years ago | 6

More investment not legislation is needed for the private rented sector, says Propertymark. The industry body says the private rented...

NRLA slams Prime Minister for criticising landlords amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th December 2024, 2 years ago | 20

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit back at the Prime Minister for blaming landlords for rising rents. The...

Section 24 is the reason for rocketing rents – not landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2024, 2 years ago | 64

Tenant group Acorn claims that rent caps are the solution to curb rising rents. The group also believes “landlords have...

The Imminent Collapse of the UK Private Rented Sector: A National Crisis in the Making

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2024, 2 years ago | 8

What if the UK’s Private Rented Sector (PRS)—once a thriving backbone of housing for millions of people—collapsed overnight? It might...

21 tenants chase every rental home – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2024, 2 years ago | 1

The UK’s private rented sector (PRS) continues to be plagued by a chronic shortage of available properties, driving rents to...

Rent arrears soar leaving landlords struggling with shortfalls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Rent arrears have surged by a staggering 30% year-on-year, according to new data Deposit alternative provider Reposit reveals the average...

AI Reveals Surprising Upsides Amidst Market Shifts! ?

Author: Mark Alexander

14th May 2024, 2 years ago | 0

1) Supply squeeze pushing up rents, 2) predicted interest rate drops to provide landlords with a double boost, 3) how...

Selective licensing blamed as Nottingham faces alarming homelessness figures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2023, 3 years ago | 35

Shocking new figures reveal Nottingham has the highest rate of homelessness across the county. Data from Shelter reveals 2,700 people...

Rising rents are driving tenants to consider moving abroad

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2023, 3 years ago | 3

A survey has revealed that 72% of renters in the UK are either actively searching (46%) for new accommodation in...

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...

Homelessness crisis looms as councils struggle with demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2023, 3 years ago | 55

Councils across England are struggling with a surge in demand from households facing homelessness with nearly a quarter of a...

Mortgage rate rises sees landlords increasing rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2023, 4 years ago | 2

Seven in ten (68%) landlords plan to raise rents if their mortgage rate goes up when they come to remortgage,...

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Ten percent yield for 1 in 10 buy to let properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

One in ten properties in the UK are delivering gross rental yields of 10% or more, according to Countrywide’s 2012...

ARLA Predictions for 2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) today revealed its predictions for the UK property market over the next 12...

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Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A Press Release issued today by  suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer...

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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 rents keep rising as tenants get poorer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The average UK rent increased by 2.6% in March to £764 a month, according to the latest survey by specialist...

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Record Number of Landlords Making Rental Losses

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2012, 15 years ago | 16

Landlords are starting to feel a squeeze on rental profits despite rising rents, according to a new study. The number...

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Peterborough is the Buy to Let Star of the East

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords in Peterborough are enjoying the best rental returns of anywhere – even the flying high yields in London, according...