Tag: UK rental market

Why the victimisation of landlords shames everyone

Author: Landlord Crusader

21st February 2025, 1 year ago | 28

Reading the news on Property118 about tenants getting a new platform to make complaints made my heart sink. The PRS...

PRS crisis deepens as landlords sell – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2025, 1 year ago | 7

A critical housing shortage is impacting renters across England and Wales, with research revealing a widening gap between supply and...

Tenants rent for longer as new tenancies plummet

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2025, 1 year ago | 4

The number of new rental agreements in England and Wales have reached their lowest point in eight years, according to...

Cleaning accounts for 65% of deposit disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Protected deposits in England and Wales have surged to £5.2 billion, a 6% rise, while Scotland’s total reached £203.6 million,...

PRS crisis deepens as landlords plan exit and rents surge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2025, 1 year ago | 19

The deepening crisis in the UK’s private rented sector has been laid bare with a survey revealing that landlord confidence...

Landlord exodus threatens the UK’s PRS – survey

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th February 2025, 1 year ago | 9

A looming crisis will hit the UK’s private rented sector as two-thirds (67%) of landlords say they will either leave,...

Rents outside London fall for the first time since 2019

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

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

North East leads for the highest HMO yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

There are big regional disparities for HMO landlords in the UK with Greater London boasting the highest average property value...

PRS supply crunch fuels rent hikes while house prices rise – RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

While tenant demand for rental properties has stabilised, landlords selling up continues to push rents higher, RICS says. Its latest...

Corporate landlords replacing private buy to let landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 1 year ago | 9

More corporate landlords will enter the private rented sector in 2025, as they are less impacted by new rules and...

Rents and house prices will rise in 2025 – Jackson-Stops

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The estate agency Jackson-Stops is predicting a 2-3% rise in rents across its network in the next 12 months. However,...

Revealed: The UK city with the most challenging rental market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Bradford has been named the nation’s least accessible rental market in a new report. According to tenant app Tlyfe, only...

Rents continue to fall as market cools down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

England’s private rented sector (PRS) saw rents continuing to soften in November, with average prices dipping nearly 3% month-on-month, Goodlord...

The landlord exodus is fuelling a rental crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2024, 2 years ago | 10

The UK’s private rented sector (PRS) is teetering on the brink of a full-blown crisis, with a surge in tenant...

The UK’s PRS diverges with London slumping and other areas soaring

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th November 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The UK’s rental market has a stark regional divide, with London experiencing significant declines in rent prices, while Wales and...

JLL forecasts a 17% rent rise over the next five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Despite a rapid rise in rents over the past three years, real estate firm JLL is forecasting that rents will...

Local Housing Allowance Freeze: Rising Rents and Decreased Affordability Deepen the Housing Crisis

Author: Julie Ford

4th November 2024, 2 years ago | 11

In the 2023 Autumn Statement, the government announced an end to a four-year freeze in local housing allowance rates (LHA)...

Surprise 12% drop in asking rents as market cools

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 2 years ago | 10

The UK’s private rented sector experienced a significant shift in October with asking rents dropping by 12.6% compared to the...

Rent prices skyrocket as majority of UK becomes unaffordable for renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Rent prices have soared within the last five years as renters struggle to find an affordable place to live, according...

The Landlord Exodus: It’s Not Just Landlords Who Are Feeling the Pain

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2024, 2 years ago | 1

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the UK’s private rented sector, you’ve probably noticed a big shift happening: landlords...