14+ hour, 40+ min ago   (241+ words) An agency says landlords tested higher rents before restrictions came in, under the Renters Rights Act. Chestertons makes the claim in a characteristically upbeat assessment of London’s rental market as summer segues into autumn. The agency says tenantdemand increased in…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (472+ words) A leading lettings agent has spoken in favour of the government’s proposed private rental sector database – despite substantial criticism of it from many in the lettings sector. Greg Tsuman – an immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark and also managing director…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) A new poll claims that almost a quarter of letting agents have hiked their charges to landlords since the arrival of the Renters Rights Act in May. The survey of landlords by Goodlord suggests 23% of them have seen increased lettings…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) Private sector rental yields are reaching almost 7% in England’s strongest-performing markets, it’s claimed. The Letting Partnership analysed the latest average house price and private rental data across England to estimate current nominal rental yields, before looking at how returns vary…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (234+ words) The latest rent rise revealed by new government figures is the result of unintended consequences of the Renters Rights Act. The Office for National Statistics says the average monthly private rent in the UK was £1,393 in July – around £50 (3.7%) higher than…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (254+ words) A Rent To Buy operator has been put under review by a regulator. Rentplus Homes is based in Milton Keynes and buys homes built by developers under Section 106 agreements with local authorities. It then leases them to housing associations for…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (382+ words) A newspaper’s investigation has revealed over 100 homes on the royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail current EPC standards. The Guardian’s analysis of some 700 domestic lets on the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Sandringham estate found…...