Rental market
News covering the Private Rented Sector with relevance to letting agents and landlords and the wider residential property industry.
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Landlords plan rent hikes and exits as rental reforms bed-in
Landlords have moved on from 'wait and see' mode after the Renters’ Rights Act came in, says Matt Trevett from The DPS.
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London bucks the trend as tenant demand rises amid national dip
Tenant demand has fallen nationally but Rightmove’s Colleen Babcock says high prices in the Capital mean more are renting.
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Landlords lean harder on tenant referencing
The ban on advance rental payments means landlords want more reliable tenants, says Leaders’ Allison Thompson.
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Bulk investment deals drive up luxury London rents
Buyers from the Gulf and Asia are snapping up bulk deals for high rental returns says Beauchamp Estates’ Jeremy Gee.
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Activists calls for action on landlord ‘exaggerated’ deposit claims
Insured schemes should be scrapped to stop landlords holding on to tenant deposits for too long, says Generation Rent's Holly Williamson.
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More than half of ‘Mumlords and Dadlords’ return child’s rent
Many parents are charging their adult children rent but returning it as a house deposit to help buy a property, says Nationwide spokesman.
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Renters’ Rights Act accelerated summer tenant demand
The Renters' Rights Act rush meant summer came early to the rental market, says Foxtons' lettings boss Gareth Atkins.
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Thirty tenants chase every home in Britain’s rental hotspots
Rightmove has listed the top rental hotspots in Britain, where 30 tenants typically enquire about each property.
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Four months of Renters’ Rights Act hasn’t deterred landlords yet
Research by Paragon Bank and the Mortgage Advice Bureau suggests landlords have become less fearful of the rental reforms.
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Five jobs that letting agents won’t hand over to AI
Sim Sekhon, Group Chief Executive of Propoly, suggests that the most useful AI knows where it can and cannot add value.
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