Latest figures from Barbon, the UK’s biggest tenant referencing company which includes HomeLet, Let Alliance and Rent4sure, reveal the extent to which tenancy application fraud is on the rise.

The South West that has seen the biggest hike in month on month rent prices while London rents have fallen, according to HomeLet.

HomeLet's latest index reveals that monthly rent increases have slowed to just 0.1% in May, but the UK average remains at an all time-high.

Average UK annual rent per tenancy is now £11,808 as rent rose by 6.2% outside the M25 and plummeted by 4.7% inside it.

Research by tenant referencing specialists, HomeLet, shows the average rent is up by 2.3% at £959.

Figures just released by HomeLet, say average rents are rising in the UK – up 2% year-on-year, as pressure builds from the Tenant Fee Ban.

UK Rents fell again in June, new data from the HomeLet Rental Index reveals, with the typical new agreed rent 0.3% lower than in June 2016.

Rents in London fell for the first time in eight years during April, new research from HomeLet reveals, with rental price inflation across the UK falling to the lowest level for seven…