Rents are starting to recover in many parts of the UK, but not enough to stop another monthly average drop across the country.
Landlords need an official rent survey
So are your rents going up by the huge percentages quoted by the ‘official’ rent surveys?
Rents are rising – but not as fast as everyone believes
Talk of booming rents rocketing out-of-control and beyond the reach of tenants are just not true, according to research by the British Property Federation (BPF).
Landlords’ eviction problems to rocket
A key housing body has warned private landlords to prepare for a rise in evictions following changes to housing benefit later this year.
Buy to let rents up more than 3% in a year
Landlords took a hit from the season slump last month as many reduced rents to have tenants in their buy to lets over Christmas.
Rent arrears fall after a year of increases
Private landlords are seeing the number of tenants with severe rent arrears fall for the first time in a year.
Rents are falling…really, claims letting agent
Buy to let rents have gone down in the past five years – not up, according to research by a leading letting agency.
Private landlords predict higher rents
Private landlords predict rents will keep rising in 2013 – and one in 10 is expecting an increase of at least 5%.
Holiday homers lose £1m rent case
Holiday homes owners face paying more than a £1 million a year in rents and charges to their landlord after signing up for a fixed rate annual increase on 99-year leases.
Rent claims give buy to let bad name
Outrageous claims about buy to let rents are giving a false picture of the market to landlords and tenants, according to trade body the British Property Federation (BPF).
