Lettings
Block, Stock & Quarrel: What happens when tenants fall out?
It is not uncommon for apartment blocks to be owned by the tenants living there, but what happens when they fundamentally disagree on how the building is being run?
PCL rents rise faster than house prices – Knight Frank
Rents in prime central London saw their biggest increase in six months in April, rising by 0.5% to take a values increased by 0.5% in April, annual growth to 4.1% - a four-year high.
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Survival of the Fittings: On London’s luxury lettings market
Prime central London rents have risen year-on-year, but levels of tenant demand are falling on all but the highest quality and best presented properties, says Lucy Morton...
Oxfordshire manor house with ‘the finest view in England’ hits the market
Lording it over what's been described as the best vista in the country, this Grade II listed Georgian manor house has just become available in a very stately corner of Oxfordshire.
Lonres Residential Review: Prime London’s lettings market in Q1
Conditions in the residential rental market of prime London remain more bouyant than the sales market, although there is still an air of caution among tenants.
The Lonres Spring Review: Carrington on Q1
Lonres Chairman William Carrington looks back on a period of declining transaction levels and deflating prices...
Buy-to-let landlords ‘seriously in the dark’ on annual running costs
It's been claimed that some UK landlords are overestimating their potential buy-to-let returns by up to 50%, as new research puts the total cost average annual cost of running and upkeep of a BTL property…
Students overtake financial sector as PCL’s biggest renters
New research has claimed that students are now the biggest renters in prime central London, overtaking the financial sector in terms of numbers and shelling out an average of £28,866 a year in rent.
A Vote of Consequence: General Election outcomes and the UK housing market
Becky Fatemi of top-end agency Rokstone takes a look at how the results of next month's General Election could impact on new development, affordability and prices...
Labour pledges on rent controls, letting agent fees and stamp duty
If Labour gets into power after the General Election, Ed Miliband has pledged to cap rents so they can't rise by more than the rate of inflation over the course of a three-year tenancy.
Abrahmsohn: Labour is exhibiting a patent lack of understanding of the rental sector
Ed Miliband's latest proposals are yet another example of the shadow government’s insatiable appetite for government interference in markets, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
‘Try before you buy’ renters on the up in the Home Counties
"There is evidence to suggest that some tenants are renting before making a decision about purchasing property ahead of the election," says Knight Frank, as prime rents in the Home Counties rose by 3.