Lettings

January saw buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new instructions fall for the first time since May, according to the latest RICS survey - but house prices continue to rise (for now).

A 'space race' in the rental market is seeing houses find tenants 30% faster compared to last year, says Zoopla.

Analysis links sudden drop in UK population to ‘huge rise in vacancy rates’ in the London and Midlands rental markets.

"The 'escape to the country' trend has a shelf life", reports Knight Frank, as demand for central London rental picks up.

The Prime Central London lettings market has undergone a "fundamental reset" over the last year, says Knight Frank, while an emerging supply/demand imbalance is buoying sales values.

Consent for pets is now the default position for tenancy agreements.

As new data suggests a shift may be underway, former hedge fund manager Fraser Slater takes a detailed look at what’s happening in the PCL rental market right now - and explains why things are unlikely…

Dexters says it has been agreeing 330 lets every week in January, and has 36,700 prospective tenants on its books - up 48% on last year.

"The pandemic has led to falling asking rents and a flood of properties coming into the market in a number of the UK’s biggest city centres," says Rightmove.

The Prime London lettings market had a much busier end to the year than many expected, reports LonRes, but supply levels are still running very high...

The 'escape to the country' trend is not the only way Covid-19 is changing tenant behaviour, writes Tom Bill...

"The volume of households moving through the homemover funnel" has reached "unparalleled levels", says research firm Twenty Ci.