Osborne ‘has done more for the rental market than any other Chancellor in history’

Rents in prime central London rose for the third month in a row in May, according to Knight Frank, reducing the annual decline to just 1.4%. Values were up by 0.

Nearly a third of Black Brick's searches in Q1 were for rentals, while over a third of its purchases were made off-market...

The pace of rental value escalation in the capital is easing, says Benham & Reeves, as the 'frenzied' market seen in 2015's first half is replaced by a more sedate period of conservative growth.