9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (885+ words) The property portal expects rents to be rising by between 4% and 5% by the end of 2026, compared with annual growth of 2.6% currently. Average UK rents now stand at £1,340 a month, with annual growth having increased from a recent low of 1.6% in…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (556+ words) The rising cost of renting a home in the UK has accelerated after a three-year slowdown - with tenants told to expect more pain to come. Average rental costs for new tenancies were up 2.6% in July compared with a year earlier,…...

12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (370+ words) Rental prices are expected to rise sharply by the end of the year according to Zoopla(Image: Getty Images) Elevated mortgage rates are placing strain on the rental sector, with UK rental prices forecast to rise by 4% to 5% annually by…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (426+ words) Higher mortgage rates are putting pressure on the rental sector, with UK rental prices expected to be increasing by 4% to 5% annually by the end of the year, according to a property website. Zoopla said that demand for rental homes has…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (939+ words) Rents are rising faster again after a sharp slowdown over 2024 and 2025 and are on track to climb as much as 5% by the end of the year. This is directly as a result of declining supply, according to the latest Zoopla…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (723+ words) Weak landlord investment will see rents rise by between 4% and 5% by the year-end because the supply of rental homes has fallen for the first time in three years, Zoopla reveals. It says that the number of available homes began dropping…...

10+ hour, 6+ min ago   (340+ words) Rising mortgage rates are intensifying pressure on the UK rental market, with annual price growth projected to reach 4% to 5% by the end of the year. Property portal giant Zoopla noted that elevated borrowing costs are keeping prospective buyers in tenancy…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (372+ words) Landlords are seeing nearly £90,000 a year in gross rental income from the average UK landlord portfolio, up annually by nearly £16,500 according to Rushbrook. It estimates that the average landlord currently owns 7.3 properties with a combined estimated value of £1.7m. Both the…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (444+ words) Stoke-on-Trent has generated the highest student rental yield among UK university cities at 9.42%, according to Paragon Bank's buy-to-let mortgage data, with student postcodes producing average returns of 7.32% against 6.86% for non-student areas. Stoke-on-Trent offers the strongest student rental yields among UK…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (309+ words) The lender recorded average yields of 7.32% in student postcodes, compared with 6.86% elsewhere — a gap of 0.46 percentage points. Stoke-on-Trent led the university locations covered by the analysis, with a yield of 9.42%. Average annual rental income stood at £14,222 against an average property…...