Figures from the English Housing Survey for 2017/18, highlighted by the Residential Landlords Association, show that over the ten years between 2008 and 2018, average weekly rents across England in the private rented sector increased by 22% (34% in London). The figures come as the Office for National Statistics has reported that rents are falling in real terms and the ...

The consultation into which major reforms to make to private sector tenancies, including the case for a Housing Court, longer tenancies and the future of Section 21, has now ended and the industry awaits the result. Critics are calling for Section 21 evictions to be banned, arguing that they tilt the balance of power towards landlords. However, a survey carried out by Landlord ...

From their latest report, ARLA have extrapolated from the statistics that in December on average each of their London based letting agents saw six landlords selling up and exiting the market. The National average is four per agency branch.

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