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Knight Frank: 8.9 tenants chase each new outer London rental
Knight Frank finds 8.9 prospective tenants for every new prime outer London rental as listings fall 6.4%.
Knight Frank finds 8.9 prospective tenants for every new prime outer London rental as listings fall 6.4%.
Accord Mortgages finds 72% of tenants value renting flexibility, while its 4,000-adult survey also records concern that landlords are reducing rental supply.
TwentyCi reports 562 rental homes a day have left Britain’s market in Q3 2026, even as total rental availability rises.
RICS expects UK rents to rise about 3% over the next year after its August survey recorded stronger tenant demand and lower landlord instructions.
Propertymark says buyer registrations fell to 55 per branch in June while rental demand held at nine applicants for every available home, leaving investors with softer sales demand but no real easing in lettings pressure.
Propertymark says Wales lost another 532 registered rental properties and 290 landlords in May, with ownership becoming more concentrated among larger operators.
Propertymark has renewed its warning that rent controls would cut landlord confidence and reduce the supply of private rented homes, as the policy debate over intervention in rents gathers pace again.
TwentyCi says almost 835,000 rental homes left the private rented sector over the past 10 years, with build-to-rent and larger landlords taking a bigger share of the stock that remains.
Glenigan says private housebuilding will fall 5 percent in 2026 before a forecast 13 percent rebound in 2027, leaving landlords facing another weak year for new rental supply.
Savills says England will deliver an average of 167,500 homes a year until 2029/30, far below the 300,000 target and a fresh warning for landlords facing tight rental supply.