Tenants need to earn £75,000 to rent in London

Rightmove’s half-year results report claims major progress in its drive to harness the much-vaunted and new ‘agentic’ AI technology. The portal’s revenue increased by £14.1million or 7% year on year to £225.8million (H1 2025: £211.7million). AI innovation “Technology investment and AI deployments demonstrating ongoing strong innovation progress,” Rightmove says. “Ask Rightmove” conversational experience across search…

A judge has ordered a landlord to pay more than £35,000 after illegally evicting a mother of three and locking her out of her home. The tenant, who had rented the property for more than a decade, contacted Harrow Law Centre after returning from a family holiday to discover the landlord had changed the locks…

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Letting agents expect a 71% reduction in buy-to-let investors this year, which will reduce available stock and weaken a key source of portfolio growth, according to a study from Iamproperty. The proptech firm interviewed more than 320 agents who said it was forcing a shift away from landlord-led expansion towards owner-occupiers and needs-based movers, with…

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The Government has announced nearly £200m a year for England’s newest mayoral regions in a further attempt to revive its 1.5 million homes pledge as planning approvals and new-build numbers plunge. Only two months ago one leading estate agency warned that sales of new homes had reached crisis point. Savills said the last time the…