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Tough mortgage market 'fuelling rental demand' [28 May 10]

The difficulty of accessing mortgage finance combined with uncertainty about jobs is fuelling demand for rented residential property, says expert. ...
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Rents set to spiral, says Rics [26 May 10]

Lack of supply pushing up cost of residential property to rent, survey finds. ...
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Tenant demand supporting rent levels, says report [25 May 10]

Market stabilises after "adjusting to difficult conditions". ...
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  • Cars face eviction as Britons eye garage conversions [24 May 10]
  • CML warns over funding as mortgage lending drops 12% [24 May 10]
  • Buy-to-let mortgage market 'fighting back' [20 May 10]
  • Securing a mortgage 'remains extremely difficult' [19 May 10]
  • Scottish housing market on "slow road to recovery" [18 May 10]
  • UK housing wealth jumps nine times in 50 years [17 May 10]
  • Residential property loans up 25% in March [17 May 10]
  • Mortgage market shows signs of "relaxation" [14 May 10]
  • Post-Budget bounce boosts housing market [12 May 10]
  • Housing market gets spring bounce [11 May 10]
  • Housing market 'on upward trend' [07 May 10]
  • Scottish residential property figures "hugely encouraging" [07 May 10]
  • UK house prices 'to rise by 5% in 2010' [06 May 10]
  • Building societies see mortgage lending jump 36% [06 May 10]
  • Loans for residential property purchase top £6.6bn in March [05 May 10]
  • Residential property prices drop 0.6% in March [04 May 10]