The man who sees every rent in Britain

Whatever the national rent headline says this month, there's a good chance it isn't describing everything...

Rob & Rob are joined by Richard Donnell, Executive Director of Research at Zoopla, who tracks what 9 million monthly users do on the site and how landlords and agents set rents in real time.

He takes them through what's driving the gap between one town and the next, and why the case for owning rental property looks nothing like it did 10 years ago. There's also a free tool to check what your own property should be letting for.

• (02:30) The number that took everyone by surprise, and why it has completely reversed
• (04:47) Where rents are climbing fastest right now, and what those markets have in common
• (10:01) Does the data prove the Renters' Rights Act has pushed advertised rents up?
• (14:49) Why huge demand for rented homes in London still isn't pushing rents up much
• (17:51) Why the reason for owning rental property has flipped since the tax changes
• (22:56) Richard's call on rents over the next 12 months
• (24:58) Hub Extra

Links mentioned:

• Zoopla's rental estimate calculator

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