Landlords and tenants will want to keep a keen eye HomeLet's Rental Index figures which have just been released.

The key headlines are:

• Rents in London increased by 4.5% in April this year compared to April 2017; the average monthly rent in the capital now stands at £1,588 a month
• When London is excluded, the average UK rental value was £761 in April 2018, this is 0.9% on last year
• HomeLet’s April Rental Index reveals that rents rose in 9 of the 12 UK regions covered in the research

You can take a look at their full report, giving details of average rents by region, here. 

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Happy house hunting from the IATA Team.