The reductions follow rate cuts on short-term let products made by the lender last month

There are an estimated 12,778,637 homes in England that have a rating of D or below.

45% of the lots are located in London and the South East.

Last year, British LPAs received over 60,000 applications for developments of one or more residential dwellings.

Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, looks at what's happening at the top end of the capital's lettings market.

Planning approvals in the Lincolnshire market town were up by over 38% last year.

The average time to make a planning decision now sits at 415 days in the nation's worst offending planning authority.

62% of households currently rent in the UK's most popular city for tenants.

Despite the huge increase in monthly costs, Rightmove estimates that average payments are still £155 lower than their peak in July 2023.

The reductions follow the launch last month of three new limited-edition products