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28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams four councils for policies which directly hit rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants’ mental health hit by high rents - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tories should worry about ‘Rent Wall’ voters going Labour - claim](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ToriesvsLabour-400x310.png)
The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![BBC reports on “unaffordable” rents for tenants under 30](/upload/images/library/BBC-logo400x310.png)
A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Star Struck! Lettings platform uses mystic to find places to rent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialOnPhone-400x310.jpg)
A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned about cash crisis amongst renters under 40](/img/default/lat.png)
Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government must help young renters hit by furlough end - lettings group](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Does paying 50% of salary in rent really make an area affordable?](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb clampdown on young renters of party houses - but not yet in UK](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lifetime Rental Deposits backed by Tories as Labour revamps council housing](/img/default/lat.png)
On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls are “snake oil” and should be rejected, says Economist](/img/default/lat.png)
The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of Britain ‘unaffordable to young renters’ claims BBC](/img/default/lat.png)
A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Vast majority of young renters fear they will never own a home](/img/default/lat.png)
New research claims that as many as 78 per cent of young adults aged 18 to 30 fear they will never...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage interest change particularly hits large-portfolio BTL investors](/img/default/lat.png)
New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Under-35s pay approaching half the UK's total rent bill, says Savills](/img/default/lat.png)
The increasing number of renters and low interest rates for existing home owners mean that the total rent bill is now...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Young renters likely to have tough task finding places to live](/img/default/lat.png)
Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Younger private tenants increasingly likely to register to vote](/img/default/lat.png)
After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...