Tag: Rent increase

ONS data exposes UK’s soaring rent prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 2 years ago | 4

New data paints a picture of a widespread surge in rental prices across the UK. The ONS has published for...

Rent increase according to inflation?

Author: Readers Question

15th November 2023, 2 years ago | 40

Hi, I have asked my tenant for a rent increase from £800 to £1100. But she is blaming now that...

Mayor of West Yorkshire blasts landlords for raising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 101

The mayor of West Yorkshire has launched a scathing attack on landlords, in a new interview. Labour mayor Tracy Brabin...

Rents hit new record-breaking high

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18th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

The average rent in Great Britain has now passed £1,300 for the first time in a decade, according to new...

Rent increase permitted during tenant exit dispute?

Author: Readers Question

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 20

Hello, I have a tenant of 7 years that I served formal landlord-tenant notice along with a section 21. The...

Tenants refusing to accept rent increase!

Author: Readers Question

9th August 2023, 3 years ago | 49

Hi, I am facing issues with implementing rent increases. The tenancies are AST that have rolled on to periodic tenancies...

S13 notice after soft enquiry?

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28th July 2023, 3 years ago | 10

Hi everyone, If you enquire on a ‘soft basis’ as to a tenant’s agreement to a rent increase, and that...

Most landlords will raise rents if mortgage costs rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Most landlords – 61% – said they would raise rents to meet rising mortgage costs, a survey reveals. The study...

Rent increase during assured shorthold tenancy?

Author: Readers Question

20th June 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Hello, like thousands of others, the monthly interest payments on my one and only rental property have more than doubled...

Landlords warned over new rent review procedures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords are being warned that the proposed Renters’ Reform Bill means understanding the new rent review procedure or risk not...

UK’s rental market soars: Record highs and regional disparities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th June 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Landlords and tenants in the UK have witnessed average rent costs for a new tenancy rocketing by 10% year-on-year, reaching...

Rental sector is ‘primed to heat up’ this month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Rent prices across England increased for the fifth consecutive month in May, signalling a strong market demand as the summer...

Section 13 rent increase?

Author: Readers Question

24th May 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Hello, What can you do when a tenant just ignores a Section 13? If he/she takes it to a Tribunal...

A third of renters are spending more than 50% of their wages on rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2023, 3 years ago | 8

Research reveals that 81% of renters in the UK are spending more than 30% of their take-home pay on rent...

Rent increase – tenant won’t pay?

Author: Readers Question

11th April 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Hello, Today I increased the rent on a flat from £1,400 to £1,600, effective 1 June 2023, which is the...

More than half of rents in the PRS have risen in the last year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2023, 3 years ago | 10

“Runaway rents” are crushing the finances of tenants, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. A report by the Office for National Statistics...

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More surveys confirm North/South property divide

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6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents slipped back 4.3% to an average £919 a month in May, according to letting agents haart....

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Rent Costs Buy to Let Tenants More Than Half their Pay

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30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Rent costs nearly a third of buy to let tenants 50% or more of their take home pay, according to...

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London Rent Gap Widens to 80% More Than the Rest of the UK

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21st December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

The rent gap between London and the rest of the country means tenants are paying an average 80% more to...

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Buy to Let Rents Hit a New Record High

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21st October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are still going up – with tenants paying an average new high of £718 a month....