Tag: rental affordability

Landlords tighten checks as arrears rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2026, 3 weeks ago | 2

Rental arrears have hit record levels as landlords become more cautious following the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act. Data...

Rising rents push tenants to consider relocation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2026, 3 months ago | 0

Four in 10 tenants thinking about moving this year say they are considering doing so because of rent prices, research...

Two in five renters may relocate to beat rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2026, 4 months ago | 0

Two in five renters who are considering a move say they could be forced to relocate to a cheaper area...

Rents dip in some regions but affordability crisis continues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2026, 5 months ago | 0

Affordability pressures remain despite a slowdown in rental prices, according to a new report. Propertymark’s rent price and salary tracker...

Christmas rental surge forces tenants to earn more to secure a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2025, 6 months ago | 0

The traditional pre-Christmas scramble for rented homes has pushed up the income that tenants typically need to secure a property...

More than half of renters are ‘flathugging’ and avoiding landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2025, 7 months ago | 4

More than half of tenants are choosing to stay put, clinging to their current homes despite wanting to move, research...

The best cities for renters revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2025, 7 months ago | 0

With rents climbing by nearly £80 a week over the past five years and as more than a third of...

Regional divide widens as rents rise in certain areas but cool in others

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2025, 8 months ago | 0

Despite London and the South East seeing a drop in the salary required to rent, regional differences remain, with rents...

Tenant group claims landlord exodus will improve renting but fails to mention impact on tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2025, 1 year ago | 49

A tenant organisation claims landlords selling up is a good thing, despite the fact that it is fuelling the housing...

Industry body urges support for landlords rather than punishment to fix rental crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Incentivising, rather than penalising good landlords, is the key to beating supply and demand issues, says Propertymark. According to Propertymark’s...

London leads UK rental market decline as rents fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The UK’s private rented sector is showing signs of stabilisation after a period of upheaval, with rent increases slowing across...

Renters squeezed as they spend a third of their income on rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th January 2025, 1 year ago | 3

The average UK tenant spent 35.7% of their take-home pay on rent last year which underscores the growing financial strain...

Rents up by £3,240 a year since Covid – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2024, 1 year ago | 3

The cost of renting a home has surged since the Covid lockdowns, rising from £12,000 annually in 2021 to £15,240...

Rent prices could drop if 1% of spare rooms were rented out

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2024, 2 years ago | 1

If just 1% of the UK’s 26 million spare rooms were let out, rent prices would drop back to 2017...

UK tenants face affordability crisis as rents soar

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Monthly rents across the UK have surged to unaffordable levels in every region except the North East, research reveals. Analytics...

Generation Rent says rent hikes to market levels aren’t justified

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2024, 2 years ago | 21

Generation Rent claims that “landlords raising rent to market levels is not a valid reason for a rent hike”, despite...

Rent prices skyrocket as majority of UK becomes unaffordable for renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Rent prices have soared within the last five years as renters struggle to find an affordable place to live, according...

Is Universal Credit forcing rent reductions on landlords?

Author: Readers Question

21st October 2024, 2 years ago | 16

Has anyone else come across this, if so is there any way to fight it? I’ve had a property in...

Pace of rent rises is starting to slow – Goodlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Rents across England continued to hold steady in September, breaking the £1,400 barrier for the third consecutive month, according to...

Landlords fear Labour government as demand outstrips supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2024, 2 years ago | 7

Supply and demand are still out of balance as landlords worry about what a Labour government might do. Propertymark’s Housing...