rental market supply Archives

The rent control fallacy: when good intentions reduce housing supply

6th March 2026, 6 months ago | 11

Rent control has an obvious political appeal. If rents are rising faster than wages, the solution can appear straightforward. Limit...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2026, 6 months ago | 0

Average monthly rents now exceed £1,000 in more than half of local authority areas across Great Britain. Zoopla’s latest figures...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2026, 6 months ago | 4

There’s an old saying that says if something isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it and this week, landlords had...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Bradford has been named the nation’s least accessible rental market in a new report. According to tenant app Tlyfe, only...

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...