Tag: Rising Rents

Renters face rising costs as rents climb again

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th July 2026, 9 hours ago | 3

Rents continue to rise across the UK as renters struggle with affordability, according to new data. Figures by SpareRoom reveal...

Housing campaigners demand rent controls ahead of new Prime Minister

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th July 2026, 1 week ago | 4

A housing coalition is calling on the next Prime Minister to introduce rent controls to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis....

Labour MP urges government to consider rent controls amid rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 17

A Labour MP is calling on the government to introduce rent controls to curb welfare spending. Margaret Mullane, MP for...

Charity urges balanced rent controls to tackle rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2026, 2 months ago | 14

A charity is calling for rent controls to be introduced in a balanced way to mitigate unwanted consequences. A report...

Plea for government to help ease growing landlord costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2026, 3 months ago | 5

The government is being urged to intervene and help landlords as buy to let borrowing costs rise, adding fresh pressure...

Are tenants beginning to see the problem of landlords leaving?

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th March 2026, 4 months ago | 16

Like Thelma and Louise hurtling towards the cliff edge, more people are beginning to see the problems coming with the...

Rising rents pushing renters into poverty claims charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th February 2026, 5 months ago | 7

Sky-rocketing rents are pushing millions of renters into poverty, a charity has claimed. A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation...

Shelter blames rising rents and housing benefit freeze for driving homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2025, 7 months ago | 18

Shelter claims “unaffordable private rents and the freeze on housing benefit” are pushing more people into temporary accommodation. According to...

Rental crisis hits towns harder than cities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 10 months ago | 0

The UK’s private rented sector is under unprecedented strain, with suburban towns bearing the brunt of a growing shortage of...

Critics hit out at proposed National Insurance for rental income plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th August 2025, 11 months ago | 20

Chancellor Rachel Reeves reported targeting of ‘unearned income’ from landlords with a controversial plan to impose National Insurance contributions on...

Older renters fear homelessness due to rising costs claims charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2025, 11 months ago | 2

A charity has claimed one in five older people want to retire but are unable to due to housing costs....

Landlord association loses selective licensing legal case against council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2025, 11 months ago | 3

A landlord association has slammed North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) for “unfairly punishing responsible landlords with selective licensing” while ignoring the...

PRS sees slowest tenant deposit growth in eight years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th August 2025, 11 months ago | 2

The number of rental deposits protected in government-authorised schemes across England and Wales climbed by only 82,000 over the past...

PRS booms with strong yields and rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2025, 12 months ago | 3

The private rented sector in England and Wales is thriving, with robust tenant demand, rising rents and steady landlord activity...

Renters struggle with homeownership dreams amid rising costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 6

A quarter (25%) of renters under 30 are considering moving back in with their parents to save money so they...

London’s renters face eviction surge because of rising costs not behaviour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th May 2025, 1 year ago | 5

A leading law firm has raised concerns about a sharp rise in landlord possession claims across London, pointing to a...

Scottish Greens push for rent controls despite evidence they don’t work

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2025, 1 year ago | 1

The Scottish Greens claim that 82% of people in Scotland support rent controls, as they try to prevent the removal...

‘Rentflation’ hits Gen Z to make homeownership difficult

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Tenants aged 18-27 are facing soaring rents and many now fear homeownership is slipping further away as rising costs hurt...

Demand surges as older landlords exit the private rented sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Demand continues to outstrip supply as older landlords leave the market, warns one industry body. According to Propertymark’s Housing Insight...

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks more chaos: Are landlords and letting agents doomed?

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th March 2025, 1 year ago | 30

It’s not even law yet but the dreaded Renters’ Rights Bill has spread its tentacles from landlords and tenants to...