Tag: UK Rental Crisis

Tenants face an affordability crisis as they spend 41% of their income on rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 1 year ago | 4

The cost of renting in the UK means that tenants are now parting with 41% of their take-home pay to...

PRS crisis deepens as landlords increasingly sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Renters will increasingly struggle to find somewhere to leave as growing numbers of landlords sell up and leave the private...

NRLA welcomes MP’s admission that housing supply affects rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2025, 1 year ago | 2

In answer to a written question, Labour’s Treasury Minister Emma Reynolds has highlighted the pressures driving up rents – a lack...

Flawed government policy fails tenants and landlords?

Author: Readers Question

3rd March 2025, 1 year ago | 4

The current government is pushing ahead with policy that results in added complexity unfairness and higher costs for tenants, those...

Renters struggle under financial pressure with no income protection

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 5

More than 11.6 million renters risk losing their homes if they become ill, injured, or are made redundant, according to...

Property expert slams tax changes for driving landlords out of the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Tax crackdown on landlords is making Britain’s housing crisis worse, says property expert. Guy Gittins, chief executive of letting agents...

Rising interest rates hammer BTL returns by 45%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2024, 2 years ago | 13

New research reveals a huge decline in profits for buy to let landlords in the UK, raising concerns about a...

Rising rents are driving tenants to consider moving abroad

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2023, 3 years ago | 3

A survey has revealed that 72% of renters in the UK are either actively searching (46%) for new accommodation in...

Capping rents will cause landlords to leave PRS warns industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

An industry body warns that capping rents will only deepen the current rental crisis. The National Association of Property Buyers...

UK’s rental crisis could be solved by renting out spare bedrooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

With renters increasingly scrambling to find budget-friendly housing options in the UK’s rental crisis, one firm offers a simple solution....