4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (363+ words) Edinburgh’s flatsharers face the biggest gap between what they budget for a room and what landlords are asking, according to SpareRoom. Edinburgh flatsharers were looking to spend £748 for the average room being advertised at £834, an annual difference of £1,028. Elsewhere, the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (289+ words) Northumberland County Council is paying for guarantor insurance to help tenants secure homes in the private rented sector. The scheme targets potential tenants who can afford a tenancy but cannot provide a qualifying relative or other person to be their…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (238+ words) I’ve recently been asked a number of times if this still works under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, I guess because I wrote and published the first book on what the Renters’ Rights Bill 2024 proposed. My response is that for private…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (742+ words) All of us in the Scottish private rented sector understand the nature of difficult decisions. Many of us have friends and colleagues who are currently considering whether to remain in the sector, downsize their portfolios or simply leave it entirely....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (412+ words) A professor has warned the Renters’ Rights Act has caused changes in the private rented sector which are proving “ineffective or have perverse outcomes”. Writing in the Telegraph, Tim Leunig, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics,…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (413+ words) Tenants who don’t have family or friends willing to act as guarantors could be narrowing their housing choices before the search has really got going, research suggests. More than half of surveyed tenants (51%), said they would look for a cheaper…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) Annual rents in Scotland fell by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2026 as the country’s three largest cities recorded little movement from a year earlier. The latest Citylets figures show rent levels in the main markets have changed little as supply…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (394+ words) More than one in four flats for sale were previously let as landlords continue to dispose of properties hit by higher costs and weaker returns. Flats, in particular, are bearing the brunt, an analysis from Thisismoney reveals. Using exclusive Hamptons…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) One in four landlords say they have struggled to regain possession from problem tenants, according to a Goodlord snap poll of nearly 250 landlords. The survey found 25% had faced possession challenges following the abolition of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions under the Renters…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (354+ words) Rental stock has surged across the UK, but some regional gaps persist, according to new data. Tenancy platform Propoly reveals England’s rental listings have climbed by an average of 7.4% in the past year, led by an 86.6% increase in Tyne and…...