4+ day, 19+ 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, 7+ 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…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (308+ words) Rightmove has added a rent review function to its Tenancy Manager platform to help letting agents adjust their processes following changes introduced by the Renters’ Rights Act. The update allows agents to create and serve a Section 13 rent increase notice…...

1+ week, 19+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) Landlords using letting agents may face slower communication and decisions as the Renters’ Rights Act adds to their administrative workloads. Research from Propoly found that 73% of letting agents have seen their workload rise since the legislation came into force on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (698+ words) The Building Safety Act 2022 has a reputation as tower-block law, and most landlords with a couple of houses or a handful of flats have filed it under someone else’s problem. That instinct is half right. The Act’s heaviest machinery really…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) Landlords offering a home to rent with a well-kept garden could have an advantage when attracting tenants, as outdoor space is absent from almost two-thirds of advertised rentals in major UK cities. Research by CIA Landlords found that only 36.2% of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (394+ words) A Welsh government scheme that guarantees landlords an income while councils manage their properties is set to close to new homes at the end of this year, the National Residential Landlords’ Association says. Launched in January 2022, the programme allows landlords…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (391+ words) More American renters are moving to the UK for cheaper rents since President Trump took office, according to new research. Goodlord analysed more than 300,000 tenancy agreements signed over the past two years, comparing the findings with data from 2023 and 2024. Goodlord…...

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…...