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With a whole age group now lumped into 'Generation Rent', it's clear that more of us are having to do so than ever before. So, here’s all the latest news about renting – including house and property news, government updates, stories on the reality of being a tenant, and peeks inside rental homes and properties in the UK and around the globe.

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Pedro and Fiona on the living room sofa inside their flat in East London.

What I Rent: We pay £3,700 a month for our two-bedroom London flat

Channel: Property Property March 15, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
A composite graphic of a house with a couple standing with their backs to camera

First-time buyer? Get £5,000 cashback on your mortgage with this easy tip

Channel: Property Property March 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
View towards central London from Lesnes Abbey in Abbey Wood.

The cheapest postcode to live in London revealed, where rents average £760 per month

Channel: Property Property March 17, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
An aerial view of Lihou House in Guernsey, on a rocky island next to the sea.

You can rent an entire private English island for just £40 a night

Channel: Property Property February 22, 2025 By Emily Bashforth
Rows of residential property sit in the Thornton Heath neighbourhood of London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The fastest-rising neighborhood in London's property market isn't posh Knightsbridge or hip Shoreditch, it's Thornton Heath, an unglamorous suburb of commuter-town Croydon that's almost nine miles (14 kilometers) from Buckingham Palace. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The 'bustling' suburb Londoners are flocking to — while it's still affordable

Channel: Property Property February 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
(Picture: Thuthuka Sduduzo)

I lost hope after finding myself homeless - now I'm living my dream

Channel: Money Money February 17, 2025 By Thuthuka Sduduzo
Joanne Baudin in her studio flat at Folk at Florence Dock in Battersea, south London.

What I Rent: We pay £2,060 for our Battersea studio flat — and yoga classes are included

Channel: Property Property February 8, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Couple taking break while renovating home.

Property experts reveal whether it’s actually worth buying a home when you’re young

Channel: Property Property February 5, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
An aerial view of an suburban streets and houses in North London

London's cheapest place to rent revealed — but it might not be for long

Channel: Property Property February 2, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Rows of residential property sit in the Thornton Heath neighbourhood of London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The fastest-rising neighborhood in London's property market isn't posh Knightsbridge or hip Shoreditch, it's Thornton Heath, an unglamorous suburb of commuter-town Croydon that's almost nine miles (14 kilometers) from Buckingham Palace. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Londoners are flocking to this ‘bustling’ neighbourhood 10 miles from the centre

Channel: Property Property February 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
A snapshot of two doors side by side in London.

If you live at this house number, your property could be 'cursed'

Channel: Property Property January 28, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Man walking threw doorway in futuristic room

I thought I was moving into a flat - it ended up a vegan cult

Channel: Property Property January 18, 2025 By Anonymous
'What I Rent' Maddie Borge in her one bedroom home in central London ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Rent: At 24 years old, I live in a £2,450pcm London flat in Zone 1

Channel: Property Property January 18, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

How scrapping no-fault evictions and letting renters have pets affects you

Channel: Politics Politics January 15, 2025 By Craig Munro
Minreet Kaur, who lives at home in London, is pictured with her parents on the sofa

I still live at home with my parents at 43 — they’re my best friends

Channel: Families Families January 14, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Removal Truck Waiting To Be Unloaded Outside New Home On Moving Day

More than 15,000 renters could lose homes before no-fault ban comes into force

Channel: Politics Politics January 14, 2025 By Craig Munro
Supporters of the London Renters Union at a rally in Cavendish Square Gardens, holding signs that read 'safe and secure homes for all'.

I'm outraged a 21-year-old will pay a landlord £80,000 by their 30th birthday

Channel: Property Property January 14, 2025 By Carla Denyer
Alligator Chorizo Mac and Cheese meal, on a bar counter with a napkin

I suspected my flatmate was stealing my food — so I poisoned the mac and cheese

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 13, 2025 By Alice Giddings
Man walking threw doorway in futuristic room

I thought the flat was perfect until my landlord started making demands

Channel: Property Property January 18, 2025 By Anonymous
Estate agent giving house keys to woman.

'Outrageous' landlord policy due to be banned, saving renters thousands

Channel: Property Property March 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

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