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Renting

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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I pay £1,250 for my London flat but a little-known scheme means I'll buy it in three years

Channel: Property Property September 21, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
80s legend house available to rent for a staggering ?65,000 per month credited to Robert Irving Burns https://rib.co.uk/property/well-road-hampstead-london-nw3/

80s legend’s house available to rent for a staggering £65,000 per month

Channel: Property Property September 20, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Croydon Beats Chelsea as London Investors Chase Rental Returns

Should landlords be responsible for their tenants' behaviour? Metro readers have their say

Channel: Letters Letters September 18, 2024 By Letters Editor
Townhouses in Mayfair, London, UK

Inside London's most boujee neighbourhood where rent is more than the average salary

Channel: Property Property September 16, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

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

Channel: Politics Politics January 14, 2025 By Craig Munro
Rudi and Lauren Smith outside their green static caravan, with their dog

We bought a tatty static caravan to live rent-free — we're saving £13,800 a year

Channel: Property Property September 9, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay

Labour MP accused of being rogue landlord promised to come for rogue landlords

Channel: UK UK August 31, 2024 By Katie Boyden
We start living together

Need a guarantor for your new rental home? Here's the lowdown on who to choose

Channel: Property Property August 19, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Cozy interior gen z teenager room with bed, workplace, digital devices, plants, photos and some clothes. Home interior room.

Expert reveals one thing you don't want to forget before heading to university

Channel: Property Property August 14, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Rent prices are still skyrocketing in London ? would Labour?s rent cap make a difference?

Rents are still skyrocketing in London — would a cap from Labour make a difference?

Channel: Property Property August 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own Pictured are Sandro, his partner Joshua and their dogs Pablo (small black dog) and Treacle.

What I Rent: As a Bake Off finalist, my £2,800 a month flat has more ovens than bedrooms

Channel: Property Property August 10, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Michele Theil: Living alone is financially crippling ? but I wouldn't want to give it up

I work 3 jobs just so I can live alone and pay my £1,550 rent

Channel: Money Money August 9, 2024 By Michele Theil

More than a quarter of Brits would give up sex for a house deposit

Channel: Property Property August 9, 2024 By Alice Giddings
A couple celebrating moving in to a new home

Don't book the van just yet — this is officially the best month to move house

Channel: Property Property August 6, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
2. Popular supermarket is building 350 flats in London - but only 10% are affordable John Lewis Bromley

Popular supermarket is building 353 flats in London — but only 10% are affordable

Channel: Property Property July 30, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

Want an escape? This nuclear bunker could be yours for less than £20,000

Channel: Property Property July 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

The price of this 'dystopian' flat shows London's rental market is truly unhinged

Channel: Property Property July 19, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay
Geoff Sober: Tenant trashed the room

I rented a room to a nice woman - then an armed gunman showed up

Channel: Property Property July 12, 2024 By Geoff Sober
Roommates female students doing homework

Landlords are imposing an 'utterly ridiculous' rule on tenants — but it's perfectly legal

Channel: Property Property July 10, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay
Aerial View of Homes in Wylde Green, Birmingham UK

Rent prices hit more than £1,300 a month outside London

Channel: Property Property July 3, 2024 By Gregory Robinson