According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...
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Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
With 2023 drawing to a close, flatshare website SpareRoom has revealed data which suggests a slowdown in the rental frenzy -...
30 December 2023
From: Agent Advice
Minority ethnic people are more likely to be ignored when searching for private rental homes, a pressure group claims. Generation Rent claims...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Data from flatshare site SpareRoom suggests London is now entirely unaffordable to graduates, thanks to sky-high rents. September sees many new graduates...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of online room-matching service SpareRoom says tenants are putting their lives on hold because rents are so high. Matt Hutchinson,...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Many first-time landlords don’t know where to begin when deciding to take in a lodger. Money.co.uk has provided top tips: 1. Check...
29 October 2022
From: Agent Advice
An interesting analysis of the current rental stock shortage has been undertaken by Sky News. Using data from property consultancy TwentyCi, Sky...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor is about to unveil his strategy for growth - but for now at least the government appears hugely...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom. Some 41 out...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform claims a substantial number of tenants spend over £1,000 on decorating their landlord’s property. Flatshare platform SpareRoom claims that...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Demand for rooms has rocketed in recent months, coinciding with a huge shortage in the number of rooms available in the...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A large scale survey of tenants suggests there’s a real enthusiasm for them to leave major cities and relocate elsewhere, so...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...
10 November 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
A lettings chief says London may never regain its appeal to the typical renter, as new data shows the capital still...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
New research from SpareRoom reveals the majority of sharers now want evidence of kindness, empathy and thinking of others in people they...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords and homeowners switching from short-term lets to longer rentals. Across the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
House sharing has becoming increasingly popular as more (and older) people opt to live with housemates over ownership or renting alone....
11 November 2019
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07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by £15 per calendar month (pcm) over the past...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Pet-friendly rentals are growing in popularity, as reflected by Zoopla’s latest analysed search data from its keyword property search tool, which...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost four out five tenants who own at least one animal have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, according to new research. The...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp rise in vegans and vegetarians in this country in recent years, with more people than ever...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The student buy-to-let market continues to offer landlords the potential of good returns. Research by Totally Money suggests that student property is...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News
While rental growth may have slowed in London over recent months, the appetite to invest in HMO properties across the capital...
15 March 2018
From: Sponsored Content
An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Whether you are new to the industry and are looking for your first property, or an experienced landlord with an extensive...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Student rents look set to increase amid a housing shortage across many of the UK’s main university cities, according to a...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Deciding to let your property because you cannot sell it is not an easy option and should not be undertaken lightly,...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The rate at which room rents are increasing across London continued to slow during the second quarter of the year, despite...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
With student housing becoming an increasingly popular investment in recent years, Mish Liyanage at the Mistoria Group explains how you could...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
A group campaigning for the abolition of the buy-to-let tax grab have launched the second phase of its crowdfunding campaign and...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Almost a quarter of a million homeowners have advertised for lodgers since the Rent a Room scheme threshold was raised in...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News
A survey has claimed that more than four in 10 tenants in house-shares could be at risk due to not having...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News
A flat sharing website has claimed that London is on the verge of a labour crisis as low-paid workers are unable...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
There was good news for homeowners letting a room to lodgers in the summer Budget. The tax-free Rent-A-Room limit has been...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News
Women living in shared, rented accommodation are £2,271 worse off than men, according to data from flat and house share site...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News
An advertisement from a landlord saying he would accept ‘alternative payments’ from ‘attractive females’ who moved in to his property has...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News
Property insiders mostly celebrated the Conservative election victory, but tenants’ groups complained of being ignored. As David Cameron enters a second term...
08 May 2015
From: Breaking News
Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.1% in the 12 months to March, according to the...