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Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'
Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'
Average advertised rents have continued to soar to record highs since Covid, rising 44% over the past five years while earnings have only risen 36%, Rightmove warned
Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness
Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove
Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove
One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: 'We're getting a raw deal'
One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: 'We're getting a raw deal'
Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Letters: Adolescence didn't feel like a drama – it's too close to real life
Letters: Adolescence didn't feel like a drama – it's too close to real life
Letters: Not all landlords are money-grabbing criminals – and not all tenants are angels
Letters: Not all landlords are money-grabbing criminals – and not all tenants are angels
Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?
Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?
Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?
Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?
Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much
Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much
Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
What are service charges? Everything you need to know
What are service charges? Everything you need to know
Section 8 eviction notice: Everything you need to know
