Housing

Breaking housing and renting news in the UK, including features and opinion pieces.

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“They gave me a 10pm curfew": inside the weird world of house share interviews

Been asked about your dating life at a house viewing? You're not alone.

By Shahed Ezaydi

2 years ago

Top 5 Stories

Renting reform: the government has announced new plans to revolutionise renting laws – but how effective will they be?

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What is Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill – and will it affect you?

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“They gave me a 10pm curfew": inside the weird world of house share interviews

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London’s rental supply and demand problem is going from bad to worse

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Saving for your first house deposit? A new study has found just how long it could take

All the houses I've ever lived in

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“House-sharing sites made me miserable, but they’re a symptom of a far more distressing problem”

London rents

Rents in London have jumped nearly 20% in the last year – this is the knock-on effect

By Lauren Geall

2 years ago

The UK’s dangerous and illegal ‘sex for rent’ market is growing – and the cost of living crisis will only make it worse

The voices of ‘sex for rent’ victims are finally being heard

2 years ago

General Election 2024 housing policies

This is the true extent of rent unaffordability for single earners right now

3 years ago

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Struggling with mould in your rented property? These are your rights

3 years ago

The UK’s dangerous and illegal ‘sex for rent’ market is growing – and the cost of living crisis will only make it worse

Sex for rent: why more women than ever are at risk from dangerous landlords

3 years ago

Houses

This is the average monthly cost of renting in the UK right now – and it’s a lot

3 years ago

More than 1 in 7 UK renters ‘overpaying’ as post-pandemic property shortage drives up costs

More than 1 in 7 UK renters ‘overpaying’ as property shortage drives up costs

3 years ago

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Living in London? You might be eligible for a 20% rent discount

4 years ago

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5 women reveal what it’s really like trying to get onto the UK property ladder

4 years ago

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“Homelessness is a growing problem – this is why I founded a business to help change that"

4 years ago

Rent and first-time buyer home prices have increased at the fastest rate on record since the pandemic

The truth about skyrocketing rent and house prices for first-time buyers in the UK

4 years ago

General Election 2024 housing policies

Private renters face “rogue landlords” and “unsafe housing” – but what is being done to tackle it?

4 years ago

Rents are rising at the fastest pace since 2008 and pricing women out of cities

How the fastest rent rise in 13 years is pricing women out of cities

4 years ago

These 10 London postcodes are the most “affordable” for first-time buyers right now

These are London’s most “affordable” postcodes (where a house still costs well over £250,000)

4 years ago

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“I bought my first house on a budget during the pandemic – here’s everything I learnt”

4 years ago