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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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Close-up of hand over of house key in new home.

The ‘unusual’ way you can build your credit score as a renter

Channel: Money Money May 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Carla Denyer - mould flats

Landlords are leaving tenants in unlivable conditions - then raising rents

Channel: UK UK October 28, 2025 By Carla Denyer
Couple holding hands with the keys to their new house.

A nice woman rented my room - then I discovered her boyfriend's identity

Channel: Property Property May 10, 2025 By Geoff Sober
(Original Caption) Tenants' Rent Strike In Stepney Tenants of Langdale Mansions, just off Commercial Road, Stepney, came out on strike today when the agent called for the rent. Some of them paraded with posters while others were placed on"picket duty".----Tenants with one of their posters on the balcony of the mansions. (Photo by ?? Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

How fed up Londoners dealt with the rental crisis in the 1930s

Channel: Property Property May 10, 2025 By Sarah Ingram
Passengers leaving a faulty London Overground train after being stuck on the tracks for 3 hours in the rain between Acton Central and Willesden Junction.

The cheapest London station to live near revealed — where rents cost £835 less

Channel: Property Property June 8, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Alessia Armenise: I live in London for free thanks to this ?99-a-year app

This little-known app means I live in London for £99 a year

Channel: Money Money May 3, 2025 By Alessia Armenise

'I totally repainted my beige rental, this is what it cost me when I moved out'

Channel: Property Property April 4, 2025 By Sophie Vening
Fontwell, March 24th 2025: 'What I Own' feature with Sebastian Kozakiewicz and Bronwynn Wisdom - in the kitchen

What I Rent: We pay £1,700 for our West Sussex four-bed — it's cheaper than a mortgage

Channel: Property Property May 2, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
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 May 17, 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 August 1, 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

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