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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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  1. Michelle inside her two-bedroom rented flat in Mill Hill, North London.

    What I Rent: I pay £1,750pcm for my northwest London two-bed flat

    Channel: Property Property 3 days ago By Eleanor Noyce
  2. What I Rent: I pay £2,600pcm for my south London one-bed — here's what I get for my money
  3. The eye-watering salary you now need to make to rent alone in London
  4. What I Rent: I pay £645 per month to live alone in my disco-themed Leicester one-bed
  5. I live in a London office for £1,600pcm — there’s a whiteboard and a hand dryer in the loo

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Michelle inside her two-bedroom rented flat in Mill Hill, North London.

What I Rent: I pay £1,750pcm for my northwest London two-bed flat

Channel: Property Property 3 days ago By Eleanor Noyce
Natalie Jade Reading inside her one-bedroom flat in Leicester. She stands by a light pink wall, decorated with neon swirls and lots of pastel-coloured picture frames.

What I Rent: I pay £645 per month to live alone in my disco-themed Leicester one-bed

Channel: Property Property April 11, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Mature woman looks out the window and drinks coffee.

The eye-watering salary you now need to make to rent alone in London

Channel: Property Property April 11, 2026 By Alice Giddings
Dot Anande inside her two-bedroom flat in Nunhead, London.

What I Rent: I pay £2,600pcm for my south London one-bed — here's what I get for my money

Channel: Property Property April 4, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Luke Williams inside his Whitechapel flat.

I live in a London office for £1,600pcm — there’s a whiteboard and a hand dryer in the loo

Channel: Property Property March 28, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Trix Eden Breuls inside her flat in Margate, Kent.

What I Rent: I moved from Belgium to a Margate one-bed at £850 a month

Channel: Property Property March 23, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
2J8EMY5 Aerial photograph of Fair Isle featuring the South Lighthouse in the foreground

UK’s remotest island with population of 50 seeks ‘resourceful’ new residents

Channel: Property Property March 14, 2026 By Jessica Lindsay
People enjoying sunshine in Brockwell Park, Brixton, London, England.

The surprising London 'village' where rent increases by just £36 a year

Channel: Property Property March 5, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
The concrete buildings of the Barbican centre with skyscrapers behind under a blue sky.

Residents reveal the 'bleak' reality of living inside iconic London attraction

Channel: Property Property March 3, 2026 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
Play Video Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice (left) and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference at UPS Steels in Kingswinford, Dudley. Picture date: Tuesday February 24, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire

Reform UK promises to scrap new rental law that ends no-fault evictions

Channel: Politics Politics February 24, 2026 By Craig Munro
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Tenants fear homelessness after charity says to pay up to £700 more a month

Channel: UK UK February 18, 2026 By Brooke Davies
Shane Williams, 29, and partner Sarah Camden, 29, pose in front of their campervan.

We quit our jobs to 'live like kings' in a caravan — and save £2,000 per month

Channel: Money Money February 6, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Pensive multiracial woman relaxing at home, sitting on the sofa drinking morning coffee.

The salary you need to earn to rent alone in London in 2026 — and it's bleak

Channel: Property Property April 11, 2026 By Alice Giddings
Skyscrapers along the London skyline at sunset.

London's key workers could save £6,000 in rent a year with 6,000 new discounted homes

Channel: Property Property January 27, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
The modern skyline of London with residential and office building.

Major property change is about to make flats more popular again

Channel: Property Property January 27, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
A man holds a pair of keys to indicate moving house against a blue backdrop of houses.

I just bought my first house at 25 — my parents gave me £400,000

Channel: Property Property January 27, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Issy Packer - spending 32k on rent and proud

I’ve given my landlord £33,000 in five years – it's worth every penny

Channel: Property Property January 19, 2026 By Issy Packer
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I'm a full-time house sitter — it saves me £12,000 a year on rent and bills

Channel: Property Property January 9, 2026 By Jessica Lindsay
A composite image showing a number of politicians including Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Donald Trump and Peter Mandelson

What were the government's biggest highs and most catastrophic lows in 2025?

Channel: Politics Politics December 31, 2025 By Craig Munro
Zahra Khozema poses for a photograph in London, wearing glasses, a denim jacket, and a white top.

I cleared my £30,000 debt by living in a London hostel for a year

Channel: Money Money December 29, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

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