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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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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses for a photograph as he arrives for a dinner of the Coalition of the Willing to support Ukraine at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on July 13, 2026.

The three things Keir Starmer did that will stand the test of time

Channel: Politics Politics July 17, 2026 By Craig Munro
Two women moving belongings down apartment stairs, one carrying a cardboard box and the other a potted plant.

My flatmate was rich and unemployed — I had to subsidise their rent

Channel: Property Property July 12, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2026/04/18: Protesters march with a 'Rent control now' banner in Oxford Street during the National Housing Demonstration, demanding rent controls and council homes. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why Andy Burnham at No 10 could lead to a cap on rents across the country

Channel: Politics Politics July 6, 2026 By Craig Munro
Bristol marina in summer with colourful houses

We rent in the UK's most unaffordable city — and it's not London

Channel: Property Property June 30, 2026 By Rachel Moss
Amélie Pellerin inside her flat in Dalston.

What I Rent: I'm an interior designer — here's how I've upgraded my £2,700 Dalston flat

Channel: Property Property June 13, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Traffic on Streatham High Street, South London.

The 'underrated' South West London area where houses are 20% cheaper

Channel: Property Property June 5, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Real estate agent "To let " signs in front of terrace house  in London.

There's an unexpected consequence of the Renters' Rights Act that's failing tenants

Channel: Property Property June 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 June 4, 2026 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
Estate agent explaining contract and handing over keys to a tenant.

Every renter in England to receive landlord letter this week amid 'huge shake-up'

Channel: Property Property May 26, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Sun Street in Waltham Abbey, Essex.

Londoners are flocking to this 'magical' Essex commuter town for cheaper rent

Channel: Property Property May 26, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
Man reading paper documents at table

I’m a landlord — should I evict my single mother tenant or put her rent up 20%?

Channel: Money Money May 18, 2026 By Sarah Davidson
Play Video Moving house, relocation. The key was inserted into the door of the new house, inside the room was a cardboard box containing personal belongings and furniture. move in the apartment or condominium

Rental revolution comes into effect with 'biggest changes for a generation'

Channel: Politics Politics May 1, 2026 By Craig Munro
A hand holds a pair of keys, against a background of colourful houses.

Landlords are panicking ahead of the Renters' Rights Act — I got evicted

Channel: Property Property April 30, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
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Martin Lewis' MSE warns London renters could be owed £1,000s in compensation

Channel: Money Money April 22, 2026 By Jessica Lindsay
A residential street of Victorian-style terrace houses in London.

5 'underrated' London postcodes where rent is still under £800 a month

Channel: Property Property April 22, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce
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 April 18, 2026 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 April 23, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce