Almost a million more people in England rent their home than they did five years ago, and new research shows that many of them are stuck in a cycle of short-term lets that leaves them unable to put down roots or plan for the future.

The National Housing Federation has found that private renters are now nine times more likely to have moved in the past year than homeowners, and reveals that more than one in four (28%) private renters feel that they can’t put down roots because they might have to move again soon – rising to almost one third (32%) among renters with children in the household. Continue reading →

Scotland’s urban Private Rented Sector shows little sign of levelling off according to the latest quarterly report from Citylets.

Figures to the end of December 2014 show that national rents have risen 7.9 per cent in the last year to stand at an average of £732 per month. This contrasts with just one per cent growth in the preceding year. Continue reading →