Rental arrears owed to UK local authorities have risen sharply, with new research showing a 55 percent increase since 2019. The 2025 Rental Arrears Index,…
Landlords across the UK are bracing for financial pressure as upcoming changes to benefit rules could make it harder to recover rent arrears from tenants…
Disputes over rent arrears now account for more than one in five cases in the UK rental market, according to new research by leading lettings…
Landlords across the UK are being left increasingly vulnerable to financial losses as tenant arrears reach unprecedented levels, new data has revealed. The rising shortfall…
As renters face mounting financial pressures, online searches for “rent arrears” have increased by 8.6% over the past three months, according to data from Zero…
New research has revealed a sharp rise in rental arrears among social housing tenants, with local authorities seeing a staggering 70% increase in rent owed…
The latest data from deposit alternative provider, Reposit, indicates a significant rise in rent arrears, highlighting the increasing financial strain on tenants and landlords alike….
Newly released data from Reposit, an FCA-regulated deposit alternative firm, has unveiled a sharp increase in rent arrears during the last quarter of the previous…
England has at last followed Scotland and Wales by belatedly announcing a support package for tenants struggling to pay their rent as a result of…
Further extension of longer tenant notice periods required in Wales ‘is yet another blow to the Welsh private rented sector and will only worsen the…
Following up on a June 2021 commitment, the Scottish Government has put £10m into a grant fund designed to support private and social rented tenants…
Almost a quarter of a million renters will emerge from the Covid Crisis with damaged credit scores that will cause them difficulties finding new tenancies….
A short term ban on repossessions has resulted in an increase in the number of private rented sector tenants who are in long term danger…
Record numbers of tenants have fallen into rent arrears during the Coronavirus pandemic. Many have no record of arrears but they have had to survive…
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