Calls For More Landlords To Use Rent Protection Insurance After Increase In Calls To Debt Charity Over Tenants Affording Rent The UK is now supposed to be flourishing again after the financial crisis, with the many austerity measures implemented by the Government paying back a small proportion of the £384 Billion (GBP) national debt. However, [...]

Rent Guarantee Insurance Reduces Arrears Risk Private rented sector landlords who don’t use Rent Guarantee Insurance are at increased risk of suffering tenant rent arrears, as rent debt becomes the fastest growing debt problem in the UK according to one charity – The Money Advice Trust. The charity claims that the number of private rented sector [...]

One in 11 PRS Tenants Worry About Affording Rents Increasing numbers of private rented sector tenants who haven’t enquired about Rent Guarantee Insurance are living in fear of not being able to afford their monthly rental payments. Thousands of PRS tenants without Rent Guarantee Insurance have started 2014 anxious about whether they will be able [...]

  Over 30% of UK private rented sector landlords struggle to pay bills if tenants don’t pay the rent. A survey commissioned by the National Landlord Association (NLA) has discovered the dangerous financial situation that some landlords are operating their rental business in and the results highlight the need to ensure that tenants always pay the [...]

  UK landlords are concerned about the impact Universal Credit will have on the private rented sector 70% of landlords who currently let rental property to tenants claiming housing benefits are worried the welfare reforms will have a negative effect on their business, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). 75% of Landlords with larger [...]

The cost of renting in the UK private rented sector (PRS) fell in England and Wales during February, according to a recent report published by LSL property services. Recent figures showed that the cost of renting in the UK PRS during February was 0.1% less when compared to January 2013; however the overall price of [...]