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Weakening house prices meant that the total return for landlords on a rental property fell to 3.4 per cent. Image:Thinkstock

Tenant demand sparks fresh rise in rents

First rise in average rents for three months as market heats up, says LSL Property Services.

At a lower level renting is more expensive than getting a mortgage.

Renting is cheaper than buying for prime property

Renting at the top end of the market is 23 per cent cheaper than the cost of a mortgage, says PrimeLocation.com.

Reading the tenancy agreement in full is advisable. Image:Thinkstock

Top ten tips: How to rent

With rising rents and growing competition for rooms, being a renter can be tough. If you're living in London it can be nigh on impossible.

51 per cent of agents reported an increase in haggling. Image:Thinkstock

Rise in arrears and haggling as tenants squeezed

Four out of ten letting agents report rise in tenants falling behind with rent in ARLA survey.

Spare rooms are becoming less and less common. Image:Thinkstock

Nation of renters starting to be nation of sharers

More private tenants choosing to share as solution to soaring rents, says Hometrack.

Housing standards in London do not always add up to the high prices. Pic:Getty Images

London rents unaffordable on less than £52,000

Shelter warns of growing crisis after 70 per cent increase in families renting from a private landlord in last four years.

The biggest rent increases came in East Anglia. Image:Thinkstock

Rent rises support buy-to-let yield for land

Average yield on buy to let was 6.1 per cent in 2011 on back of 4.8 per cent rise in rents, says BM Solutions.

Swansea castle. Swansea is one of the few places in which it is still cheaper to rent.

Buying beats renting in most of Britain

Paying a mortgage is 16 per cent cheaper than paying the rent, says Zoopla.co.uk.

Paris has taken over from London as the most expensive city for renting a home. Image:Thinkstock

Paris beats London as most expensive city to rent

Rents are rising faster than house prices in most global cities, says Savills.

Demand from tenants remained positive across all regions.

Pace of private rent increases starts to slow

Tenants resisting sharp increases seen last year and more are looking to buy, finds RICS.

Seventy per cent of tenants say the current market favours landlords.

Rent increase expectations now at record high

Six out of ten private tenants expect rent rise as demand outstrips supply, says Rightmove.

Private renting is dominated by small landlords, who lack the resources to fund the development of new homes.

Backing for review of private rented sector

BPF says Montague review is golden opportunity to boost investment in build to let.

Most young people cannot afford to get on the property ladder.

Millions say they will never own their own home

Only half of us say buying a home is very important to us despite rents reaching record high, says Findaproperty.com.

The rising price of petrol has increased the popularity of city centre living. Image:Thinkstock

Bidding war for flats in Manchester city centre

Students, BBC staff and trapped renters fight it out for limited supply of homes.

LSL's rent figures may come as an embarrassment for David Cameron.

Rent rise could be embarrassment for Cameron

First January rise on record pushes annual rate of rent inflation to 4.3 per cent, says LSL Property Services.

Job losses in the City may be behind the drop in prime rents.

City job losses dent central London rents

Prime rents in capital down on September peak but still seven per cent on a year ago, says Knight Frank.

London headed up the spike in rental enquiries with a 35 per cent increase. Image:Liquid Library

Private rental registrations up by a quarter

Registrations for private rental accommodation during 2011 were up by a quarter on 2010 according to Countrywide.

Rents have hit an all-time high in many London boroughs.

Landlords warned to be realistic on rents

Rents in London now unsustainable for tenants while rents in much of rest of UK still lower than in 2008, say letting agents.

CGI of the London Olympic Village.

Tenants face Olympic eviction

Rogue landlords may evict a "large number" of tenants as a result of the Olympics, according to Shelter.

Landlords in the North West were especially active say ARLA.

Landlords set to slow property trading in 2012

More buying and selling of rented homes at the end of 2011 but active landlords set to sit tight this year, says ARLA.

Most predictions were for a rent rise in 2012, particularly in London. Image:Thinkstock

Rents fall at top end of London market

Small fall at end of 2011 set to be followed by further falls in the Spring, says Cluttons.

ARLA members reported an increase in tenants struggling to pay their rent. Image:Thinkstock

Tide may be turning in private rental market

Surveys report fall in asking rents and easing in demand as tenants struggle to meet payments.

High house prices in relation to earnings is fueling rental demand. Photo:Getty Images

Buy-to-let investors cash in on rental demand

Restricted mainstream mortgage market means healthy returns for landlords set to continue, says survey.

The trend was most noticeable in the North East. Image:Thinkstock

Rise in reluctant landlords as homes are unsold

More owners taking to lettings market as owners find they cannot sell or hold out for higher price, says ARLA.

ARLA also fears arrears and repossessions could rise.

More problems ahead for private tenants

Homes will be in short supply well into 2012 but standards should improve, says ARLA.

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