Renting Your Home archive

Renting Your Home Archive

Published in December 2010

How to rent out your home

by Donna Ferguson | Struggling to sell in today's difficult property market? You could rent out your home instead.

5 things your landlord won't tell you

by John Fitzsimons | Don't rely on your landlord to tell you about these!

Published in November 2010

Why you're better off renting

by John Fitzsimons | Forget getting on the ladder - right now it makes more sense to stick to renting.

Five property rental myths uncovered

by Robert Powell | Robert Powell reveals the 5 biggest myths that could see you end up at war with your landlord.

Five Property myths uncovered

by Robert Powell | Rob Powell hits the streets to get your views on five of the biggest property myths facing tenants.

Published in October 2010

Huge housing cuts on the way

by John Fitzsimons | The Government wants to slash how much we spend on social housing, but has it thought the consequences through?

Published in September 2010

The dodgy landlord scammers

by John Fitzsimons | A small but dangerous number of private landlords are putting both our finances and our health at risk!

Published in July 2010

The most affordable UK cities to rent!

by John Fitzsimons | We round up the cities that offer the best value to tenants - and those that really don't

Published in May 2010

Should I buy or carry on ranting?

by Neil Faulkner | A furious variation of a popular property question. But what's the answer?

Published in April 2010

Letting agents are a waste of money!

by John Fitzsimons | Complaints about letting agents have rocketed over the past year, and are expected to jump again in 2010. Here's why hiring one is a waste of money!

The top 10 most expensive places to rent

by Christina Jordan | Christina Jordan examines 10 places where rent has gone through the roof, 10 places where rents are falling the most, and the top 15 buy-to-let mortgage deals.

Published in February 2010

The phantom rental property scam

by Serena Cowdy | Watch out for this new scam sweeping the country or you could end up thousands of pounds out of pocket.