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  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I rent out my property?

    There are plenty of costs that ‘accidental landlords’ need to get their heads around

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Residential property
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I buy a shared ownership property?

    Property expert claims model is ‘God’s way of telling you that you can’t afford to buy there’

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Move over Help to Buy — now it’s help yourself to your pension

    Allowing first-time buyers to raid their retirement pots won’t solve the affordability problem for long

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Millennial MoneyLloyd Harry-Davis
    Moving back home may not be a millennial money saver

    Some are better placed to withstand the economic storm than others

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Personal Finance
    ‘Eviction day’ looms for cash-strapped renters

    Courts to grapple with huge backlog of possession claims from buy-to-let landlords

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    Buy-to-let
    Q&A: The future of buy-to-let

    FT money deputy editor James Pickford and landlord David Lawrenson answered readers’ questions

  • Saturday, 23 May, 2020
    US economy
    Cooped-up Americans race to book vacations in reopened states

    Florida, Georgia and Alabama see big rise in interest after months of uncertainty

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Bank of Mum and Dad enters the bailout business

    As young renters feel the pain, parents are having to bridge the financial gaps

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
    Q&AProperty law
    Property law: can I work from home if it is rented?

    Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale

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  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    FT SeriesSomeone is wrong on the internet
    Rejoice! Venture capital wants to pay for your holiday

    Just when you thought real-estate couldn’t get anymore financialised. 

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Bad credit is big business — if you can get a guarantor

    Whether renting a flat or applying for a loan, you will probably need the help of a homeowner

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
    Revisiting rent control in Massachusetts

    How might the popular policy spill over into other markets?

  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    Q&AChart that Tells a Story
    High rents limit young people’s job mobility

    Trend reduces people’s ‘pay and career prospects’, says think-tank

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    FTfmPauline Skypala
    Build-to-rent boom in the UK is costly for generation rent

    Scheme is favoured by Westminster but may not be the best way to ensure generational fairness

  • Sunday, 14 April, 2019
    Landlords face curbs on evicting tenants at short notice

    UK to examine abolishing eight-week ‘no-fault’ section 21 orders

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    FT Readers
    Have you had a bad experience as a renter?

    As a growing number of people are renting their homes from corporate landlords, the FT is looking into how they treat tenants

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    Andrew Allen
    German rent control works for both landlords and tenants

    As investors, we prefer the stability and predictability that regulation brings

  • Thursday, 14 February, 2019
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast17 min listen
    The fight for our data, good news for renters and final salary pension problems

    From rental fees to who owns your financial data - the FT analyses this week's perso…

  • Friday, 8 February, 2019
    Personal Finance
    Rise of the stay-at-home generation

    Huge increase in the number of 20 to 34-year-olds living with their parents

  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    Who are generation rent?
    Calling all renters: would you be happy renting for life?

    A means to an end or a lifestyle decision — tell us your thoughts about renting

  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    Who are generation rent?
    Inside Chidera Eggerue’s first flat

    The author, campaigner and social media star joins London’s legions of young renters

  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    Maria Crawford
    Tenants’ lives are changing. It is time landlords caught up

    Many will rent forever — and they want the stuff of life

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