The research also showed that an overwhelming 79% of tenants were satisfied with their current landlord and that the length of time tenants remain in the same rental property indicated high satisfaction levels.
Some 46% of tenants have lived in their current rental home for four or more years and a further 24% lived in their current accommodation between two and four years.
The research also revealed that whilst the majority, 71% of tenants rented because they couldn’t afford to buy, for some renting was the tenure of choice; 9% of tenants prefer the flexibility that renting offers and a further 9% said that they ccould afford to rent properties that they couldn’t afford to buy.
