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Fall
in the price of renting
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Officials
have released a document that shows due to the increase of rental
properties emerging onto the market, the cost of renting has
actually been falling. The increase of properties onto the market
comes about as a growing number of homeowners have not sold
their properties or have decided against selling until house
prices go back up again.
Tenants are becoming more demanding as the market moves in their
favour and landlords are now less likely to receive the increase
in rents that they might have achieved. Despite falling rents
and increased competition, we do not expect investors to abandon
the market.
Another said that many homeowners had been deciding to put their
properties up for rent recently, and this had caused the surge
in rental property numbers on the market. He said: Many
homeowners, worried about losing their jobs and struggling with
debts accrued during the good years, are renting their properties
and downsizing or moving to less expensive areas to hedge their
bets.
According to one lettings official: The rental market
is a localised beast and its important to understand that
in some areas rents will have fallen by less, by more or even
not at all.
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