Renters have 'easiest time in six years' to find a home, says Zoopla

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• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  finding doesn’t mean affording… just means there’s more empty then there should be, presumably because it’s too fucking expensive

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• sicjoke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Great, now do something about the obnoxious rent costs. £1800 a month for a three bedroom house is taking the piss.

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  • DakRalter@thelemmy.club ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We need more council homes, so private renting becomes a choice not a necessity and housing benefit isn’t just a subsidy for landlords to line their pockets.

    £1800 in London might get you a 2 bed flat :(

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  • TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No clue where in England you’re from friend but I would GLADLY pay $1,800 USD. A 2br apartment, built 40 years ago is $2,400 and includes an obese upstairs neighbor that makes every ceiling joist creak on their 20th trip to the fridge.

    Sad part is that there are new apartment complexes being built that are even more expensive with worse build quality… but they do that while community amenities thing so people fall for things like “free” propane at the grills, a 24x7 dog park, or decked out gym. All things you’re still “paying” for in your ridiculous rent price.

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    • KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      1800 GBP is about 2400 USD, and whilst in some places it can get you a 3 bed house, in others it won’t even get you a 2 bed flat

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    • sicjoke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oof!

      I’m slap in the middle so obviously the price varies depending on if I move north or south.

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• Zeppo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well damn, Zoopla is on it

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• kip@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  relating specifically to the first sentence of the article

  Renters in the UK are facing the lowest levels of competition in six years ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act’s no-fault evictions ban in May.

  credit where it’s due, the riddance of no fault evictions is a good thing but the long run up has given landlords plenty of time to get their section 21s in. i don’t know if there’s national figures available yet but from what i’ve seen locally evictions from private landlords have overtaken ejection from family/friends accomm as the top reason for homelessness since around the end of last year and seem only likely to increase until may

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_21_notice

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