Summary
The average UK rent has broken through the £1000 barrier for the first time and inflation is starting to push up landlords costs.
How do you beat the rush for viewings? Could rent controls be a short term solution? And could a good tenant and landlord relationship solve all your woes?
Charmaine Cozier is joined by an expert panel for tenants and landlords to answer questions and offer advice.
Ruth Ehrlich, Policy Manager at Shelter.
Chris Norris, Director of Policy and Campaigns at the National Residential Landlords Association.
Elsie Bradley-Middle, Member of ACORN Renters Union.
For more information on renting and letting: https://www.nrla.org.uk/ https://www.shelter.org.uk/
Producer: Drew Hyndman Editor: Emma Rippon
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| 0:38.3 | Hello and welcome to Moneybox Live, the podcast about your money. |
| 0:43.1 | Incomes are being squeezed from all directions due to the cost of living crisis. |
| 0:47.7 | On today's Moneybox Live, we're looking at renting, which is the biggest monthly spend for many people. |
| 0:53.2 | In some parts of the UK, rents are rising |
| 0:55.6 | faster than inflation. And behind every tenancy is a landlord also facing rising costs. |
| 1:01.8 | First, though, let's hear from Michael, who's been flat hunting in Glasgow. I thought, oh, it's |
| 1:06.8 | going to be easier for prices are cheaper up here compared to South. But then once I started |
| 1:11.5 | looking into it, started emailing different companies. As soon as I'd email them, I got told |
| 1:16.2 | all of our viewing slots are already full. And this was like the day after they got put on right move. |
| 1:22.9 | When speaking to some estate agents over the phone, I was being told which there are some people not even viewing properties, but then agreeing to pay for, like twice for rent, which was originally stated, just so they can get a place. |
| 1:36.6 | I only viewed for one, and then, which is one I've currently got, and then instantly put down for deposit, because how renting in Scotland works is that you've got a |
| 1:44.9 | rolling contract rather than a yearly contract. So I figured if this place does turn out to be horrible, |
| 1:50.7 | I'm at least living up here. I can give him my notice a month in advance and I can leave and find |
| 1:55.3 | somewhere else. Well, listening to Michael is the first member of our panel, Ruth Ehrlich, |
| 2:01.7 | policy manager at Shelter. Hello, Ruth. Hello, good afternoon. Now, Michael mentioned a rolling contract there. |
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