{"id":147012,"date":"2024-09-11T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-in-england-is-like-trying-to-buy-oasis-tickets-labours-solutions-only-go-so-far-tom-darling\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:12:06","slug":"renting-in-england-is-like-trying-to-buy-oasis-tickets-labours-solutions-only-go-so-far-tom-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-in-england-is-like-trying-to-buy-oasis-tickets-labours-solutions-only-go-so-far-tom-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting in England is like trying to buy Oasis tickets \u2013 Labour\u2019s solutions only go so far | Tom Darling"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStamping out surge pricing-style bidding wars would be welcome, but they are a symptom of our broken renting systemAre you a forty- or fiftysomething who recently spent your whole Saturday in a queue for Oasis tickets, only to discover that, as you finally approached your purchase, you were unwillingly subjected to the whims of \u201cdynamic pricing\u201d \u2013 a sudden surge in the ticket cost the moment before you buy? If so, you experienced something like what most renters experience every time we try to find a new rented home.Often in London (and increasingly elsewhere), trying to secure a new tenancy \u2013 as I have done five times in the last eight years \u2013 involves attending a \u201c\u2018mass viewing\u201d. These usually take place on a Saturday morning. Interested parties arrive at 10-minute intervals over three hours or so. A gormless letting agent will make sure that you see the previous hopefuls on the way in, and the next group on the way out.Tom Darling is the director of the Renters\u2019 Reform Coalition Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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