Michael Ejercito wrote:
> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77j4774ykyo
>>>
>>> Monthly rent soars by £270 since pandemic, says Zoopla
>>> 2 hours ago
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>>> Kevin Peachey
>>> Cost of living correspondent
>>> Getty Images A young couple sit on a floor in a home, leaning against a
>>> wall, looking down whilst surrounded by cardboard boxesGetty Images
>>> Renting a newly let property is on average £270 per month more expensive
>>> than at the end of the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures from
>>> Zoopla.
>>>
>>> Rent began to soar in 2021 because of high demand from tenants after
>>> lockdowns were lifted and limited numbers of available properties.
>>>
>>> The average cost of renting is now £1,270 a month, or £15,240 a year,
>>> Zoopla said.
>>>
>>> However, the rate at which rents are rising is now the slowest for three
>>> years, the property portal has said, as potential tenants face limits on
>>> what they can afford.
>>>
>>> But average earnings in the past three years have not kept pace with the
>>> steep rise in rents.
>>>
>>> Renters have faced a "red-hot" market in recent years, with a host of
>>> prospective tenants chasing each available property, and rents surging
>>> on the back of the high demand. Demand is nearly a third higher than
>>> before the pandemic.
>>>
>>> It led some applicants to offer months of rent upfront or to write
>>> CV-style letters to agents to try to get ahead of the competition.
>>>
>>> Signs of cooling market
>>> But the property portal - which covers more than 80% of the rental
>>> market - said there were signs of this market cooling.
>>>
>>> But those with the least to spend, in the cheapest areas, may now be
>>> facing the sharpest rent rises.
>>>
>>> "With more renters than there are homes to rent, people are seeking out
>>> the best value for money," said Richard Donnell, executive director of
>>> research at Zoopla.
>>>
>>> "Within cities, rents are typically rising faster at the lower end of
>>> the market."
>>>
>>> George Carden/BBC Mid shot of four young female students standing on a
>>> Brighton street looking to camera. From left to right - From left:
>>> Maddie Bunting, Lauren Hart, Millie Winchester, Blyth Eling, all
>>> students from the University of BrightonGeorge Carden/BBC
>>> Student Blyth Eling (right) said her rent left her with 'virtually no
>>> spending money'
>>> That could hit those on low-incomes, as well as students.
>>>
>>> Blyth Eling, a student at the University of Brighton who has a part-time
>>> job alongside her studies, spends over £1,000 per month on rent for a
>>> room in a flat.
>>>
>>> She recently told the BBC that accommodation took up "pretty much all of
>>> my student loan".
>>>
>>> "It leaves me with virtually no spending money," she said.
>>>
>>> Line chart showing year-on-year changes in average rent for new lets in
>>> the UK from October 2014 to October 2024, according to Zoopla. Rents
>>> rose by 3.9% in the year to October 2014. They fell to a low of 0.5% in
>>> mid-2017, and then rose again to around 2% in late-2019, before falling
>>> to an annual decrease of 1.6% in early-2021. They climbed again from
>>> there, peaking at 12.3% in the year to August 2022, before gradually
>>> falling to 3.9% in the year to October 2024.
>>> On average, rents for newly let properties were now 3.9% higher than a
>>> year ago, Zoopla said.
>>>
>>> However, pockets of fast-rising rents remained. Annual rental inflation
>>> stood at 10.5% in Northern Ireland compared with 1.3% in London.
>>>
>>> In towns and cities, average rents are rising fastest in Rochdale (up
>>> 11.9% in a year) and Blackburn (up 10%), and Birkenhead (up 9%). Zoopla
>>> said renters were seeking areas in and around major cities.
>>>
>>> Landlords' concerns
>>> Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which covers
>>> costs for all privately-renting tenants - including those who are not
>>> moving - shows rents rising at 8.7% a year.
>>>
>>> Zoopla tracks rents when homes become vacant and are re-let at an
>>> open-market rent, accounting for about a quarter of the rental sector.
>>>
>>> The property portal has forecast rents rising at an average rate of 4%
>>> next year, with demand still outstripping supply.
>>>
>>> The increase would come, in part, as a result of fewer properties being
>>> made available by landlords.
>>>
>>> The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) said that 31% of
>>> landlords were planning to sell properties they rent out in the next two
>>> years.
>>>
>>> It wants changes to housing taxation and reassurances over no-fault
>>> eviction rules.
>>>
>>> "What tenants need is greater choice. That means encouraging and
>>> supporting the vast majority of responsible landlords to stay and
>>> continue to provide decent quality housing," said Ben Beadle, chief
>>> executive of the NRLA.
>>>
>>> Ben Twomey, chief executive of Generation Rent, which lobbies on behalf
>>> of renters, said that more breathing space should be given to tenants
>>> facing cost-of-living pressures.
>>>
>>> "The government must act urgently to slam the brakes on rising rents,
>>> whilst unfreezing the Local Housing Allowance rate will protect families
>>> on low incomes from poverty and homelessness," he said.
>>>
>>> Tackling it Together strap
>>> Agents say there are some simple ways to make it easier to secure a
>>> rental property, including:
>>>
>>> Start searching well before a tenancy ends and sign up with multiple agents
>>> Have payslips, a job reference and a reference from a previous landlord
>>> to hand
>>> Build up a relationship with agents in the area but be prepared to widen
>>> your search
>>> Be sure of your budget and calculate how much you can offer upfront
>>> Be aware that some agents offer sneak peeks of properties on social
>>> media before listing them.
>>> There are more tips here and help on your renting rights here.
>>
>> In the interim, we are 100% prepared/protected in the "full armor of
>> GOD" (Ephesians 6:11) which we put on as soon as we use Apostle Paul's
>> secret (Philippians 4:12). Though masking is less protective, it helps
>> us avoid the appearance of doing the evil of spreading airborne
>> pathogens while there are people getting sick because of not being
>> 100% protected. It is written that we're to "abstain from **all**
>> appearance of doing evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22 w/**emphasis**).
>>
>> Meanwhile, the only *perfect* (Matt 5:47-8 ) way to eradicate the
>> COVID-19 virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by
>> rapidly (i.e. use the "Rapid COVID-19 Test" ) finding out at any given
>> moment, including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly
>> contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
>> "convince it forward" (John 15:12) for them to call their doctor and
>> self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic.
>> Thus, we're hoping for the best while preparing for the worse-case
>> scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron,
>> Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations
>> combining via slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like "Deltamicron"
>> that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no
>> longer effective.
>>
>> Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry (
>> https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/6ZoE95d-VKc/m/14vVZoyOBgAJ
>> ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
>>
>> So how are you ?
>
> I am wonderfully hungry!

While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke
17:37 means no COVID just as eagles circling over their food have no
COVID) and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6)
Father in Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy
Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to
always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways
including especially caring to "convince it forward" (John 15:12) with
all glory (Psalm112:1) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Laus DEO !