HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
> 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 !
>
Thank you for noting that I have no COVID.

Michael