Michael Ejercito wrote:
> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly 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.

Just please do likewise as our LORD Jesus & I have done for you,
Michael, and http://go.WDJW.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) to be
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(Luke 6:21a):

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