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Originally Posted by ianch99
My son rents in London where rental costs are rising 10+% with some reports over 20%. What I do not understand is that for more landlords who either own the properties outright or have fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages, what would merit these increases apart from greed & price gouging?
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To a certain extent they could point to maintenance costs they’re liable for, but I suspect that here as in many other places there’s a fair bit of opportunistic behaviour.