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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Prudence Ivey

Comment: ‘Slim hope for London renters amid rent rises and bidding wars’

How do you find a London rental at the moment? Judging by stories from those looking for a new tenancy in the capital the answer seems to be a ‘no object’ attitude to money and/or an unusually cosy relationship with a landlord or letting agent with a property to shift.

One group of recent grads moving to south-west London happened to know their landlord already. Did that get them preferential treatment? Well, they were allowed to watch a video tour of the house before it was listed to let. But the perks stopped there.

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