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Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Rental price hikes take a pause amid more balanced market – Rightmove

Rightmove said there is still a long-term shortage of available rental homes (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

The hike in rental prices being asked of tenants took a pause at the end of last year, according to figures from a property website.

Advertised rents fell between October and December 2025 compared with the previous three months, Rightmove said, but asking rents were still higher than a year earlier.

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