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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ella Jessel

Renting in London: tenants’ return to the capital sparked ‘conveyor belt’ viewings and rent hikes amid drop in supply

South-west London agent Patrick Henry has let a four-bed house-share in Clapham south for £4,250. It originally went on the market for £3,900.

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London tenants are again facing fierce bidding wars, block viewings and rent hikes as the capital’s rebounding rental market sparks a flat-hunting frenzy.

An influx of people going back to offices after the pandemic, combined with a shortage of new flats, has sent rents soaring to an average rent of £1,899 a month – according to Hamptons.

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