Renting in London: the desperate battle to rent homes in the capital’s hottest district

Wandsworth has emerged as London’s latest rental hotspot with two reports this week highlighting how rapidly prices in the area are rising.

“Prices on some properties are going up £1,000 since they were last on the market,” says Alice Karn, lettings manager of the Wandsworth branch of estate agents Chestertons. “It almost feels a bit mean.”