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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd

UK renters offer tenant CVs and year’s rent upfront to try to secure a home

A woman walks past an estate agent
The average rental property prompts 25 inquiries, compared with eight in pre-pandemic 2019, according to Rightmove. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

“I am from Manchester but have been living in London for the past six years. I am an IT engineer at a renowned London company, where I’ve been employed for the last three years. When I’m not at work, I enjoy long walks in Hyde Park with my family.”

It sounds like a dating app profile, but this is a sample “tenant CV” – the latest example of the extreme lengths renters are going to in order to secure a private rental in the UK in 2023.

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