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Facing high demand and low supply, there is often only 48 hours to strike a deal. With some hopefuls paying £50,000 upfront to secure a home

Data shows a third consecutive month of falling letting costs but where in the capital is seeing the fastest drops and could some geographical cost lines be redrawn?

This quintessentially English property is in the pretty Buckinghamshire village of Penn and has a thatched roof as well as an established country garden with a tennis court.

With average rents standing at £1,172 a month, we take a look at what you can rent around the country for a similar amount. Pictured (clockwise from top left) are:

The average rent in the UK was £1,174 a month in December 2022, down 0.1%, or £1, from the month before, according to landlord insurance broker HomeLet.

The average rent price increased by 8.7% throughout the UK on an annual basis in March, shows new data from HomeLet. This gives an average rent price of £1,078 per month – a 0.8% increase on February. Excluding London, the yearly rise comes to 7.4% and the average rent bill to £910 a month. On a regional basis, the

Buried deep within the OBR costings of the Chancellors 2021 budget were details of a rise from 3 to 4% in the stamp duty surcharge on additional properties.

The average rent in the UK increased by 0.4% during January to £1,064 per tenancy, or £897 if London’s sky-high rents are omitted, the UK’s most comprehensive rental index has revealed.

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a marginal 0.4 per cent on the December figure.

Fire crews extinguished a blaze in a bedroom after a passer-by raised the alarm.