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in the year tojuly. competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. data shows there was a 5.5% increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and that's despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. in scotland the average rent was up 5.7% ina year. and there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales — up 6.5%. ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of those numbers? , �*, ., ., numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surrise numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that — numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we _ numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we are _ numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we are seeing - numbers? sadly, it's not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. for so long there's been failure to address the housing