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Are rental affordability constraints starting to bite

The growth rate of private residential rents has slowed in recent months, driven primarily by London. We think this is a sign that affordability constraints are starting to bite in the capital. But there is little reason to think that a sustained slowdown in rental growth there will be replicated across the rest of the country.

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