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Why isn’t tenant demand stronger?

In contrast to the first ‘dip’, strong increases in rents are currently constraining the rise in tenant demand typically seen during recessions. In turn, this is due to a relatively low supply of new rented accommodation, possibly because the creation of a large number of ‘accidental landlords’ at the height of the financial crisis has not been repeated.

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