trying to sign for them. the higher mortgage rates make it far more expensive for a landlord to buy property to then rent it out. so it s discouraging new investment into the market, higher rates, and again, as i say, it s also creating affordability pressures for first time buyers, who typically rent that want to buy a property, and they are staying in the rental market for longer. if you are facing a rent rise, the bbc tackling it together pages have lots of useful information but the first thing to do is to dig out your contract. don tjust start paying a higher price or agree to anything until you know the details of your contract. the rules are different in each of the devolved nations but by telling your landlord you cannot afford a rent rise, you might find they d rather save the expense and hassle of finding a new tenant and meet you in the middle. caught in the rental crunch, separated and exhausted, emily has still got a simple goal. to find a two bed house, because then it wi
affordability pressures for first time buyers who typically rent, but want to buy a property, and they are staying in the rental market for longer. if you are facing a rent rise, the bbc tackling it together pages have lots of useful information, but the first thing to do is to dig out your contract. don tjust start paying a higher price or agree to anything until you know the details of your contract. the rules are different in each of the devolved nations, but by telling your landlord you cannot afford a rent rise, you might find they d rather save the expense and hassle of finding a new tenant, and meet you in the middle. caught in the rental crunch, separated and exhausted, emily has still got a simple goal. to find a two bed house, because then it will have enough space for us three. colletta smith, bbc news, in reading. it s three years since 13 year old max woosey now known as the boy in the tent
new investment into the market, higher rates, and again, as i say, it s also creating affordability pressures for first time buyers, who typically rent but want to buy a property, and they are staying in the rental market for longer. if you are facing a rent rise, the bbc s tackling it together pages have lots of useful information but the first thing to do is to dig out your contract. don tjust start paying a higher price or agree to anything until you know the details of your contract. the rules are different in each of the devolved nations but by telling your landlord you cannot afford a rent rise, you might find they d rather save the expense and hassle of finding a new tenant and meet you in the middle. caught in the rental crunch, separated and exhausted, emily has still got a simple goal. to find a two bed house, because then it will have enough space for us three. colletta smith, bbc news, in reading. i m joined now by hamlet shenley,
of their potential new home. this three bed house is on the market for £220,000. what do you think of the house? well, it looks good. and it s a lot bigger than my apartment here. if you were to sell up your hong kong property, do you think you can buy more than one of these houses? yes. yeah. we have a property in hong kong. how much is that worth? well, at the moment, the price is about $700,000. how much is that? probably about £650,000. maybe you should buy three of these houses. yeah? and why do you want to move to warrington? i ve never been warrington before, but i ve got a few friends there. so housing in england was a big subject for the kids, for my kids to run around. do you think that warrington is just going to be a little hong kong
in front of them, but i think they deep down know that i won t come back to hong kong. back in warrington, another family is moving to the uk. matthew s arranged a virtual viewing of their potential new home. this three bed house is on the market for £220,000. what do you think of the house? well, it looks good. and it s a lot bigger than my apartment here. if you were to sell up your hong kong property. do you think you can buy more than one of these houses? yes. yeah. we have a property in hong kong. how much is that worth? well, at the moment, the price is about $70,000. how much is that? probably about £650,000. maybe you should buy three of these houses. yeah. and why do you want