getting higher and higher. we have seen tenants being priced out of the market and what we have seen, actually, is a huge increase in tenants wanting room shares because the pricing is a bit more affordable for them. there is a darker side to the housing market. when tenants are desperate, landlords might cut corners. this is georgina. she is living in a flat that s falling apart. here we go, you can immediately see it. a massive chunk of the ceiling has just come down. the 27 year old graphic designer has been living here in birmingham for two years. it was about a month after i moved in. i was in bed and i could hearthe rain and i
heating where i am, which is not very much of a life, is it? the figures show a third of. the private rented sector is in disrepair. some of the demand is pushing downwards into what i would call the shadow part| of the private rented sector. so we might see some than those i without good quality properties i at all also able to find - tenants for the tenants are getting desperate in terms of where they need to be. i in london, midwife vicky has put her family home on the market. thanks for coming in. it is a lovely house. it s got bags of accommodation. what we have to bear in mind that the market has slowed down. yeah, i did think that as well. you make in terms of the market might be going think we might see prices slipping back little. she s going to use the money from her house sale to buy some are smaller and cheaper. i don t want to get a stage
the high cost of buying a home means more people are renting. here in leeds, rents have risen 10% in the past year. which property was it, sorry? is that the two bed at 850 a month? fantastic. can i just ask you is living at the property. there can be dozens of people competing when new rental properties come on the market. more often than not, we do block viewing so we will go to a property in show six different people round and we do cap the viewing set 6 8 per day otherwise itjust gets too much, you re showing 20 around the property and only one person can take it. some people coming for viewing are desperate. it is so busy at the minute. we are seeing rent increases the demand keeps
this year, they keep us make payments have risen from £300 to £850 a month so she has decided to sell. obviously, the interest rates have started to creep up again. it s gone up quite a lot, so i need to sell it because otherwise i m going to end up paying probably £1000 and interest. that keeps going up more than i can t afford it. it isjust finding things, can i do it that way? can i do it that way? you know. those are big decisions. you might have had sleepless nights as i think that worrying about it. when he saw the interest rates rising started to physically affect you ? in the market is terrifying commercially. have a good job, i work hard but even having that salaries still pity me in that situation. how s that affected you? made over the emotional. sometimes i could just get
the housing market and working. the housing market aren t working. i m just wondering if you got my e mailabout my with the ceiling. georgina does not have the whole mended and she is ringing the local council. the council tell her they will not come to inspect the ceiling because she has already decided to move out. thank you for answering all of my many questions. she has found a new place. i m going to move. the tenancy agreement is signed. and the only, like, way, i ve been able to move is i borrowed