Wednesday, 29 January 2014

It's War as Desperate Tenants Face Bidding for Properties

Desperate tenants face having to bid against each other to push the rent up in the latest sign of Britain's overheated property market. A new website, Auctionlets.com, goes live this month, pitching potential tenants directly against one another, while letting agents are turning to open days and "sealed bids" to achieve record rent levels. Landlords are busy signing up to auctionlets.com, which becomes fully operational later this month and boasts, in its advertising, that "due to the competitive nature of the bidding environment landlords can achieve the best possible price for their property". Tenants are checked by the site when registering, enabling landlords to be confident they will be able to pay the rent and deposit. Read more on the Guardian website.

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