Rents are set to soar in 2026. 📉

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If you are a renter, your rent is almost
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certainly going up this year. A new
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report shows that 65% of landlords are
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planning to hike rents in 2026. And
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there's one key reason they've given.
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That's tax hikes introduced by the
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Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. The
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government has upped property income tax
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by 2% and landlords say that they can't
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absorb the cost. So, instead, those
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extra costs are being passed directly
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onto, well, you. The end result is rent
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hikes across the board and in many cases
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properties are being taken off the
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rental market altogether. And fewer
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properties means less competition, and
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that means even higher prices. So, how
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nervous are you feeling about the state
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of the rental market? Let us know what
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you think in the comments.

Rents are set to soar in 2026. 📉

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