The accidental landlord: I’m losing the Olympic race for new tenants

Victoria Whitlock feels like the only person in London who isn’t excited about the Games. It’s so bad for business
26 February 2016

Depressing news for landlords — the lettings market, at least in London, has “gone soft”. This is what agents tell me. Only a few weeks ago they had dozens of tenants chasing every property, or so they say, but now the viewers have disappeared — just as I’m trying to re-let two properties. S*d it, as one might say.

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* Victoria Whitlock lets three properties in south London
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