How much it now costs to rent in every Greater Manchester borough after 'record rise' in prices
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHouse prices might be slowing down across the UK, but unfortunately for tenants, rents are still on the rise. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), house prices are now only a “little changed” from a year earlier, but rent costs have seen another 'record rise'.
A recent ONS report says that private rental prices have now risen by 5.7 percent across the UK in the last 12 months up until September.
This represents the biggest annual percentage change since records started in January 2016. Across Greater Manchester, renters are continuing to bear the brunt of these increases as the cost to rent a home throughout the region remains considerably high.
Using data provided by Zoopla, we've looked at the average cost to rent in each of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs to find the cheapest and most expensive parts of the region for tenants today. READ MORE: Greater Manchester's cheapest areas where you’ll most likely find a bargain home READ MORE: Inside the luxury four-storey townhouse in Manchester city centre on the market for £700,000 Unsurprisingly, Manchester is the priciest borough to rent, with the average cost likely driven by sky-high rental prices across the city centre.
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