Rent up by average of £276 per year

2:00pm Sunday 3rd February 2013 in News

RENTS in Warrington rose by 4.2 per cent in the past year seeing households having to fork out an extra £276 on average.

Housing charity Shelter, who are behind the report, say it leaves many in a rent trap with little or nothing left to save for a home of their own.

Warrington has the third highest increase in the north west.

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bill_paddington says...
6:00pm Sun 3 Feb 13

That can’t possibly be right. Surely it should read up by 4% making the average rent £276 per month.

Why is it that the Guardian seems to make so many basic grammatical mistakes in it’s reporting.

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bill_paddington says...
6:41pm Sun 3 Feb 13

That’s what it’ll be then, up by £276 per year (not month). I haven’t a clue how much the council charge for rent but thought £276 was a bit low. Either way their headline reads completely wrong.

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WAFiver says...
8:56pm Sun 3 Feb 13

This is appalling "journalism", grammatically, factually and mathematically the WG has achieved a new nadir. At last, excellence in something...

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MikeJT says...
10:35am Mon 4 Feb 13

Never let the facts get in the way of the headline.

So rents are increasing by £276 PER ANNUM so people have less money. And interest rates on borrowings (not savings) have increased so people with mortgages (even very low ones) have less money to spend on other things.

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MikeJT says...
1:59pm Mon 4 Feb 13

OR..maybe the figures are PER MONTH but the increase is actually only 0.4%

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annie1275 says...
5:07am Tue 5 Feb 13

Whichever way you look at it, its another £23 a month to find on top of a possible bedroom tax,and maybe low paid and those on benefits to pay towards their council tax..And they moan because people are not spending in the shops.

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Cheap Mower says...
6:57am Tue 5 Feb 13

I've been lucky then, bridgfords tried to put my rent up but the landlord told them where to go. . .

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