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Re: 30% rent increase?
Mortgage rate increases, the landlord may have had a fix rate mortgage that has recently expired. Also maintenance costs have risen over the last few years. It could be that the landlord has held off…1 -
Re: 30% rent increase?
The energy price cap is set by observation of energy market rates. The Tribunal also caps the rent based on market rate. So they are near enough achieving the same results.1 -
Re: Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
Octopus 12M Fixed October 2026 v4 Octopus 18M Fixed October 2026 v42 -
Re: Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
V4 and it's only the 10th.1 -
Re: 30% rent increase?
What an awful time to be dealing with this, on top of surgery. One thing worth knowing about the tribunal route: they don't decide whether the increase is fair, they decide what the market rent …2 -
Re: 30% rent increase?
This is over 8 years though. 30% over 8 years is only 3.3% per annum. It is nice not to have annual increases but it is a shock to the system when a reset is finally needed.1 -
Re: 30% rent increase?
Go search on ONS (Office of National Statistics) website for your local area's private rent data for your property size including average rent as well as most recently rent increase percentage…1 -
Re: Open Banking question
Currently, banks have to support OB just on current accounts. Some have chosen to also implement on some or all of their savings accounts, and there's an Open Finance initiative underway which m…2 -
Re: Locked out of accounts
I’d wager that a bank with branches will have telephone banking as well. Another option; the account might have a chequebook: write a cheque to yourself from this “locked” account and deposit it (usi…1 -
Re: Switching offers - How do I keep track of the account dates and eligibility
I use my own spreadsheet combined with the T&C's in the below archive thread to help keep track. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6655628/an-archived-list-of-switching-offers …1
