London rental price index graph? Figures?

cuzman_2

In early August 2008 I was in somewhat of a rush to rent a place in London. After a couple of days hunting I found a suitable place which was advertised at £250 a week, and I agreed to pay that price without haggling. Since then we have obviously seen a significant dive in rental prices, yet my landlord has contacted me with the assumption that I will continue paying top whack for this place if I am renewing my contract. I simply won't pay that much, yet I would like to stay here at the right price.

I live in a new development of blocks of six similar flats, and I now see exactly the same kind of places advertised at £200 and £210 a week. I would like to prepare a nice dossier in writing for my landlord which shows how prices have come down. I can obviously refer to these local properties currently on the market, but would also love to include graphs and tables refelecting how rental prices have dropped, but I am struggling to find any good ones online.

Does anyone know of any graphs, tables of figures etc, that I can copy and paste into my letter to make this a very tightly argued case? We all know how stubborn landlords are, so I need to put forward the best case possible.

pinkshoes

Tables graphs and figures are a bit of a waste of space, because any half wit can make them say what they want people to read.

Just stick to real examples of very local almost identical properties to rent at lower prices, and ask to have your rent adjusted. If he says no, then hand in your notice and rent something else. He might then just change his mind...