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Renting in Modern Britain

Geoff Riley

17th December 2014

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There are nine million private renters in the UK and the numbers are rising. So what happens to housing rent levels makes a big difference both to discretionary disposable income and the geographical mobility of labour.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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