07/04/2008
Steven Currie, director of Edinburgh operations for D J Alexander, was interviewed on camera for STV’s flagship news bulletin, Scotland Today.
Steven told viewers that he was “not surprised” by the surge in rents. “This is a result of mortgage offers being less available, which is pushing up the demand for rented accommodation.”
With so much uncertainty in the mortgage market, property renting was “a safe place to be just now.”
Link to the programme (still live at the time of writing): http://www.stv.tv/content/news/local/east_central/
SCOTLAND TODAY, STV, 7 April 2008
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