The country faces a number of economic issues with energy supply, labour shortages and inflation being just three recurrent headline topics. A further area of concern is housing, with both prospective buyers and renters finding themselves priced out of suitable opportunities.

Looking at the rental sector, there are already signs of a reduction in properties available to rent with buy to let landlords looking to sell and exit from the residential rental market. Spiralling costs and recent tax changes are very much behind this trend.