https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-rentals
Lockdown break-ups and job changes boost rentals
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-rentals
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Lockdown break-ups and job changes boost rentals
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-rentals
- Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
- Created: 2020-06-08T07:38:27.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-06-19T14:32:35.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:42:12.060Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: coronavirus, housing, lockdown, rent, shareddataunit
- Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52847319
- Size: 2.19 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Lockdown break-ups and job changes boost rentals
In June 2020 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52847319) on how lockdown break-ups, job losses and urgent relocations were thought to have led to a surge in the rental sector, according to data provided by Rightmove.
## Get the data
* Google Sheets: [Rightmove data on rental demand and listings](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fveqU0U4uL9n0WajKvdL1nvdRIH3NLBBpDlp7qDdHeQ/edit#gid=0)
* CSV: [Rightmove demand year on year by date](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/coronavirus-rentals/blob/master/Rightmove%20-%20demand%20and%20listings%20-%20Demand.csv)
* CSV: [Rightmove new listings year on year by date](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/coronavirus-rentals/blob/master/Rightmove%20-%20demand%20and%20listings%20-%20New%20listings.csv)
## Quotes and interviews
* Miles Shipside, Rightmove
* Chloe Arnold and her housemate DJ Branch, searching for properties in Bristol
* Renecia Thompson, former banker
* Stephen Groves, Home estate agents, Greater Manchester
* Paul and Poppy Carr, High Wycombe
## Visualisation
* Multiple line chart: Sales vs rent demand compared to 2019 (%), March 2 - May 18 2020
* Multiple line chart: New sales listings vs new rent listings compared to 2019 (%), March 2 - May 18 2020