Matt Hendry, managing director of Naish Estate Agents, said he has had renters breaking down in tears in the firms offices in High Petergate and says his team is seeing total desperation in the rental market.
He says they are getting between 50 and 60 enquiries per property as soon as they go up online and there is a 'total sense of panic'.
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