Key diary dates – please make a note of these dates:
12 October – Rent cap consultation ends
17 October – new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to make a statement (11am)
19 October – Office for National statistics (ONS) publishes the September 2022 CPI plus other inflation indices
31 October – Government to publish it’s fiscal plan/budget
Late October – RSH/DLUHC publishes the rent cap – the proposals were 3%/5%/7% but could it even be 0%?
3 November – Bank of England reviews the base rate
10 November – HQN rent cap and stress test event to take place – confirmed presenters include Will Perry from the RSH plus Adrian Jolliffe from 2tix ltd (Treasury Management experts)