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Unfortuantely the job market isn't like the housing market in Leeds at the moment. Here we can leave getting the house to the last moment and even force the landlords(or ladies!)to offer a lower than stated rent price due to an overabundance of housing, as to sell is better than not to sell at all. Despite this, most students still love to get in an awful tiz about it all, go haywire and panic buy one of the first properties they see. While it's probably true the best houses do go earlier in the season, all properties are hospitable(hopefully!) and those who buy later in the year have more levarage over the owners to make the property more amenable to themselves, whether that's by lowering the rent/installing a new washer/dryer, sticking the furniture to the ceiling. Buying later on also gives the added bonus of being able to work together with those you intend to live with, to find a property that will suit you all and even better! allows you more time to make sure you are spending your future with people you are comfortable around!

The current economic climate makes things pretty tough for the job market, which wasn't even all hoops and banners before the crash due it's competitiveness(more people with degrees and more people with other appropriate qualifications e.g. BTEC's), the ageing population and it can be hard to get a foothold on the ladder, especially as it is only one of many scary pressures affecting life you the young candidate right now - which makes it incredibly difficult to stay positive about the future... I mean a job is needed for money, but it only warrants a certain amount of energy to spent on trying for one before a depressive spiral takes hold. And even then you are still not safe!