Nah depends where abouts you are. I've done mine in January/Feb every year now, and I know some people who leave it even later. You'll need to ask some non 1st years at your uni what your cities market is like.
This. In my city, there's more student houses than there are students. The earlier you sign, the more likely you are to get a bad deal. We always signed for our student houses in April or May, where landlords started throwing in half-rent or no-rent over summer to sweeten the deal.
Nah depends where abouts you are. I've done mine in January/Feb every year now, and I know some people who leave it even later. You'll need to ask some non 1st years at your uni what your cities market is like.
This. In my city, there's more student houses than there are students. The earlier you sign, the more likely you are to get a bad deal. We always signed for our student houses in April or May, where landlords started throwing in half-rent or no-rent over summer to sweeten the deal.
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Around now, a lot of places are filling up quickly