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Rents for new lets rose by 1.6 per cent across Britain in the year to December to an average of £927 per month, half the 3.1 per cent growth seen in 2015, according to the latest lettings index by Countrywide. This was also the slowest annual increase since 2009, when rents had increased by 0.9 per cent.