The summer is here, and people everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief as they can finally give their central heating a rest. It’s been an incredibly rough six months or so for homeowners and renters alike with the cost of living. If it seems like prices have been going up everywhere you look recently, that’s because they have been. Energy bills have skyrocketed even as the government agreed to extend their support schemes. You’ll have noticed that the final total at the supermarket self-checkout is a lot higher than it used to be too. There’s been a lot of upset about wages not rising in line with the rate of inflation. In fact, it seems like the only thing that’s going down is the house prices.