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A high price to pay for students

Focus: As numbers rise and the property market shrinks, undergraduates are resorting to desperate measures to find a flat, says Brian Donnelly.

STUDENTS across the country are facing an accommodation crisis as growing numbers vie for fewer flats.

The situation has become so desperate that young people have been involved in car chases to secure a term-time home.