18/09/2026
Worth a read for anyone involved in the private rented sector.
The landlord crisis isn’t just about landlords selling up — it’s about landlords not buying in the first place.
Buy-to-let investment is falling as landlords face higher borrowing costs, taxation, regulation and increasing risks. At the same time, the number of homes available to rent is falling and rents continue to rise.
If an existing landlord sells to another landlord, the rental property remains in the sector. But if it is sold to an owner-occupier, that rental property disappears from the available stock.
The bigger concern is the next generation of landlords simply deciding that the numbers and risks no longer make investing worthwhile.
Less investment = fewer rental properties.
Fewer rental properties = more competition between tenants.
And ultimately, that puts further pressure on rents.
You can’t continually make it harder and more expensive to provide private rented housing and then be surprised when fewer people want to provide it.
A thought-provoking article and one worth reading. 👇
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