At the weekend, I was on BBC Radio 4 Money Box discussing a potential cooling of the property market. Below is a summary of what Paul Lewis and I talked about – with some extra detail which we didn’t have time to get to on the day.
Landlords are often concerned about void periods – when their property has no tenant paying rent to cover their costs – but what happens when the property is standing empty for longer periods?
The turbulence of the last 10 years of the Private Rental Sector (PRS) is charted in Belvoir’s unique Decade of Data report – available now to view online.
The roll-out of Universal Credit represents a huge shake-up of the country’s benefits system. Much has been reported in the media about problems experienced by some vulnerable claimants; less so about the potential fall-out for landlords.
