A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000
homes for private rent over the next year - and only a radical rethink on
lettings taxation can avoid it. That’s the view of the Residential Landlords
Association, which says that government figures themselves show a loss of
46,000 private rented properties in England alone between March 2016 and March
2017. The RLA says that based on questioning over 2,600 landlords, no fewer
than 84 per cent have seen tenant demand increasing or at least remaining
stable - and this is despite some years of policies which, the association
claims, have been geared to increasing owner occupation. Read more on Letting
Agent Today.
https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2018/7/net-loss-of-133-000-homes-to-let-in-coming-year-trade-body-warns?source=newsticker
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