Focus on weeding out rogue landlords is not the way forward for the PRS. Regulation increases costs and fails to encourage growth. We must focus on the longer term objective to resolve the problems. People live in poor conditions due to lack of supply in the private rental sector. The requirement for a strong PRS grows with our increasing population. By increasing supply and encouraging growth we increase standards. In this video I offer suggestions on how to increase supply and incentivise growth. Please rate this video … Continue reading Growth of the Private Rented Sector. Landlords Log part 3.
The Smith Institute has recently published a report by housing policy expert Andrew Heywood entitled “The End of the Affair: implications of declining home ownership”. The report highlights the increase in the Private Rented Sector of the UK property market and considers its implications. 
If you’re into statistics about the private rental sector the latest report from Paragon will keep you happy for quite some time. The report, which is 32 pages long, has been summarised below. A PDF of the report can be downloaded 
Since founding Landlord Action in 1999, we have encountered many tenants who have had to be evicted on more than one occasion. They are, what I like to call, Serial Bad Tenants.
More stubborn sellers with luxury homes who refuse to drop their house prices are becoming reluctant landlords, according to letting agents.