The Property Podcast

The hidden landlord shift (this data shocked us)

The Property Podcast

Show Notes

Landlords are leaving the market in droves... so why have property purchases by institutional investors just hit their highest level since 2016?

Rob & Rob unpack surprising new data that flies in the face of everything you’re hearing about the rental market, and what it means for anyone investing right now.

(00:48) News story of the week

(06:12) The surprising data that contradicts everything you’ve been hearing about the buy-to-let market

(08:47) The regional split where investors are stacking up

(11:06) One group of landlords is exiting - but who’s buying their properties?

(13:09) Why today’s yields could be the early signal of rising prices

(20:00) Why the people waiting for confidence to return will be the ones who miss out

(21:17) Hub Extra

Links mentioned:

NRLA - Struggling tenants risk being locked out of rental market

Hamptons data

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