Extortionate fees -London High St agents

Tenants facing 'extortionate' fees to rent home from high street agent https://t.co/8sDK9ZgMhp

— Evening Standard (@standardnews) May 10, 2017

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Sharp rise in children living in B&Bs

Number of children forced to live in B&Bs up 688% since the Tories came to power - the reality of the housing crisis https://t.co/a5CMkkG2in pic.twitter.com/No6oHfmFdT

— Owen Bennett (@owenjbennett) May 10, 2017

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Property moguls flood rich list

Many of Britain's richest people are property moguls | Alice Martin https://t.co/geciD1v4io

— Guardian Housing (@GuardianHousing) May 10, 2017

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FCA warning - fake emails

FCA warns about spate of fake emails https://t.co/qnEKWq3HBL

— FTAdviser (@FTAdviser) May 10, 2017

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BTL rates rise in April

BTL rates rise after months of cuts - MFB - https://t.co/0B5Q2NWzJR

— Mortgage Solutions (@mortgagesols) May 9, 2017

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Should student landlords be worried?

Online letting agency, StudentTenant, predict a fall in student numbers over the next three years.

The site report that the recent  UCAS figures show a worrying fall in applications, in large part down to Brexit uncertainty, with EU student applications down 7%.

Alongside these Brexit wobbles, domestic applications have also dipped, down 4.3%.

UCAS applications for 2017 -

• England down 23,120, a drop of 5.6%.  
• Wales down 1,510, a drop of 7.1%.
• Northern Ireland down 930, a drop of 4.5%.
• Scotland down 890, a drop of 1.9%. 

StudentTenant say this decline applications in 2017 could cost the economy nearly £1 billion and could cause a drop in rents gathered by the student rental sector of around £383m over the next three years, by taking the average annual rent figure of £4,834.

Danielle Cullen from the site comments -

“The huge fall in applications will have a significant impact on student rental property demand. Landlords are the ones who will feel the strain the most, as supply could well outgrow demand for student properties as we see fewer students at universities. This is a complete contrast to what we have been seeing in the student market recently, with an undersupply of properties for a long time in a lot of areas. In the upcoming election, the political parties must recognise this and put forward a plan to ensure Britain remains welcoming to international students. Not just for the student rental market, but to attract the world’s best talent to British universities.”

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