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Which student areas have the biggest shortage of properties?

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student market has been hit particularly hard.

Research from StuRents suggests that there is currently a shortfall of over 200,000 beds, which is expected to grow to around 450,000 by 2025, thanks to rising student numbers and a slowing in the supply of new student housing....

Landlords, is the rental market still profitable?

By Allison Thompson, National Lettings Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties have reduced their profits. And now, with the cost-of-living crisis, mortgage rates at their highest level for well over a decade and the Renters (...