Growing concern among BTL landlords as rising inflation starts to take its toll

There is growing concern among buy-to-let landlords about the impact of rising inflation on their property investments, fresh research shows.

With some experts forecasting inflation to rise above 8% and stay there for most of 2022, 83% of landlords recently surveyed said they are ‘concerned or very concerned’ that rising inflation will adversely impact their ability to continue to invest profitably in UK rental property.

The cost of investing in property is increasing as a result of inflation, with 90% of landlords polled by GetGround, saying that they expect rising inflation to have an impact on the cost of maintaining their property investments.

More than half – 52% – of respondents expect the cost of managing their property investments to increase by 25% to 50%.

Read the full article on Property Industry Eye | MARCH 22, 2022 | MARC DA SILVA