24.04.2013 - Does build-to-let offer a secure future for the private rented sector?
After many years of talk, there is finally some action in the build-to-let market. Prudential's recent modest return to the housing sector after a 30-year hiatus is hugely symbolic; it welcomes a former mainstay back in the door and illustrates they have the confidence to invest once more in housing. There was a time when almost everyone rented their home. From the end of the first world war until the proliferation of home ownership in the 1980s, most people rented either from the government or from a large institution such as Prudential...............................................Full Article: Source
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