{"id":6750,"date":"2013-06-29T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-new-class-of-landlords-profiting-from-generation-rent\/"},"modified":"2016-03-04T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T05:03:15","slug":"meet-the-new-class-of-landlords-profiting-from-generation-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-new-class-of-landlords-profiting-from-generation-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the new class of landlords profiting from Generation Rent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWith interest rates at historic lows and rents at historic highs, property moguls such as these buy-to-let millionaires and rent-to-rent pioneers have never had it so goodThey are the people making a killing from Generation Rent. As owner-occupation in Britain goes into steep decline, a new class of landlord is emerging, claiming they have never had it so good, with buy-to-let interest rates at historic lows and rents at historic highs.The boom in lettings has also sparked a new phenomenon now sweeping the property market, known as &#8220;rent-to-rent&#8221; or &#8220;multiletting&#8221;. This is where investors take a tenancy, paying the landlord the monthly rent, but then sub-let to many more tenants at a much higher price. Lounges and dining areas are converted into sleeping space, leaving tenants with only a shared kitchen. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2013\/jun\/28\/new-class-landlords-profiting-generation-rent\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the new class of landlords profiting from Generation Rent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; With interest rates at historic lows and rents at historic highs, property moguls such as&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1KS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11744,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/generation-rent-can-your-landlord-be-your-friend\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":0},"title":"Generation rent: can your landlord be your friend?","date":"May 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As rents soar, the gap between landlords and tenants is becoming a social division as much as it is a financial oneThe \u201chousing crisis\u201d, most would agree, is a bad thing: a generalised social problem with multiple and complex causes, like poverty or conflict. 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