Anglosphere countries are very bad at housing.
Source: https://cps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/How-Many-Homes-Does-the-UK-Need-.pdf
Anglosphere countries are very bad at housing.
Source: https://cps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/How-Many-Homes-Does-the-UK-Need-.pdf
It really depends on situation.
Rentiers that possess tens, hundreds or even thousands of estate absolutely do rent some of them, but they still keep some (if not most) of them empty. By keeping the market unsaturated, they keep their rent high. If they just let out all their estates, prices would go lower due to lesser demand. They are not penalized for abusing the market, instead they are actually being rewarded by the fact that their unrented properties’ value is constantly increasing due to appreciation.
There are also minor landlords that have some additional rentable estate, but they often choose not to be bothered, and they just sit on it for years until their offspring grows up and decide to live there. Or they just sell it in the meantime and get lots of profit for nothing.
TY. Someone needs to do the math on this, because I assume it would net more to rent all if you own >100 properties, and would not make a difference if less, depending on the city size ofc, especially when you leave the majority empty.
I assure you the math has been done
It’'s really not all about raw profit, it’s also about risk assessment. There is always a risk of significant damage to the property which would cost more to repair than it brought from rent. There’s also a risk of not being able to evict the non-paying tenant, which basically locks you out of your property for years.
We all hate landlords, I hate them with burning passion, but we gotta be honest here - the tenant is a hardcore-tier client type.