A word of warning on buy to let

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In client newsletters, I have written many times about the strange phenomenon of the majority gettin...

In client newsletters, I have written many times about the strange phenomenon of the majority getting it wrong at the same time. So I should not be surprised at the latest rush of investors to get it wrong again. Renting a house is not exactly new, and landlords have been the butt of stories of greed down the centuries. If buying to let is such a great idea, why has everyone not piled in before now? The answer, I suppose, is that all of the pieces are currently in place ' low interest rates, higher incomes and volatile stock markets. I have even heard a renewed rumbling about investin...

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