An Englishman’s home is his castle but when it comes to the
UK the ‘Brit’s are still a nation of
homeowners ‘(although wasn’t it Napoleon who thought we were all shop
keepers!). It is interesting to note that up until the mid to late 1960’s, more
people rented their home (albeit mostly from the local council) than owned
their own. In fact, I was surprised to read that in 1921, over 75% of homes in
England and Wales were privately rented with the remaining 25% being owner
occupied.
It was only after the Second World War, when the Beatles
were rocking, that people started to buy instead of rent .. but instead of
owning our property outright, we borrowed money from banks and building
society’s to buy them and the roots of the growth of the private rental sector
can be drawn back to the late 1970’s early 1980’s, when the council houses began
to be sold off under the right to buy scheme.
In 2001, 78.2% of households were owner occupied in Erewash,
but ten years later, that percentage dropped massively to 72.4%. But here is the interesting part, when you
look at the actual numbers of households, 36,181 households in Erewash were
owner occupied in 2001. Ten years later, in 2011, that number (who owned their
own home) had only dropped to 35,290 households.
So why big drop in percentages but not in actual properties?
An additional 2,468 properties were built in Erewash between 2001 and 2011, but
a lot of them were bought as buy to let investments, thus more than doubling
the number of private rental properties in Erewash. In fact, the number of
properties in Erewash, which were privately rented, jumped from 2,705 in 2001
to 5,762 in 2011!
With the Erewash Council housing waiting lists being in the
5 to 10 year range for a decent property in a decent location. Therefore, with
no more council houses being built, and an increasing number of people looking
for a roof over their head, private renting is the only option
With every report stating the rental market will continue to
grow throughout the rest of this decade and beyond, linked with high demand and
limited supply in the Erewash, then if you are considering buying a property
for buy to let investment in Erewash, as I don’t sell property (I’m just a
letting agent), I am always happy to give you my considered opinion on which
property to buy (or not as the case may be).. If you are a landlord, new or
old, I am certainly more than happy for you to pick up the phone or visit the Erewash
Property Blog where you will find the best buy to let deals on a day by day
basis from all the agents in Erewash www.ilkestonpropertyblog.co.uk
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