Everybody has an opinion. In the Times, buy-to-let landlords are canny creatures, sitting on a few well-chosen investments, with well-paid day-jobs and plenty of equity to see them out of this with all their limbs still intact. They might be a little alarmed by the stagnating market, but they've rising rents to comfort them, up 11.7% on the year. In fact, according to the Times, landlords are buying. How different the story is over at FindaNewHome.com, where rents are "on the slide" and "very few" landlords "are considering expanding their portfolios". The piece quotes Association of Residential Letting Agents figures, to show demand high, voids low, but weighted average rents falling. Back over at the Times, things were getting so good for landlords, they can't let out their flats fast enough. Read about Michaella Waldren, who found it so hard to find an available rental, she almost found herself homeless.

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