Buy-to-let free-for-all is in desperate need of reform | Money | The Guardian

Buy-to-let free-for-all is in desperate need of reform | Money | The Guardian

Some readers may find it perverse that Guardian Money runs an article that strongly criticises the revival in buy-to-let with a panel underneath detailing the best deals for buy-to-let investors.Are we encouraging or discouraging buy-to-let? Both, I suppose. Even the harshest critic of buy-to-let (I'm one of them) has to acknowledge that given the dreadful performance of personal pensions, buy-to-let has been the better investment.

Many Guardian readers have chosen to do buy-to-let and, as a money section, we have a duty to let them know the best deals. Lots of landlords are ethical and responsible people who care for their properties and their tenants.