UK rental market recieves boost from 'accidental landlords'
Accidental landlords have been on the rise for the past three years
Countrywide said around one in 12 (8.2 per cent) of homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 had been up for sale within the previous six months – equating to around 80,000 properties across Britain.
It made the projections for Britain as a whole based on its own data.
Countrywide said it is the third year in a row that the proportion of accidental landlord properties has increased.