Women now make up almost half of UK landlords

Women now make up 48% of the 2.6m buy-to-let landlords in the UK according to an analysis by London estate agent, Ludlow Thompson. Their income has also increased almost twice as fast as men's in the last 5 years. Women's buy-to-let income has grown by 27% in five years, rising from £12.7bn to £16.1bn. Whilst the number of male landlords increased by 10% to 1.38m between the 2014/15 and 2018/19 tax years according to HMRC data, the number of female landlords rose by 17% to 1.25m in the same period. “With the gender gap in buy-to-let ownership narrowing, it might not be long until we see a 50:50 gender split amongst buy-to-let investors,” commented Stephen Ludlow, chairman of Ludlow Thompson.

Daily Mail