ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book assesses evidence on the impact of the new regulatory framework, following on from the deregulation and expansion of the private rented sector. It argues that there is a very deep-seated psychological issue at the heart of the landlord and tenant relationship, one that is hardly affected by legal forms and niceties. The book provides very useful 'hard' research on variance in rents in different locations, down almost to the level of individual houses. It demonstrates the complexities of policy change, how new social trends and new markets have interacted in shaping the sector of British housing, and indeed how the sector relates and interacts with the wider housing system. The book arises the need for much greater education of all those involved in property management in the various aspects of the regulatory matrix within which they operate.