For many years, the Buy-to-Let (BTL) market boomed. In those distant years of lending plenty, many landlords will attest that buying to let provided good returns if you made a profitable investment and had a good eye for property. It certainly didn't deliver the instant wealth that many pundits liked to flaunt, but it was a sound enterprise.

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Home-ownership is down to 68% as more people turn to renting – leading to a shortage of rental properties and soaring prices.

Constant headlines on the ups and downs of house prices are masking two trends set to dominate 2011: a long-term fall in home ownership, and a resulting boom in the private rental market.

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An increasing number of tenants appear to be struggling to make rental payments that could have an affect on the UK rental property market, according to letting agents.

The latest research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) shows that in the fourth quarter of 2010 some 40% of members reported an increase in tenants struggling to meet rental payments in the preceding six months, an increase from 35.9% in the previous three months.

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