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> If a significant fraction of landlords have financing costs that greatly exceed rental income, that is their problem. They can't just pass that cost on to renters because they feel like it.

Purely anecdotally, a large proportion of the housing available for sale in Plymouth (UK) seems to be rental property. Tenants are being thrown out while landlords sell up.

I have been wondering if the drive to cash out at a time when holding cash isn't necessarily such a great idea is exactly what you suggest - that those with buy-to-let mortgages are looking at the potential of interest rates rising faster than rents.