It’s party conference time again with Labour seeing red over rich and greedy landlords making money at everyone else’s expense. At least, that’s how the rhetoric goes.

While house prices have seen a stamp duty holiday bonanza, rents have hardly moved during the past year.

Refusing to pay a landlord guaranteed rents of £150,000 has seen a mystery letting agent kicked out of a government-approved scheme that polices fair play between property professionals.

Buy to let mortgages for landlords have sunk to the lowest ever interest rate as lenders try to lure borrowers to their brands.