The growing crisis facing Cardiff's rental market with landlords selling up and 100 people fighting for every property

[Doucas]

Many landlords turn run down properties into habital housing which would otherwise be left derelict. Surely that has to be a positive thing.

That could be normal buyers doing that but many can't because buy to let and lack of social housing puts prices up massively.

[Alfresco]

That could be normal buyers doing that but many can't because buy to let and lack of social housing puts prices up massively.

'normal buyers' can buy derelict properties at property auctions if they want to put the work in.