The price signals are therefore pushing households towards renting. On the other hand, the price signals facing investors are not conducive to increasing the supply of rental properties, as yields remain low and the prospects of capital gains uncertain.
10  BIS Review 49/2009  It is hard to see how equilibrium can be restored to the market until rental yields return to more normal levels. One way for this to be achieved would be for house prices to rise more slowly than incomes and rents for a period.