Author: Landlord Crusader

Landlords: Would you start in BTL in 2025 if given the choice?

Despite a growing landlord exodus – which the housing minister Matthew Pennycook disbelieves – would you start as a landlord in 2025? There are reasons for and against. I’d like to hear...

Renters’ Rights Bill comes back to Parliament – start...

Like the proverbial bad penny, the unwelcome return of the Renters’ Rights Bill to Parliament next week is not to be celebrated. The countdown to the doom of the private rented sector will begin...

2025: A perfect storm for landlords AND tenants?

Oh, dear. It’s 2025 and the private rented sector is set for one of its biggest upheavals in years – possibly decades. Landlords are facing unprecedented challenges, thanks to the Renters’...

Landlords’ Rights Bill: Let’s tell the government...

Since this is the time for reflection on what has happened this year and thinking about New Year resolutions, I think that since no-one else is going to put our side of what tenants should be expected...

Shelter and Generation Rent: It’s time to own what you’ve...

As Shelter bemoans the rising tide of homelessness with fears that thousands could be evicted from their homes in time for Christmas, it’s time to turn the spotlight on the very organisation that...

English Private Landlord Survey: Why we are crucial to the housing...

With not a lot to do I read the publication of the English Private Landlord Survey and found it was an eye-opening and sobering experience. In recent years, landlords have often been at the receiving end...

Why the UK’s housing crisis will deepen as landlords flee...

They say there is a housing crisis – and with good reason. Net migration to the UK reached an astonishing 906,000 in the year up to June 2023, far surpassing previous estimates. Approximately 1.3 million...

Welcome to the Landlord Club, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves!

As the Prime Minister and Chancellor step into the world of landlording, they are joining a diverse and dynamic sector that plays a crucial role in the UK housing market. With their new roles as landlords...

CRUSADER: Why must landlords put up with vile online trolls?

Landlords in the UK know they aren’t popular with politicians, councils, tenant activist organisations and lots of tenants – but do we really deserve the vile online landlord harassment that...

CRUSADER: Was the Budget the death knell for the PRS?

In a Budget that surprised no one for being the biggest tax grab in decades, Labour really has shown what they think of landlords in the PRS. Absolutely nothing. They know nothing about us, the sector...

Pennycook: Why a landlord exodus is DEFINITELY underway...

It’s almost like something out of the novel 1984, when the evidence of your eyes is not to be trusted. I’m talking, of course, about housing minister Matthew Pennycook at the Renters’...

CRUSADER: Why landlords must be wary of Labour’s ‘mission...

Just when you thought Labour’s hatred of landlords couldn’t get any worse comes the alarming realisation that the Renters’ Rights Bill could be so much worse than most landlords fear.

10:21 AM, 18th October 2024, About 3 months ago | 19

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The Renters’ Rights Bill: What tenants need to know...

Hey tenants, while you may be excited about the potential benefits of the Renters’ Rights Bill, it’s important to consider what the potential impact will be on your renting life. I know it...

9:27 AM, 11th October 2024, About 3 months ago | 19

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The exodus of landlords: How bad does it have to get?

Some critics, landlords and commentators say there isn’t a landlord exodus, but landlords are leaving – there is no doubt. So, while the term exodus makes people feel squeamish it’s like...

EPC rules and the Renters’ Rights Bill will damage the PRS...

While landlords are distracted by the nonsense that is the Renters’ Rights Bill, the biggest elephant in the room is a pledge for PRS homes to meet an EPC minimum rating of C. Ed Miliband, the so-called...

10:51 AM, 27th September 2024, About 4 months ago | 15

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Renter’s Rights Bill: A disaster for tenants?

Have you recovered yet? As a landlord, the Renters’ Rights Bill is NOT designed to help renters – it is clearly designed to damage the private rented sector. Potentially, fatally. If you are...

12:29 PM, 13th September 2024, About 4 months ago | 20

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Why we need an uncomfortable conversation about homelessness

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