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

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...

9:19 AM, 13th December 2024, About 5 days ago |  29

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

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...

10:44 AM, 6th December 2024, About 2 weeks ago |  7

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

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...

9:18 AM, 29th November 2024, About 3 weeks ago |  13

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

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...

10:11 AM, 15th November 2024, About a month ago |  8

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

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...

10:19 AM, 8th November 2024, About a month ago |  28

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

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...

10:12 AM, 1st November 2024, About 2 months ago |  16

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Pennycook: Why a landlord exodus is DEFINITELY underway

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’...

9:32 AM, 25th October 2024, About 2 months ago |  20

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CRUSADER: Why landlords must be wary of Labour’s ‘mission creep’ for the PRS

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 2 months ago |  19

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The Renters’ Rights Bill: What tenants need to know

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 2 months ago |  19

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

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...

10:12 AM, 4th October 2024, About 3 months ago |  22

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EPC rules and the Renters’ Rights Bill will damage the PRS beyond recognition

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 3 months ago |  15

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Renter’s Rights Bill: A disaster for tenants?

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 3 months ago |  20

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Why we need an uncomfortable conversation about homelessness

Why we need an uncomfortable conversation about homelessness...

It’s hard to believe that the homeless charity Crisis and the TDS are putting together strategies to get more PRS landlords to rent to the homeless. But, I fear, the result may not be what they want.

9:42 AM, 6th September 2024, About 3 months ago |  9

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Why councils can’t run private rented homes – after another failed landlord fiasco

Why councils can’t run private rented homes – after...

Every private landlord in the country must know that their local council is hopeless and doesn’t understand the private rented sector – but did you know that they couldn’t run a bath?

9:37 AM, 23rd August 2024, About 4 months ago |  19

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Hardships tests, EPC ratings and a Section 21 ban – is this the death knell of the PRS?

Hardships tests, EPC ratings and a Section 21 ban – is...

Apologies in advance if this article appears to be ‘whiny’ but I feel that the Renters’ Rights Bill is about to turn a landlord’s world upside down. There’s obviously no appreciation...

9:23 AM, 16th August 2024, About 4 months ago |  15

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EPCs for the PRS: Ed Miliband fires the starter gun for a landlord exodus

EPCs for the PRS: Ed Miliband fires the starter gun for a landlord...

Here we go again with energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings needing to be a minimum of C for the private rented sector but not homeowners, social housing or government buildings. Ed Miliband was...

9:36 AM, 2nd August 2024, About 5 months ago |  91

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Renters’ Rights Bill = Rent controls by the back door. Thank you, Labour!

Renters’ Rights Bill = Rent controls by the back door.

So, where do we begin? The Renters (Reform) Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill! But is it better or worse than what the Tories had planned for the private rented sector? Well, I think...

9:06 AM, 19th July 2024, About 5 months ago |  22

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Landlords now facing the ‘grown-ups’: Don’t give up!

Landlords now facing the ‘grown-ups’: Don’t give up!

What can landlords in the private rented sector expect from the new Labour government? Remember, the party’s fans are bandying about the term ‘the grown-ups are back in the room’ without...

10:08 AM, 12th July 2024, About 5 months ago |  6

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Twist or bust? The dilemma facing UK landlords after Labour win

Twist or bust? The dilemma facing UK landlords after Labour win...

Hi Angela Rayner, well done on beating a limping, exhausted, beaten Conservative party in the election. I imagine the rise of Reform was a last-minute scare, eh? And many of those famous Red Wall voters...

9:53 AM, 5th July 2024, About 6 months ago |  23

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Anti-landlord nonsense steps up a gear – thank you Labour and Generation Rent

Anti-landlord nonsense steps up a gear – thank you Labour...

I’ve tried to ignore the manifestos and was doing well but then up pops my old friend Angela Rayner with some more nonsense about landlords in the private rented sector (PRS). Labour doesn’t...

9:20 AM, 21st June 2024, About 6 months ago |  12

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