MENU

Landlord Crusader

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 2 weeks ago |  21

Guest ArticlesGuest AuthorsGuest ColumnsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
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 4 weeks ago |  12

Landlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Labour manifesto: Will the last landlord to leave the PRS, please switch off the lights?

Labour manifesto: Will the last landlord to leave the PRS, please...

Well, what do landlords make of the political party manifestos this week? The big one is Labour which is promising to ban Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions on day one. There’s still no indication...

10:06 AM, 14th June 2024, About a month ago |  39

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Goodbye Renters (Reform) Bill: Unloved and unwanted but the fight goes on

Goodbye Renters (Reform) Bill: Unloved and unwanted but the fight...

Other than Ben Beadle, are there any landlords who will be mourning the demise of the Renters (Reform) Bill? It was unwanted by landlords and agents; it would have brought destruction and the big issue...

9:47 AM, 31st May 2024, About 2 months ago |  32

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Landlords and the General Election: Who should we vote for?

Landlords and the General Election: Who should we vote for?

Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement to call a General Election might turn out to be one of the best political gambles of modern times but where will landlords stand? None of the parties have been...

9:46 AM, 24th May 2024, About 2 months ago |  66

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
The landlord exodus explained – what our critics don’t want to hear

The landlord exodus explained – what our critics don’t...

So, another week in landlord land and another slew of stories highlighting how bad landlords are for selling up – but there’s no perspective of WHY landlords are choosing to sell. And there’s...

10:00 AM, 17th May 2024, About 2 months ago |  35

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
How many Lords will be ‘a leaping’ for the Renters (Reform) Bill?

How many Lords will be ‘a leaping’ for the Renters...

Now that the Renters (Reform) Bill is heading to the Lords, I’m struck by the lack of celebration by landlords everywhere. Not even our critics are happy – Shelter says it has ‘disowned’...

18:48 PM, 2nd May 2024, About 2 months ago |  3

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Tenant evictions: It’s time for an uncomfortable conversation

Tenant evictions: It’s time for an uncomfortable conversation...

Dear tenants everywhere, I hope all is well and for the majority of you who don’t know about the Renters (Reform) Bill, that life continues to be sweet. For the few renters who are aware of the upcoming...

10:39 AM, 19th April 2024, About 3 months ago |  37

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Rising tenant application fraud – landlords pay the price

Rising tenant application fraud – landlords pay the price...

Was anyone else surprised/not surprised to read that tenant application fraud has rocketed by 140%? For those working at the sharp end of the private rented sector, I doubt it. My first reaction was why...

9:57 AM, 12th April 2024, About 3 months ago |  5

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
The Renters (Reform) Bill doesn’t need tweaking – it needs sinking

The Renters (Reform) Bill doesn’t need tweaking –...

News that the Government is tweaking the Renters (Reform) Bill has been welcomed by landlords everywhere, not so much by the usual suspects, but this awful legislation really needs sinking. The proposed...

10:00 AM, 5th April 2024, About 3 months ago |  22

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean

Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean...

Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning uncharacteristically shy about her antics. Angela is the deputy leader...

10:08 AM, 1st March 2024, About 5 months ago |  19

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Landlords face a two-pronged attack on our livelihoods – and still we wait for the inevitable

Landlords face a two-pronged attack on our livelihoods – and...

It’s not often that politicians offer an opinion and get it right, and it’s probably even rarer when it is the Edwardian throwback Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg talking sense. Of course, he hits so many...

9:20 AM, 23rd February 2024, About 5 months ago |  11

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
When politicians use weasel words, tenants lose their homes

When politicians use weasel words, tenants lose their homes...

Who knew that weasel words could leave tenants homeless? Who knew that weasel words can mean the opposite of what they do mean? I’m talking about Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions that...

0:09 AM, 16th February 2024, About 5 months ago |  12

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
The consequence of Section 24 – bankrupt councils and countless homeless

The consequence of Section 24 – bankrupt councils and countless...

News this week that councils around the country are flagging up the prospect of going bankrupt because of the ever-growing homelessness bill they have to meet. Oh please, cry me a river. Not once will...

9:45 AM, 26th January 2024, About 6 months ago |  15

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should be in it?

It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should...

This week saw a cornucopia of stories that illustrate the current wrong thinking on the private rented sector – and that landlords are the fault for everything. First up is Andy Burnham’s political...

9:56 AM, 12th January 2024, About 6 months ago |  19

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?

Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?

One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition of Section 21 as a panacea. But I have yet to meet a landlord who actually...

11:20 AM, 5th January 2024, About 6 months ago |  13

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill or landlords voting with their feet?

Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill...

Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for our tenants? I only ask because this is the time of year to come up with resolutions. I’ve explained...

9:35 AM, 29th December 2023, About 7 months ago |  22

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants. Because it has been another week and another negative story about landlords. This time it is the Labour...

9:38 AM, 8th December 2023, About 7 months ago |  43

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Angela Rayner: Big mouth strikes again

Angela Rayner: Big mouth strikes again...

Oh, dear, oh, dear, I can’t believe that the intellectual colossus known as Angela Rayner has declared that section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions will be made illegal on day one of a Labour...

9:57 AM, 24th November 2023, About 8 months ago |  36

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles
Why the Renters’ Reform Coalition is bad for landlords AND tenants

Why the Renters’ Reform Coalition is bad for landlords...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition (RRC) is a group of organisations that claim to fight for tenants’ rights, but in reality, they are harming both landlords and tenants in the private rented sector...

10:27 AM, 3rd November 2023, About 8 months ago |  3

Guest AuthorsLandlord CrusaderLatest Articles

Registered with Property118.com
Friday 24th February 2023

Total Number of Property118 Comments:
0

Landlord Tax Planning Read More