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Tenant activist groups and the law of unintended consequences...

It’s not often that two separate stories manage to tell the unfolding horror of what is happening to the private rented sector – and both involve so-called tenant activist groups. This is a...

11:29 AM, 29th August 2023, About A year ago | 9

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Landlord’s EPC deadline: Does anyone else feel conned?

Have you invested thousands of pounds to upgrade your rental property to meet the proposed EPC rating of C? Or have you decided it’s too expensive to do the work and sold up? Then this week’s...

10:54 AM, 28th July 2023, About A year ago | 48

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Why Labour’s Renters Charter is a charter for disaster...

Labour appears to be flirting with the idea of rent controls or capping rent rises and tightening up on the Decent Homes Standard under its Renters’ Charter. The issue has raised its head again recently...

9:12 AM, 14th July 2023, About A year ago | 6

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Landlord Crusader: Why landlords should not share equity profits...

Knowing that those who hate landlords will be spitting when they read this, I must explain why sharing the capital gains made from a rental property investment is nonsense. This is the argument made in...

0:10 AM, 7th July 2023, About A year ago | 15

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Landlord Crusader: Which is best? BTL mortgage support or help...

Here’s an interesting question for landlords to consider this week: would you prefer the government to offer you mortgage support or help your tenants pay their rent? I was pondering this issue with...

0:01 AM, 23rd June 2023, About A year ago | 8

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Landlord Crusader: In the end, it was the Bank of England that...

As hardworking and worried landlords, we all know the buy-to-let market is facing a potential catastrophe of rising interest rates, tightening lending criteria and falling house prices. That inevitably...

0:10 AM, 16th June 2023, About A year ago | 26

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Landlord Crusader: Why we shouldn’t keep quiet about the Renters...

I can’t keep quiet! Two stories on the same day on Property118 highlight what is wrong with the private rented sector – and if everyone concerned took a step back to understand the other side’s...

9:21 AM, 9th June 2023, About A year ago | 17

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Landlord Crusader: Section 21 abolition – congratulations...

And so, it came to pass – section 21 notices to gain possession of a rented property will be no more and there was only the wailing of landlords that could be heard. So, I guess, congratulations...

Are our MPs the worst hypocrites or are they just clueless?

As landlords, we face the bizarre situation of being taxed without taking into account loan interest and not on the actual profits that we make – unlike any other business in the country. Making a profit...

12:14 PM, 24th February 2023, About 2 years ago | 13

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