I thought it was too good to be true that the Renters (Reform) Bill would not make it through this Parliament.
And, sure enough, Dishy Rishi didn’t let me down.
At the last minute, as he was no doubt deciding which laws would make it into the Kin…
The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing have betrayed its core values and its loyal supporters.
The Tories have broken their promises to reform the private rented sector…
So, we are into the party political conference season and it is apparent that the private rented sector (PRS) is not going to be discussed – even though the country is facing a ‘housing emergency’.
And rather than offer up a political…
Many people think that being a landlord in the private rented sector (PRS) is easy money. They assume that all you have to do is buy a property, find a tenant and collect the rent every month. They think that landlords are greedy
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 story about unintended consequences and the sting …
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 news from Michael Gove probably made you very an…
Let’s face it, the debate surrounding Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions in the UK has become increasingly contentious, with media outlets and tenant activist groups condemning landlords for our supposedly arbitrary use of this legal pro…
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 but for me this charter is a charter for di…
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 a recent article in The Big Issue
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 politicians calling for homeowners to get mortg…
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 means many of us may find ourselves struggling to…
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 point of view, it would make everything …
We all know that the UK is facing a housing crisis, and the blame for this is usually placed at the feet of landlords in the private rented sector (PRS).
That’s despite private landlords providing quality accommodation for millions of tenants.
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