Barry Fitzpatrick
Barry Fitzpatrick
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1st June 2026, 1 week ago
Where will the data be sourced? Will Landlords input data, if not the data will be biased. And reports/analysis derived from the database will be biased (and I bet it won't be in fa our of Landlords).
Read More →Reply to comment left by Disgrunteld Landlady at 01/06/2026 - 04:35
Reply to the comment left by Disgrunteld Landlady at 04:35 ……. and ultimately better tenant like behaviour otherwise they'll find it very very difficult to find a Landlord who will rent a property to them.
Read More →29th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
Landlords are not acting as stand-in parents/guardians of its tenants. If the same anti-social tenant were owner-occupiers then complainers would have to resort to the Police and/or Local Authority, just because they're a tenant shouldn't alter that. You cannot make...
Read More →28th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
I've been saying this for a couple of years now (since the RRA was first mooted under the Tories). Tenants without a rock solid job/income bringing in 40+ times the monthly rental, impeccable credit record, glowing previous Landlord references and...
Read More →26th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Government (and the Tories before them) have given an unfair competitive advantage to the PBSA sector (on the basis of their business model). Student Landlords should have the same rights as the PBSAs.
Read More →15th May 2026, 4 weeks ago
It should be a requirement for anyone wishing to become a MP to have some minimum qualifications including "Economics101". It seems that many MPs struggle at counting. Many MPs go on about professionalising Landlords, well how about professionalising MPs? #LeadByDonkeys
Read More →15th May 2026, 4 weeks ago
You only have to look at the likes of Diane Abbott, Rachel Reeves, etc to realise that basic arithmetic, let alone mathematics or even economics is beyond their comprehension/mental capability. #LeadByDonkeys
Read More →16th March 2026, 3 months ago
What hasn't been estimated is how many fewer houses have been built do to the reduced demand from the PRS
Read More →13th February 2026, 4 months ago
This all part of this Governments (and the previous Tory governments) plan to destroy the PRS. It's death by a thousand cuts. The Government cannot overnight abolish private Landlords that would be too disruptive but little by little is manageable.
Read More →12th February 2026, 4 months ago
As ever the Government has its fingers in their ears and humming "la la la......" Shouting about how tenants will have better homes misses the point when there will be no homes to rent! It misses the point that tenants...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Lawrenson at 12/01/2026 - 14:51
Reply to the comment left by David Lawrenson at 12/01/2026 - 14:51.... but the problem is that the BTR brigade aren't stepping up to the mark to fill the void being left by private Landlords. The big corporates only want...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Lawrenson at 11/01/2026 - 14:33
Reply to the comment left by David Lawrenson at 11/01/2026 - 14:33... It's all about creating more hassles for private Landlords (and small businesses) to drive us out of the market to make way for the big corporates.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Thomas at 29/12/2025 - 19:12
How long will it take before Shelter/Generation Rent/et al. will demanding "no guarantors". Eventually it'll be rent guarantee insurance which when I have to go down this route will be added to the rent plus 20% admin charge.
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Garden at 29/12/2025 - 09:23
Exactly
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 29/12/2025 - 07:28
The Government is forever giving exemptions to corporates most notably is Section24, but social housing providers have some different rules, PBSAs had an exemption in the RRA for fixed term tenancies for student lettings.
Read More →Reply to comment left by G Master at 28/12/2025 - 22:45
Reply to the comment left by G Master at 28/12/2025 - 22:45There aim is to destroy the PRS, so that their "mates" at Blackrock, Grainger, L&G, etc etc can step in.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Vibha Spal at 23/12/2025 - 21:56
They're not stupid - this cold, calculated & deliberate.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 26/11/2025 - 14:41
..... notably though is the 2% doesn't apply to corporate Landlords. Just as Section 24 didn't apply to corporate Landlords.
Read More →24th November 2025, 7 months ago
It's all part of the Plan to eliminate private Landlords from the PRS. “They" don't want a mass exodus as this would result major upheaval and instability. So the Plan is "death by a thousand cuts" with each cut resulting...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dennis Forrest at 21/11/2025 - 17:20
Reply to the comment left by Dennis Forrest at <a href="21/11/2025" rel="ugc">https://www.property118.com/landlords-face-higher-costs-with-making-tax-digital-and-need-to-prepare/#comment-199351">21/11/2025 – 17:20They already get an approx. 50% on account 10 months into the tax year with a further approx. 50% 4 months after the end of the tax...
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