Hugh Baily
Hugh Baily
Registered with Property118.com
9th August 2023
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Registered with Property118.com
9th August 2023
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6th August 2026, 4 days ago
I think councillor Dickinson is more concerned to make a glib response rather than face the facts. The RRA combined with EPC regulations make it much more attractive to sell for rural landowners. There is steady purchaser demand for these...
Read More →31st July 2026, 1 week ago
Your common sense defence of the PRS for the good of tenants and landlords alike here is preaching to the converted.The NRLA are funded to the tune of 11 million a year and do little to defend us. Maybe they...
Read More →23rd June 2026, 2 months ago
Punitive taxes, draconian fines, over regulation are all costs which the tenant has to bear. It is naive to think otherwise. It seems more important to governments to blame landlords for housing shortages than accept the necessary remedy that stares...
Read More →22nd May 2026, 3 months ago
If you read nothing else read the landlord crusader. I wish he’d had the 11 million pound annual income from Landlords to defend PRS instead of you know who.
Read More →6th May 2026, 3 months ago
If Mr Pennycook believed what he says then he should put his money where his mouth is and indemnify landlords from the cost of court delays and early terminations by students. Of course he wouldn’t take the risk, proving empty...
Read More →28th April 2026, 3 months ago
Two thirds of the population own their homes and one third rent. Most homeowners have mortgages and maintenance costs.By capping rents the government will freeze costs for tenants but not for homeowners. To be fair to homeowners the government should...
Read More →17th April 2026, 4 months ago
I rather think we’re saying the same thing
Read More →16th April 2026, 4 months ago
I think I would rephrase the headline to “Why low gearing is not a policy to optimise risk with return” Low gearing is more often than not a low risk strategy in my view. That’s not to say it is...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Monty Bodkin at 05/04/2026 - 10:13
Reply to the comment left by Monty Bodkin at 05/04/2026 - 10:13Run by rogue Landlords who will increasingly replace good landlords. Right?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Hugh Baily at 03/04/2026 - 08:22
Reply to the comment left by Hugh Baily at 03/04/2026 - 08:22I mean inheritance tax…..not capital gains tax!
Read More →3rd April 2026, 4 months ago
Quite the most illuminating survey I’ve seen. As older landlords die capital gains tax will force break up of portfolios resulting in an accelerated irreversible decline. It also illustrates that more mature landlords who are responsible and fair dominate the...
Read More →14th March 2026, 5 months ago
So let me get this right.First the government plans reforms.Second they decide to consult. Third they decide to postpone for a year while they engage with industry. I’m not so sure it wouldn’t have made more sense to tackle this...
Read More →6th March 2026, 5 months ago
Maybe they are but unfortunately our politicians will ensure Landlords are blamed. We all know the real cause is lack of housing and is a failure of successive governments.
Read More →26th February 2026, 6 months ago
It would be helpful if adverts could be separated from news.
Read More →18th February 2026, 6 months ago
We need to keep Pennycooks feet firmly to then fire on this. If the government fails then the government should pick up the bill. It would be great if the NRLA could spend some of their 10 million a year...
Read More →9th January 2026, 7 months ago
More good sense from the Landlord Crusader.
Read More →14th July 2025, 1 year ago
Matthew Pennycook asserts that landlords are not leaving the sector seems to fly in the face of the facts. If he’s wrong and the sector is adversely affected then he may pay the price with a rather short career. More...
Read More →7th July 2025, 1 year ago
I believe it addresses the political problem that successive governments have failed to ensure enough of the right type of housing was built.Such action would have created competition which would have solved most of the problems they will try to...
Read More →9th May 2025, 1 year ago
As always the Landlord Crusader hits the mark, but our politicians are blind to the facts.The only explanation that makes sense to me is that they will do anything to divert attention away from the root cause of the housing...
Read More →27th November 2024, 2 years ago
If our politicians put half as much effort into building homes as it does persecuting good landlords we might just create an efficient and competitive marketplace. Making letting more expensive with additional taxes and red tape raises rents and hurts...
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