James Brand
James Brand
Registered with Property118.com
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Registered with Property118.com
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28th August 2026, 15 hours ago
I am guessing that any abolition of stamp duty would still leave the 5% surcharge, otherwise flipping properties might actually be viable again for those of us that build/refurbish. Also, if stamp duty was abolished and an annual tax brought...
Read More →27th August 2026, 2 days ago
Do they not realise that with the various costs they have imposed on landlords over the last 10 to 15 years the net return in the South East, in a flat/falling house price market is already only 3% on a...
Read More →18th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
I think that if a landlord is bad it will often be due to a lack of finance/ poor cash flow in the first place. I also think that most landlords have income probably only slightly above the median, so...
Read More →10th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Extremely well put, thank you.
Read More →9th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Any cost to deposits is just another one of those many many parasitic drains on the finances of landlords (and tenants) that have gradually crept in over the years. Like many I have always taken deposits, and bar one or...
Read More →4th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
We all know that the bit about supernormal returns is a pure lie. What I worry about is that the fact it is a lie doesn't matter. TPTB are pushing on with their wealth confiscation agenda regardless. I have a...
Read More →3rd August 2026, 4 weeks ago
If the government stepped up and guaranteed to cover in full any non payment of rent by anyone on benefits etc they would probably never be discriminated against. Funny that they would never do that - perhaps they think that...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 28/07/2026 - 14:41
I believe they may try 40%/45% but at that point, unless they reintroduce indexation allowance or similar I simply won't sell. I expect a lot of other people won't either. Ultimately that will reduce the tax take and gum up...
Read More →27th July 2026, 1 month ago
The findings seem to describe me. I still have a buy to let portfolio worth a few million. I don't have mortages. Everyday I question why I am still in this business. I know that I want out. The returns...
Read More →2nd July 2026, 2 months ago
Of course there is a landlord exodus. It wouldn't make financial sense for there not to be (writing as a London and South East landlord). The problem is that exiting the market takes time and as a "good landlord", I...
Read More →3rd June 2026, 3 months ago
Ok, then let's have rental income as relevant earnings for pension contributions then.
Read More →15th May 2026, 4 months ago
When I was at school, probably when I was around 11, if any boy had come up with statements such as "if I pay rent TO my house" and "it's tough luck, we are not playing with peoples' lives" whilst...
Read More →30th April 2026, 4 months ago
I just put up the rents on 2 houses where I probably wouldn't have bothered literally because of this "speculation", A government can't threaten people with things and expect them to do nothing. A bit like if I was sat...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dean James at 28/03/2026 - 10:13
Reply to the comment left by Dean James at 28/03/2026 - 10:13It is comedy pricing now. Just failed an EICR because they weren't happy with the way the last electrician did things. Happily quoted me over a grand (having paid...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dev S at 27/03/2026 - 05:04
Reply to the comment left by Dev S at 05:04 Agree. I have fully refurbished several houses – often 6 figure refurbs. They take about 5 years to start to go downhill a little bit and by 10 they need...
Read More →22nd March 2026, 5 months ago
Funny this article just popped up. We are struggling to fill a room in a house where until now we have only ever had planned voids in the last 30 years! Running our ads through AI suggested we were already...
Read More →2nd March 2026, 6 months ago
"What the landlord exodus looks like in practice". I read this well written article to my wife. When I got to that bit, we both said "That's us!". We are literally downsizing portfolio landlords who have been selling houses as...
Read More →24th February 2026, 6 months ago
Who does the private rental property belong to please? I have worked myself into the ground, and gone without, for 30 years to build up my portfolio. Why should I actually ever be forced to take anyone that ! don't...
Read More →24th February 2026, 6 months ago
I have made similar videos. I mistakenly let to a family on benefits that must have all had mental health problems. Certainly none of them ever worked other than for cash in hand, and they got every benefit going, some...
Read More →22nd February 2026, 6 months ago
Reading this sort of rubbish everyday just makes me want out. It's not because my rental homes aren't up to scratch, but simply because I just want to be left alone to have sensible agreements with my grown up working...
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