James Brand
James Brand
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Registered with Property118.com
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Reply to comment left by Hugh Baily at 30/10/2026 - 14:31
Reply to the comment left by Hugh Baily at 14:31 I think your first line to the tenant about the amount of tax their rental carried would be quite hard hitting for them and certainly get a lot more attention....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Hugh Baily at 30/10/2026 - 10:47
Reply to the comment left by Hugh Baily at 10:47 You write a lot of sense. I used to work as a chartered accountant until I went full time into property 25 years ago. The problem I find in this...
Read More →30th October 2026, 2 days ago
Any tenant that has left over the years leaving rent arrears (fully aided by Govt policy tying my hands behind my back) has also left unpaid energy bills. The 2 things tend to go hand in hand. Always seems in...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ch at 26/10/2026 - 22:34
I think you are right Cathie. Not every tenant wants their neighbours to know that they are tenants rather than owners. I have let properties where neighbours have looked down on my tenants and referred to them as "only tenants"...
Read More →26th October 2026, 5 days ago
Realistically I am losing money hand over fist in property and have been for about the last 10 years. I have a decent size property portfolio in Greater London and own it mortgage free. As all my places tend to...
Read More →16th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
So, according to "theyworkfor you", this mp consistently voted for more rights for tenants and regulation on landlords. Then expects landlords to be able to deal with problem tenants with their strengthened tenants' rights. Just what is wrong with these...
Read More →6th October 2026, 4 weeks ago
You're right about neglecting the house due to fees, admin and fines. I was planning on replacing the bathroom at one of my small hmos but then found that I suddenly needed to pay a new licence fee on the...
Read More →30th September 2026, 1 month ago
What if you are refurbishing/extending a house? I like to work alone and have done several houses but they often take me well over a year. Are they going to be seized from me half way through? Time to buy...
Read More →15th September 2026, 2 months ago
"Average rents rose 2.4% over 12 months".......meanwhile RPI increase year to end of July.....3.6%. Yet strangely I heard news stories yesterday that rents are "soaring".
Read More →1st September 2026, 2 months ago
Well my costs have shot up again this tax year and that isn't even reported yet. Bunged a few grand to councils for new licencing schemes - cheers - needed that after 30 years problem free letting there. Fire risk...
Read More →28th August 2026, 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago
Extremely well put, thank you.
Read More →9th August 2026, 3 months 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 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 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...
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