Jo
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Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 16/04/2026 - 12:44
A Social Housing landlord is a Housing Association or Council.
Read More →16th April 2026, 1 week ago
"Homeless" is a very broad term. Do they mean rough sleeping homeless, sofa surfing, over crowded, temporary accomodation or facing eviction? Not all "homeless" people actually want the responsibility of a home. Not all are willing to co exist with...
Read More →13th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Surely the fact there is a noticeable rush to beat the deadline means there wasn't a problem in the first place. Many of us were happy to continue housing mediocre tenants as long as Section 21 existed. Now a noticeable...
Read More →1st April 2026, 3 weeks ago
So, a month to issue any Section 21s and rent increase notices. I have never evicted anyone but now have to issue 3 Section 21s by the end of the month, purely to retain the house as a student house....
Read More →1st April 2026, 3 weeks ago
A lot of us are midway through even more expensive 5 year fixes. Abolish Section 24 and do all tenants a favour. Even though Section 24 only affects about 20% of landlords we own around 50% of rental properties. Unaffected...
Read More →25th March 2026, 1 month ago
The quarterly submission bit is just about OK. There's an overwhelming choice of software out there for that. However, now the goalposts have been moved and we are expected to pick a suitable software that can also do our final...
Read More →20th March 2026, 1 month ago
Having to give at least 2 months notice to end a tenancy is going to come as a bit of a shock to some tenants. This will often be closer to 3 months in reality. If someone gets a job...
Read More →18th March 2026, 1 month ago
As has already been said, it depends how much rent you are charging. If you're already at market rent you have been doing very nicely up to now. If it's below market rent your tenant (or the government) has been...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Carole Stanton at 10/03/2026 - 10:31
Reply to the comment left by Carole Stanton at 10/03/2026 - 10:31I'm using both Landlord Vision and Hammock. Hammock is cheaper and relatively easy to set up. It relies on AI to reconcile transactions, which sometimes gives unexpected results. Landlord...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Carole Stanton at 10/03/2026 - 10:10
Reply to the comment left by Carole Stanton at 10/03/2026 - 10:10Most of the landlord specific software does that perfectly, especially if you are just a straightforward 50/50 split. Most can cope with multiple owner, unequal splits just as easily....
Read More →10th March 2026, 2 months ago
Do they mean very few people have opted to do trial submissions? Some of us are waiting for the final touches to be put to the software we are using. I'm currently running 2 different ones to see if the...
Read More →25th February 2026, 2 months ago
Section 21 was a very good way of retaining tenancies. A tenant in arrears could wave a Section 21 at any low priority creditors and get a breathing space in which to reduce rent arrears. No one wants to be...
Read More →24th February 2026, 2 months ago
I left home at 16 and a landlord took a chance on me, so my attitude is based on that experience. I'm more flexible than some on who I will rent to but there are times when an applicant just...
Read More →16th February 2026, 2 months ago
In addition to the landlords currently instructing agents to evict or sell there must be a significant number who are doing nothing right now, but as soon as an existing tenant gives notice we will be looking to sell. I...
Read More →13th February 2026, 2 months ago
The whole discrimination concept is full of problems. Some properties are suitable for children, others aren't (HMOs for example). Bedroom entitlement is a major issue. A landlord isn't discriminating if they refuse to let a 2 bed to someone with...
Read More →12th February 2026, 2 months ago
The RRA is causing havoc in the student market but elsewhere it's business as usual for a great many landlords. At least for now. A series of fixed 6 month tenancy agreements was only ever used by letting agents as...
Read More →11th February 2026, 2 months ago
Personally I'm not keen on guarantors. Getting them to correctly sign the paperwork and have it witnessed by an appropriate person is highly problematic. Ideally a tenant will pass referencing on their own merit. However, that's not always possible. Some...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jason English at 05/02/2026 - 16:27
It definitely depends on the number of properties/tenancies. There are various free options for people with up to 3 or so properties but not much for portfolio landlords, especially with various ownership splits. I started out with the old version...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jason English at 05/02/2026 - 13:28
Software such as Hammock and Landlord Vision cope with joint ownership, sold ownership, unequal ownership, etc perfectly well. It will produce figures for each individual owner. Setting them up takes a few hours but once set up they allocate everything...
Read More →5th February 2026, 3 months ago
The thing pushing low income tenants into poverty is the government freeze on LHA and the freeze on tax thresholds. Nothing whatsoever to do with landlords.
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