Keith Wellburn

Reply to the comment left by Jesus Diaz at 20:58 The JRF is based in York where the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust operates a fair bit of housing, including a care home where my late relative lived for a few...

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Do these people at JRF actually understand the way NI works? What about those above SP age where NI is currently no longer payable on earnings? Will the NI count towards building entitlement to the state pension for LLs without...

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If the average number of properties held is 18 yet they also serve landlords with low single digit numbers they are really commenting on a very small proportion of landlords with seriously large numbers (I had 14 mortgaged properties ten...

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She’s probably realised that the all stick and no carrot approach to the PRS through taxation policy and the RRA is now impacting many tenants, especially those on lower incomes or less than perfect credit histories etc. And Shelter cannot...

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No solid wall insulation was fitted, theyre just as built regarding that. There’s 250mm loft insulation and circa 20 year old double glazing. I had a few other similar Victorian terraceds that were in C. None of them had any...

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The lack of practical advice for the simpler, less costly measures is absolutely disgraceful. My last house, a solid wall Victorian mid-terraced (and I have had plenty of practical experience with all my previous 13 being Victorian terraced too) was...

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Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 08:32 * that was before Reeves’ 2p in the pound surcharge on rent income so that £20k clear would have another chunk taken out of it. The LTV wasn’t silly either....

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Certainly true that nothing is guaranteed. ISAs are currently suffering from the allowance being frozen, the £20k per year should be a lot higher had it kept up with inflation. I did a rough calculation as if I’d kept my...

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Reply to the comment left by DAMIEN RAFFERTY at 01/10/2026 - 12:28I’ve got a slice of the action in the purpose built student accommodation sector after selling my student HMOs and putting a proportion in property related equities. Unite group...

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Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 30/09/2026 - 23:07And beggaring belief Burnham puts her back in the Housing brief!

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She bought it and there was an issue about council tax as her husband at the time had another house and questions arose about claiming single occupancy discounts whilst not living at the property. A police investigation took place and...

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Tenants generally have to rent. Do I have to be a landlord? No, despite being a landlord since 1990 building a decent sized portfolio - initially housing mainly the people excluded from council housing as it was sold off and...

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Never heard of her. Not the case with our Ange’..

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Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 30/09/2026 - 14:18*DOB

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Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 30/09/2026 - 14:06I think I’ve remembered right that DVLA had a very amusing attempt at giving drivers privacy on their licence back in the 1970s. It was printed at the bottom...

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Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 13:20 Hopefully NI number and DOB won’t be publicly visible, that is effectively the govt inviting identity theft. As I understand it there are two stages, the compilation of a landlord...

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Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 30/09/2026 - 11:08As I understand it, there isn’t just one entry on a register. The initial application is personally through the govt portal that requires information to formally verify the ID...

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Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 30/09/2026 - 10:12Taking it a bit further. so what if a FTB should lose out to a landlord buyer? The house builders are twiddling their thumbs with sales generally below target...

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Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 10:12 And the modern two bed flat in a nice central area of a small city should be an ideal Buy to let, EPC C ticked but 5% SDLT premium and...

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The new focus on six months is not the right timescale. For a start, that will include many homes where a S8 “landlord intends to sell” restriction on reletting will mandate them being left empty should a sale not get...

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Keith Wellburn

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