Shelter’s Trustpilot rating is low. Their own accounts raise harder questions
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20th March 2026, 1 month ago | 0
Mark Alexander
Rent levels in England since 2010: what the data actually shows
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17th March 2026, 1 month ago | 2
Follow the money: what Shelter’s own accounts reveal
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17th March 2026, 1 month ago | 8
Open Letter to the SNP: why did Scotland’s PRS stop growing?
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16th March 2026, 1 month ago | 8
Temporary accommodation in Scotland has reached record levels. What changed?
Author: Mark Alexander
16th March 2026, 1 month ago | 1
Section 24’s long shadow: what a decade of tax reform has really done to rental housing supply
Author: Mark Alexander
12th March 2026, 1 month ago | 1
Should I abandon the strategy that built my wealth?
Author: Mark Alexander
10th March 2026, 2 months ago | 4
The rent control fallacy: when good intentions reduce housing supply
Author: Mark Alexander
6th March 2026, 2 months ago | 11
Evictions ‘surging’? The court data tells a very different story
Author: Mark Alexander
4th March 2026, 2 months ago | 3
Why are comparable housing markets moving in opposite directions on rental policy?
Author: Mark Alexander
3rd March 2026, 2 months ago | 6
IHT Inheritance Tax Potentially Exempt Transfer insurance / Gift inter vivos policies
Author: Mark Alexander
26th February 2026, 2 months ago | 15
Why Landlords Are Taking Time to Plan Before They Act
Author: Mark Alexander
26th February 2026, 2 months ago | 0
Marriage, civil partnerships and why landlords should not ignore the obvious
Author: Mark Alexander
25th February 2026, 2 months ago | 5
Rent Guarantee Insurance – Does It Really Work for Landlords?
Author: Mark Alexander
27th January 2026, 3 months ago | 0
How Mortgage Valuations Work for Buy-To-Let Properties
Author: Mark Alexander
26th January 2026, 3 months ago | 0
How to Present Your Portfolio to a Commercial Lender
Author: Mark Alexander
21st January 2026, 3 months ago | 0
Employers’ Liability for Landlords – When You Need It
Author: Mark Alexander
20th January 2026, 3 months ago | 0
Product Transfers vs Remortgages – Which Is Better for Landlords?
Author: Mark Alexander
19th January 2026, 3 months ago | 1
Mark Alexander
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UK landlord since 1989.
Founder of Property118.com - the mission statement of which is “to facilitate the sharing of best practice among UK landlords and associated professionals”
I live in Portugal, but I am very much British with a UK property rental and development business.
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I don’t offer mentoring or training as I am semi-retired and enjoying a fantastic work/life balance, but I do comment, frequently publish articles and answer questions posted here on Property118.
Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 22/04/2026 - 17:58
Reply to the comment left by Martin Cameron at 17:58 We(Property118) has an excellent working relationship with them. The only complaints we ever get is that some of their articles are “scaremongering”, but they have sold a huge number of...
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It sounds like you entered into an assisted sale type of arrangement. Did your Agent have contractual rights to list the property for £150,000? If not, you should complain to their Ombudsman. If they are not a member of an...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ryan Stevens at 22/04/2026 - 11:53
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 22/04/2026 - 11:53Nope, definitely not in this case. I know the person who wrote this and he's not in that line of business. He's just a landlord like you and me...
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That's a superb list of pros and cons and I really look forward to reading the comments from other Property118 members. In my experience, the actual total cost of securing vacant possession and selling the property for maximum value, after...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 18/04/2026 - 23:46
Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 23:46 That’s true, and the important think to mention in the negotiations is that viability has to work for all parties. The only other realistic option, which you are reluctant to do,...
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Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 17/04/2026 - 10:04Sounds like a great plan, so long as is doesn’t come to fruition too quickly 😂
Read More →Reply to comment left by Hugh Baily at 16/04/2026 - 18:37
Reply to the comment left by Hugh Baily at 16/04/2026 - 18:37I think you may be focusing on the presence of debt rather than the efficiency of the capital. Owning property outright can feel safe, but if that equity isn’t...
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John, There are some good points made above, particularly around misrepresentation, but it is worth separating legal principle from how these situations actually play out in practice. A jump in service charge from £1,400 to £5,000 is clearly material. On...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ryan Stevens at 13/04/2026 - 17:16
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 13/04/2026 - 17:16That's one for our Editors. I suspect it's because the article was posted under "Readers Questions" and asked a variety of questions at the end. Grammatically, I agree that...
Read More →Reply to comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 16:43
Reply to the comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 16:43Hi William When we first 'partnered' with LettingSupermarket.com, we assisted them to promote their initial crowdfunding campaigns - see https://www.property118.com/lettingsupermarket-com-independently-valued-3-5-million/
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Reply to the comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 16:27I am seriously impressed, and thank you also for the 5-star rating you left for us on TrustPilot https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.property118.com I'm also "blown away"!
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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/04/2026 - 15:57Sorry, another one to add to that list is Open Banking and associated automations. Without everything in one piece of software landlords will soon lose...
Read More →Reply to comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 15:27
Reply to the comment left by William Harford at 15:27 I think MTD and integration with Quickbooks and Xero are vital if you don't want to clash with the advice of landlords' accountants. Get that bit right and I think...
Read More →Reply to comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 14:54
Reply to the comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 14:54Hi William If yours can do all the things that all the others do well then you, in turn, deserve to do well. Honestly, do you think you've achieved...
Read More →13th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you looked at Alphaletz, Lendlord, Landlord Vision and Landlord Studio? How does yours compare to what they do?
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Hi William Landlord Software is a tough market at the moment, especially with so many landlords being in what I've dubbed as "analysis paralysis" due to all the changes we are facing. What competitor analysis have you done? Also, what...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Karl Wilson at 10/04/2026 - 16:16
Thank you for the comment, it’s a fair question to raise. What makes this survey significant is not just the headline number, but the context behind it. The results are based on 2,380 completed responses covering over 23,000 rental properties,...
Read More →10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Where are those of you that sold investing your sale proceeds, and what rate of return are you getting? I’m getting 8% to 10% per annum fixed on two year bonds and I’m interested to learn whether anyone is getting...
Read More →10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Every single day, we help landlords consider all of the options for scenarios just like this one. There's only so much anybody can get from answers on a forum. A 30-minute initial discussion with a Property118 consultant will be enough...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 07/04/2026 - 19:53
Is there any way you could possibly help us to achieve that?
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