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Landlord since 1996 with a maximum of four properties now down to just one which we intend to use as our retirement home.
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9th June 2019
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Landlord since 1996 with a maximum of four properties now down to just one which we intend to use as our retirement home.
21st August 2026, 3 days ago
Oddly the affordable homes the builders are being forced to build are not being taken on by housing associations, priced at 80% of other new builds they are still more expensive than second hand homes which do not come with...
Read More →20th August 2026, 4 days ago
The vast majority of rough sleepers have already walked out of accommodation, two many are damaged by drugs, alcohol or mental health. These people need treatment even more than they need accommodation. At the same time councils have cut funding...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Fergus Wilson at 18/08/2026 - 05:09
Reply to the comment left by Fergus Wilson at 18/08/2026 - 05:09On the contrary - supply at present vastly exceeds demand, building firms are going bust and laying off workers and estate agents have never had more properties to sell....
Read More →19th August 2026, 5 days ago
The death of the final salary pension scheme, largely killed by the previous labour government is only just starting to bite, in another 10 years it will be a full blown crisis and the state pension will be means tested.
Read More →18th August 2026, 6 days ago
They are determined to remove local opposition to over development. This will of course only be used to commute to major cities and will actually provide no benefit for the community where they are built.
Read More →18th August 2026, 6 days ago
The fines are way out of order compared to things most people would consider a crime like £7000 for not having a licence when the next street is exempt and nobody actually told that 80 year old landlord without a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 17/08/2026 - 12:11
The comments on his Facebook page are interesting, it's almost as if the voters are beginning to question the positives in the RRA
Read More →17th August 2026, 1 week ago
Four houses instead of one could be viewed as diluting the risk , one rogue tenant only costs 25% of income Vs 100% with a single property. When you come to sell it could be advantageous tax wise to split...
Read More →15th August 2026, 1 week ago
Next week - BTR demands government help (read taxpayers money)
Read More →14th August 2026, 1 week ago
In many cases people like me hoped that our property portfolio would become a family resource for generations, none of my children wish to carry on with the the threats and risk of being a landlord now. Nobody renting in...
Read More →14th August 2026, 1 week ago
I have long said we are being used as a smoke screen to hide the problems caused by population increase and a real lack of sustainable employment, particularly for the young.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 12/08/2026 - 16:31
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 12/08/2026 - 16:31Trouble here is that you are only capturing the tenants you expect to move in. The major issue is those who subsequently move in, I guess this is particularly...
Read More →12th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
Politicians of all parties have drifted away from reality into rose tinted alternative universes. The ship is sailing towards a cliff, but they are still arguing about deckchairs.
Read More →11th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
Really hope that due to this chaos, further implementation will be delayed.
Read More →11th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
As prices increase and more tenants are locked out of the legal rental market, this problem can only increase. It is very difficult to avoid this problem as those dodgy intermediary landlords can pass every reference test. I do however...
Read More →11th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
Replace 'could' with 'will' in the title.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 07/08/2026 - 14:00
I know a landlord who specialised in NSC houses, the mortgage companies won't lend so they are cash buyers at bargain prices - yet tenanted, the rents are identical to brick built houses. So a landlord win-win at present, I...
Read More →Reply to comment left by JB at 07/08/2026 - 10:38
You could, but an AI bot could look everywhere without you specifying exactly where to look each time.
Read More →Reply to comment left by TheBiggerPicture at 07/08/2026 - 10:23
Reply to the comment left by Downsize Government at 07/08/2026 - 10:23There was one briefly but it got threatened by 'civil liberties ' lawyers and had to be shut down. There is now the possibility to train an AI model...
Read More →6th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
The EPC elephant in the room is also behind these losses, 'attractive' rural properties are frequently stone built, often oil heated - it would be hugely expensive to get these up to spec and realistically the subsequent rent is likely...
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