paul.bond@ukgateway.net, Author at Property118
Gen Z rents, but buys to let

24th April 2026, 8 hours ago

This number seems to include the rent-to-rent category, I wonder if they are actually active or set these companies up after a course.

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So how easy is it to evict someone when their time limit to stay expires. Fully automatic without fuss - not a chance, expensive court hassle - now almost certain, so why would we not discriminate against such people?

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Hosing provider 'shows reliance on rent '. I guess they go used to free tax payers money.

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Very different as a PIP recipient is usually very unlikely to be able to make up that loss by taking on additional work. As mentioned above the government wants to move PIP away from a cash benefit into a proven...

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Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 18/04/2026 - 18:08The government is currently running a second survey on pip (link attached) my wife is a recipient so I am aware of the government concerns. The abuse comment was...

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Indeed, some left wing think tanks want cgt and inheritance tax to be charged when we die

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They are looking hard at pip at the moment as apparently the disabled had been abusing the payment by using it to pay bills ( yes they really called that abuse) . So I believe it must never be included...

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Post RRA I would not want to be in the business of supporting small landlords, I think Agents will have to look to corporate customers for longer term survival.

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Reply to the comment left by graham mcauley at 15/04/2026 - 10:51Actually you have a much better system than the RRA as you can get your property back after 6 months, in England it is now only possible to sell...

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Why haven't we suggested this before – it is obvious that the answer is more council workers in bigger homelessness services. But how should we fund this? The answer will be more licencing schemes so rents will go up and...

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What on earth is a 'good case to stay' it seems to mean is there a comma in the wrong place on the notice. The fact that in many cases this was never intended to be a permanent home for...

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The implication here is that if there are challenges you could be nearer two years between rent increases. I fear a whole raft of charity advisors recommending this.

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How about spending that money on extra houses to do something positive.

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Note his category includes councils and housing associations it is not just individual landlords who have taken action.

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The next logical step beyond this is to give tenants the right to buy at any time point of the tenants choosing - not currently proposed but something that the far left like the Green Party could easily suggest.

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Why was the council not at fault insisting the tenants should stay on, the previous government gave them clear guidelines to the contrary?

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I think the number of landlords who would trust the SNP to come up with a fair market price could be counted on one hand. There are other issues here as well, just how long does the landlord have to...

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The difficulty is that a landlord has no idea where the fault lies as the council refuse to deal with landlords directly.

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Well the SNP has just decided to make the problem worse!

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The fully anticipated reaction to the threats included in the legislation, any higher risk tenants and or higher risk properties and no longer classed as acceptable.

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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.