Robin Bradford
Robin Bradford
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24th August 2023
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Retired Council surveyor and landlord.
Registered with Property118.com
24th August 2023
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79
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Retired Council surveyor and landlord.
4th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Housing Minister keeps reiterating the mantra: "Good landlords don't have to worry" and "There is no exodus of landlords from PRS". Pennycook is wrong, and he knows it. There’s an old rule in finance: when capital stops earning, it...
Read More →30th June 2026, 3 weeks ago
The government’s plan to use landlords’ money to fund new local authority inspection and fining powers will only entrench division and suspicion, undermining the very cooperation urgently needed between the two sides. Local authorities desperately need the Private Rented Sector...
Read More →26th June 2026, 4 weeks ago
What an excellent article. I agree with almost everything said. Perhaps landlords should factor in the likely backdated rent-freeze element. When re-letting, they could set a rent that proportionally compensates for the income lost due to the inability to backdate...
Read More →23rd May 2026, 2 months ago
Well, the official statistics state April 2026 year on year rental inflation is 3.5%. It has been dropping for the last two years from over 7%. However average Council Taxes rose 4.9% last year.
Read More →23rd May 2026, 2 months ago
Let’s be clear about rising rents and whether Renters will be able to afford their rent in the future. The below figures show the Annual Rent Inflation (PIPR) over the last two years: March 2024 (peak),9.1% September 2025,5.5% October 2025,5.0%...
Read More →20th May 2026, 2 months ago
The rate of rent increase is now slowing. By December 2025, the yearly rise had already fallen to 3.9%. Band D council tax, on the other hand, increased by 5.0% (£109) to £2,280 for 2025–26. For 2024–25, the average increase...
Read More →19th May 2026, 2 months ago
Council Taxes are going up way faster than rents - the media don’t seem to complain about that? The rate of increase in rents is now slowing, and by December 2025, the yearly rise had fallen to 3.9%. The Council...
Read More →18th May 2026, 2 months ago
The Landlord has every right to challenge a Council over any fine that is felt unfair or issued incorrectly without due regard to the circumstances and evidence. This process, then goes through the Court that is painstakingly slow and can...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 19/03/2026 - 11:14
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 19/03/2026 - 11:14Good points raised
Read More →19th March 2026, 4 months ago
These survey results occurred because the survey was asking PBSA students. Most students, after the first year, can not wait to get out the noisy overcrowded rabbit hutches called PBSA and live elsewhere with their mates.
Read More →25th February 2026, 5 months ago
The current aggressive tone from the government— wielding imminent fines and penalties through Councils against landlords, amplified by the one-sided rhetoric of subsidised tenant organisations—is producing the very outcome it should be trying to avoid. Instead of fostering collaboration, this...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 24/02/2026 - 17:03
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 24/02/2026 - 17:03I wouldn't bank on Reform not winning the next election.
Read More →18th February 2026, 5 months ago
“Scotland is facing a housing crisis, and it will only be resolved with all stakeholders, including the private rented sector, playing their part through initiatives like this.” I'm sure many a Scottish landlord would have helped had not the Scottish...
Read More →11th February 2026, 5 months ago
£2,500 is a miniscule fraction of the costs Landlords payout. Every website treat Tenants with kid gloves compared to the rest of world. English media spouts the same, old, same old broken record: Tenants are Angels, Landlords demons. Make me...
Read More →14th January 2026, 6 months ago
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook is not accepting facts: In Q1 2025, previously rented homes made up 15.6% of new sales listings, up from 9.8% in Q1 2024, according to TwentyEA research. BTR is working, to an extent, but its implementation...
Read More →31st December 2025, 7 months ago
Background to SHAC: The Unite Housing Workers Branch (LE/1111) strongly supports the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) and played a key role in its formation. SHAC link tenants, renters, and leaseholders to CHALLENGE LANDLORDS and provide a platform for shared...
Read More →31st October 2025, 9 months ago
The only sensible hard working people who aren't fiddling the books and exploiting housing are Landlords. Caveat - apart from two nameless female landlords who say they are working women and made an error or judgement.
Read More →29th October 2025, 9 months ago
If Lucy Powell is renting out a room she is still and landlord, and therefore should be registered as such for tax purposes. There's no: Ifs and buts, lodger or tenants, helping a colleague or at market rent etc. The...
Read More →13th June 2025, 1 year ago
Somewhere between 36% and 37% of private Landlords are mortgage-free.
Read More →1st May 2025, 1 year ago
Lord Bird and the Labour Government are saying, on the advent of the RRB that PRS Landlords are welcoming the new legislation and increasing in NUMBERS and the tenants will get lower rents and 1.5M more homes. This is reminiscent...
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