Simon Williams
Simon Williams
Registered with Property118.com
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Registered with Property118.com
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24th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
Rayner has today ruled out rent controls in England (she says) saying the RRA has changed the situation.
Read More →24th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
Rayner has just ruled out rent controls saying that RRA is "already having a significant impact on the market".
Read More →22nd July 2026, 2 weeks ago
In many parts of Scotland rent yields exceed 9%. So landlords can often make the numbers add up despite controls. In London and many parts of the South East, yields are more like 5-5.5%. so a rent freeze of significant...
Read More →9th June 2026, 2 months ago
Bribes and off the record payments were very common in Finland as a result of decades of draconian laws that greatly suppressed supply in their rental market. It's one reason why a few years back they made an abrupt u...
Read More →28th May 2026, 2 months ago
What amazes me is not that 78% would be stricter in tenant selection as a result of RRA, but that 22% would apparently not be. You've got to be a bit mad not to be more selective and careful, because...
Read More →19th May 2026, 3 months ago
They are using pointlessly out of date figures, especially in regard to any prediction of likely future capital gains. Don't know about the rest of the country, but in London my properties are declining in both real terms and actual...
Read More →13th April 2026, 4 months ago
It is a fundamental principle of contract law that the innocent contracting party is entitled to cancel a contract where they have been wholly or partly induced into entering it on the basis of a false statement of fact. Damages...
Read More →11th April 2026, 4 months ago
It really is very simple. The government guidance is clear. Emailing (or even texting) the PDF to each tenant is sufficient. You do not need even to get them to acknowledge though it would obviously be sensible to do so....
Read More →17th February 2026, 6 months ago
As a result of the crackdown I suspect there will be a lot of unhappy tenants who now face eviction as their landlord would rather sell than make expensive changes.
Read More →29th January 2026, 6 months ago
I had a hard time differentiating the Generation Rent quote from the NRLA quote. The NRLA will use every opportunity to rabbit on about so-called rogue landlords and how they want councils to blitz the sector with ICE style enforcement....
Read More →24th January 2026, 6 months ago
Rita, regarding the possible remaining hold out tenant, its obviously true you can't evict after the RRA has come into force, unless for a ground stated in legislation. And that may indeed cause you a problem. This suggests issue of...
Read More →22nd January 2026, 7 months ago
Option 1. Evict now under Section 21 and explain to the tenants why you are doing it. Most tenants will leave without a court order. Option 2. Keep your tenants but inform them that the happy days of below market...
Read More →18th December 2025, 8 months ago
The government view: Increased Stamp Duty on BTL purchases. No impact on rents RRA red tape. No impact on rents Ombudsman fee. No impact on rents Portal fee. No impact on rents MEES reform. No impact on rents Mass extension...
Read More →16th December 2025, 8 months ago
Councils already have power to do inspections independent of the licensing regime and will get more such powers under RRA. That, in combination with the government's online portal, ought to render licensing schemes redundant. Instead they are being expanded at...
Read More →16th December 2025, 8 months ago
Of course they want to justify their licensing schemes. Most of the issues revealed on inspection will be minor stuff that has very little real impact on tenant safety like a door closer missing/broken or whatever. What mass licensing schemes...
Read More →11th December 2025, 8 months ago
A few months ago, I took on a Hong Kong family who were really struggling to find accommodation. They could not provide the usual references and neither of them even had a job. Their sole income was from private bond...
Read More →26th November 2025, 8 months ago
Reeves said today that its unfair that a landlord on 25k pays less tax than her tenant on the same amount. But let's call out that lie. Most landlords have mortgages, but interest must be ignored when calculating profit. So...
Read More →17th September 2025, 11 months ago
I am one of the 58% with no plans to sell in the next 12 months, but that is simply because the sales market is terrible right now. Otherwise, I'd be getting out fast.
Read More →25th April 2025, 1 year ago
In my view the licence should never cover units which do not themselves meet the HMO definition. I have a loft converted studio above an HMO in the City of Cambridge and the studio has never been part of the...
Read More →3rd April 2025, 1 year ago
Dear NRLA, I am not worried about the delay at all. May it continue for as long as possible. Keep your messaging simple. A long transition period is fine to argue for, but I do not need you to berate...
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