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Labour’s tax raid on landlords: A recipe for higher rents and housing chaos

Labour’s tax raid on landlords: A recipe for higher rents...

All private landlords know the PRS is under siege, and Labour’s latest madcap tax proposals are pouring fuel on an already smouldering housing crisis. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, backed by Prime Minister...

8:48 AM, 23rd May 2025, About 47 minutes ago |  3

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Landlords: Email or post this letter to your MP about the disastrous Renters’ Rights Bill TODAY!

Landlords: Email or post this letter to your MP about the disastrous...

All private landlords know that Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will be a nightmare for tenants, and now it’s about to leave the Lords and go back to the Commons for a final vote. It’s not too late...

9:06 AM, 16th May 2025, About A week ago |  18

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The great EPC fiasco: Labour’s Net Zero madness WILL cripple landlords

The great EPC fiasco: Labour’s Net Zero madness WILL cripple...

A few weeks ago, I warned that the private rented sector (PRS) faces a far graver threat from the government’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) mandates than from the much-debated Renters’...

9:46 AM, 9th May 2025, About 2 weeks ago |  15

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Labour doesn’t like landlords but really needs us for growing numbers of asylum seekers

Labour doesn’t like landlords but really needs us for growing...

It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Landlords, already battered by a barrage of legislative changes and economic pressures, are now being asked by the Labour government to offer their properties to asylum seekers.

6:25 AM, 2nd May 2025, About 3 weeks ago |  42

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Why are landlords expected to parent their tenants?

Why are landlords expected to parent their tenants?

Sefton Council’s recent warning to private landlords has sparked outrage, and for good reason. The council insists that landlords – not the council or social landlords, naturally – must ensure...

10:13 AM, 25th April 2025, About 4 weeks ago |  24

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Why EPC costs and not the Renters’ Rights Bill could collapse the private rented sector

Why EPC costs and not the Renters’ Rights Bill could collapse...

The private rented sector (PRS) is teetering on the edge of a cliff, and the government seems determined to give it a final shove. Though everyone is distracted by the Renters’ Rights Bill, with its...

9:47 AM, 17th April 2025, About a month ago |  6

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The landlord exodus continues, but no one in power seems to care

The landlord exodus continues, but no one in power seems to care...

Another week, another set of grim headlines for the UK’s landlords, yet the national news remains eerily silent on the issue. On Property118, three stories paint a stark picture of a private rented...

9:10 AM, 11th April 2025, About a month ago |  27

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Why the abolition of Section 21 will backfire on tenants

Why the abolition of Section 21 will backfire on tenants...

The Renters’ Rights Bill and its mission to abolish Section 21 so called ‘no-fault’ evictions isn’t just a slap in the face of landlords everywhere – it’s a ticking time bomb that will...

9:22 AM, 4th April 2025, About 2 months ago |  9

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Will Shelter ever step up to help tenants AND landlords?

Will Shelter ever step up to help tenants AND landlords?

For many of us, the private rented sector has turned into a battlefield, and at the heart of the latest skirmish is the issue of guarantors – or rather, the call for no tenant to need one. We have...

9:58 AM, 28th March 2025, About 2 months ago |  23

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Providers or parasites? The vilification of landlords continues

Providers or parasites? The vilification of landlords continues...

Two stories on Property118 on the same day manage to spell out the real issue facing PRS landlords in the UK: we are facing a witch hunt and nothing we do or say will change that. I’ve had some brickbats...

9:33 AM, 21st March 2025, About 2 months ago |  5

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Why endless landlord bashing has created the UK’s housing crisis

Why endless landlord bashing has created the UK’s housing crisis...

We all know that the private rented sector across England, Wales and Scotland is under siege. Landlords, the backbone of this market, are being punished for factors beyond their control, what with draconian...

9:04 AM, 14th March 2025, About 2 months ago |  8

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Renters’ Rights Bill sparks more chaos: Are landlords and letting agents doomed?

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks more chaos: Are landlords and...

It’s not even law yet but the dreaded Renters’ Rights Bill has spread its tentacles from landlords and tenants to letting agents. That might come as a surprise to lots of readers, but it appears...

10:13 AM, 7th March 2025, About 3 months ago |  30

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PRS landlords under siege: Misrepresented and unheard!

PRS landlords under siege: Misrepresented and unheard!

The private rented sector is at a tipping point, and landlords are caught in the crosshairs of a perfect storm: we have a hostile Labour government, a media that’s easily swayed by tenant lobbying...

10:08 AM, 28th February 2025, About 3 months ago |  23

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Why the victimisation of landlords shames everyone

Why the victimisation of landlords shames everyone...

Reading the news on Property118 about tenants getting a new platform to make complaints made my heart sink. The PRS is undergoing a seismic shift, and landlords are increasingly being cast as the villains...

9:47 AM, 21st February 2025, About 3 months ago |  28

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The looming cataclysmic EPC event for the private rented sector

The looming cataclysmic EPC event for the private rented sector...

It’s been a hectic week for landlords with lots of EPC news – a consultation to bring in EPCs for new tenancies by 2028, all tenancies to have a new EPC by 2030 – all the while there’s...

10:05 AM, 14th February 2025, About 3 months ago |  29

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Why Labour’s squeeze on the PRS is creating a perfect storm

Why Labour’s squeeze on the PRS is creating a perfect storm...

Let’s be honest, the Conservatives did landlords in the UK no favours, but Labour are delivering something that is making me sit up and think. It appears that both political parties are dedicated...

9:33 AM, 7th February 2025, About 3 months ago |  12

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My landlord vision for Christmas 2025 – it’s not good for tenants

My landlord vision for Christmas 2025 – it’s not...

It’s been six months since the Renters’ Rights Bill hit the statute books and the dust still hasn’t settled. Tenants are outraged at the government’s meddling and can’t believe...

8:26 AM, 31st January 2025, About 4 months ago |  44

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Landlords: Would you start in BTL in 2025 if given the choice?

Landlords: Would you start in BTL in 2025 if given the choice?

Despite a growing landlord exodus – which the housing minister Matthew Pennycook disbelieves – would you start as a landlord in 2025? There are reasons for and against. I’d like to hear...

9:28 AM, 17th January 2025, About 4 months ago |  40

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Renters’ Rights Bill comes back to Parliament – start the clock!

Renters’ Rights Bill comes back to Parliament – start...

Like the proverbial bad penny, the unwelcome return of the Renters’ Rights Bill to Parliament next week is not to be celebrated. The countdown to the doom of the private rented sector will begin...

9:36 AM, 10th January 2025, About 4 months ago |  12

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2025: A perfect storm for landlords AND tenants?

2025: A perfect storm for landlords AND tenants?

Oh, dear. It’s 2025 and the private rented sector is set for one of its biggest upheavals in years – possibly decades. Landlords are facing unprecedented challenges, thanks to the Renters’...

8:41 AM, 3rd January 2025, About 5 months ago |  20

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