Landlord Crusader, Author at Property118

Knight in crusader armour holding a sword, symbolising landlords battling rising PRS pressures and regulation.

Will tenants miss the small landlord?

Author: Landlord Crusader

16th October 2026, 4 days ago | 6

We all know there’s no ribbon-cutting ceremony when a landlord decides not to put up rent to help a tenant...

Please stop making good landlords’ lives harder

Author: Landlord Crusader

9th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 5

Apparently, landlords in Greater Manchester are to get a special programme to help them understand how to be landlords. Somewhere...

Labour wants the keys to YOUR landlord properties

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 15

Well, the cat is well and truly out of the bag. Burnham’s tears during his party conference speech should be...

Who will protect landlords when the threats begin?

Author: Landlord Crusader

25th September 2026, 3 weeks ago | 14

Just when you think you’ve heard it all as a landlord, there comes a flurry of stories that are both...

The PRS landlord crisis isn’t about us selling – it’s about us not buying!

Author: Landlord Crusader

18th September 2026, 1 month ago | 11

Hear me out, but the most important landlord who left the market this year may be the one who never...

Why the nonsense £65 landlord database tax is just the start

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th September 2026, 1 month ago | 23

There is something almost insulting about being told by the government that £65 is not much money. It is apparently...

It’s official: Britain is dismantling its private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th September 2026, 2 months ago | 21

Well, who could have predicted that small landlords are leaving the private rented sector? Thirty thousand small landlords in the...

Just as landlords predicted – rents are going up

Author: Landlord Crusader

15th August 2026, 2 months ago | 5

You must hand it to Labour, though they went hard on how great the Renters’ Rights Act would be for...

Why Labour needs a rogue tenant database to protect decent tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th August 2026, 2 months ago | 28

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act, which was sold as a tool for ‘levelling the playing field’ for tenants, brought into being...

Why is the Labour government gambling with tenants’ homes?

Author: Landlord Crusader

31st July 2026, 3 months ago | 8

Apparently, the Labour government can redesign the private rented sector, raise landlords’ taxes and remove a possession route used for...

Why Angela Rayner’s return should worry landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th July 2026, 3 months ago | 14

The political carousel has spun once again to bring Angela Rayner back into government running England’s housing brief. That’s just...

As private landlords disappear, who will replace us?

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th July 2026, 3 months ago | 13

Two stories this week caught my landlord eye, and they deserve to sit side by side for a closer analysis,...

Nonsense on stilts: The government’s £7,000 death blow for small landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd June 2026, 4 months ago | 14

Am I reading this right? Am I hallucinating? I can’t be the only small landlord learning about the government’s plan...

How the tenancy pet trap leaves landlords financially exposed

Author: Landlord Crusader

19th June 2026, 4 months ago | 15

If you want to understand exactly how the Renters’ Rights Act is going to restrict private landlords of control over...

Why rent controls are the wrong answer to a housing shortage

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th June 2026, 4 months ago | 17

Oh, dear, another week and another call for rent controls. This time it’s the turn of Generation Rent, which has...

The price of tenant activist politics: When campaigns collide with reality

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th June 2026, 5 months ago | 6

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in England’s private rented sector (PRS), it’s currently...

The RRA trap: Why decent landlords are about to get a £7,000 wake-up call

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th May 2026, 5 months ago | 9

Following on from last week’s theory about the purging of small landlords from the private rented sector (PRS), here comes...

Are we witnessing a real-time purge of small landlords from the PRS?

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd May 2026, 5 months ago | 8

When the Tories’ Renters’ (Reform) Bill was progressing, I was among the very first to sound the alarm about the...

Why economic illiteracy is the greatest danger facing landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

15th May 2026, 5 months ago | 15

The private rented sector in the UK is currently facing an existential threat, not from market forces, but from a...

Are small landlords really set for extinction? What can be done to stop it?

Author: Landlord Crusader

8th May 2026, 5 months ago | 7

Small landlords built the PRS, but rising costs, tougher rules and the loss of Section 21 are pushing many of...

Happy Renters’ Rights Act Day! Here are 4 reasons why it’s a disaster

Author: Landlord Crusader

1st May 2026, 6 months ago | 11

Happy Renters’ Rights Act Day everyone, a law that will bring sunshine and positivity into every tenant’s life should be...