All posts by Landlord Crusader
Why Labour’s Renters Charter is a charter for disaster...
Labour appears to be flirting with the idea of rent controls or capping rent rises and tightening up on the Decent Homes Standard under its Renters’ Charter. The issue has raised its head again recently...
Landlord Crusader: Why landlords should not share equity profits...
Knowing that those who hate landlords will be spitting when they read this, I must explain why sharing the capital gains made from a rental property investment is nonsense.
This is the argument made in...
Landlord Crusader: Which is best? BTL mortgage support or help...
Here’s an interesting question for landlords to consider this week: would you prefer the government to offer you mortgage support or help your tenants pay their rent?
I was pondering this issue with...
Landlord Crusader: In the end, it was the Bank of England that...
As hardworking and worried landlords, we all know the buy-to-let market is facing a potential catastrophe of rising interest rates, tightening lending criteria and falling house prices.
That inevitably...
Landlord Crusader: Why we shouldn’t keep quiet about the Renters...
I can’t keep quiet! Two stories on the same day on Property118 highlight what is wrong with the private rented sector – and if everyone concerned took a step back to understand the other side’s...
Landlord Crusader: Section 21 abolition – congratulations...
And so, it came to pass – section 21 notices to gain possession of a rented property will be no more and there was only the wailing of landlords that could be heard.
So, I guess, congratulations...
Are our MPs the worst hypocrites or are they just clueless?
As landlords, we face the bizarre situation of being taxed without taking into account loan interest and not on the actual profits that we make – unlike any other business in the country.
Making a profit...