Budget 2015 Campaign

Looking for campaign support...
Dear Property118 members
We are looking for volunteers to “raise the game” in regards to campaigning to have the Section 24 “restrictions on finance cost for individual...

Despicable vehemently anti-landlord Guardian article...
The Guardian has sunk to new lows this week with the publication of the most vehemently anti-landlord article, by Rhik Samadder (such an expert in the field that none of us have ever heard of him),

ATTT National Media Article – Landlord Wanted...
Axe The Tenant Tax had a request from a very supportive journalist that has been covering our campaign from the start. It comes from one of the respected National broadsheet newspapers. This is...

Home building Stand-off with Government as BTL falls...
The Berkeley Group, one of the UK’s largest home builders, has said that despite government pressure it is unable to ramp up house production.
Prime Minister Theresa May has told builders to...

Is government thinking of disallowing operating costs, and...
Two days ago the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government launched a survey “Questionnaire used for the English Private Landlord Survey 2018.”
The Ministry says that landlords and...

Replies to my critique of Economist BTL article...
Regular subscribers to this site may have seen my critique of the Economist article on buy-to-let. Click Here to view original article. What follows is my reply to the reply by Tom Wainwright, their...

Why did the IFS issue the report “The decline of...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies issued the Briefing Note “The decline of homeownership among young adults” on 16 February.
It contained findings, but did not make any recommendations. The key...

Landlords Union Slams BBC Panorama Report...
This week landlords watched with trepidation as the BBC presented a so-called Panorama investigation into the use of Section 21 notices in the private rented sector.
The inauspicious title:...

Is Section 24 going to end student summer discounts?
An issue which has been bothering me is that when national rent figures are worked out by various organisations, what do they do about student rents? As landlords know, students often pay half rents...

Reply to serious flaws in BTL article by The Economist...
Dear Ms Beddoes.
I am writing with regard to the following article:
Struggles of the landed gentry
Britain’s buy-to-let boom is coming to an end
New regulations and a cooler market are causing...