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Landlord asks for £50 more and now he’s £2,400 a year worse off!

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd October 2026, 3 days ago | 13

Well, colour me shocked but an extra £50 in rent a month hardly sounds like the opening bid for a...

Will tenants miss the small landlord?

Author: Landlord Crusader

16th October 2026, 1 week ago | 14

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...

Why restricting HMOs could make the UK’s rental supply crisis worse

Author: Vann Vogstad, CEO of COHO

7th October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 2

There’s no shortage of discussion about how we solve the UK’s rental supply crisis. We need more homes, landlords need...

The government thinks a landlord’s house is more dangerous than a car with no MOT

Author: Mick Roberts

6th October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 22

Police interceptors wouldn’t fine me £7,000 for no MOT, so why would the government fine me for having an MOT?...

Labour wants the keys to YOUR landlord properties

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd October 2026, 3 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, 1 month ago | 14

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

Why pre-Budget property planning requires adaptation, not prediction

Author: Simon Misiewicz

25th September 2026, 1 month ago | 2

Every fiscal season follows a familiar pattern across the UK advisory profession. Plans are leaked, investors scrutinise headlines, and advisers...

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...

Rent increase challenges are moving to the Valuation Office: what landlords need to know

Author: Tauhid Islam

16th September 2026, 1 month ago | 10

Alongside the confirmation of the landlord registration service, the government announced on 9 September 2026 that responsibility for deciding challenges...

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...

Scottish landlords can still take control of their future in the PRS

Author: John Blackwood

9th September 2026, 2 months ago | 0

All of us in the Scottish private rented sector understand the nature of difficult decisions. Many of us have friends...

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...

Could your tenant become your buyer? How a direct sale can work for both sides

Author: Patricia Ogunfeibo - tenant2owner.co.uk

26th August 2026, 2 months ago | 10

Contrary to what most people think, tenant2owner is not primarily about tenants buying where they are renting; it is about...

Short let query about Council Tax and Electoral Register?

Author: Readers Question

26th August 2026, 2 months ago | 2

Hi everyone, I’m planning to put my flat on a short-term/Airbnb. The property is personally owned, but the short-let business will...

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...

Rogue tenant database: thoughts on Landlord Crusader’s article

Author: Readers Question

10th August 2026, 3 months ago | 12

This article, ‘Why Labour needs a rogue tenant database to protect decent tenants‘ by Landlord Crusader, just demonstrated the Government’s...

Why Labour needs a rogue tenant database to protect decent tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th August 2026, 3 months ago | 28

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