Tag: section 24

My rental flats were my income. Now I’m hanging on by my fingernails

Author: Readers Question

10th November 2026, 12 hours ago | 23

My savings have gone, and next year’s mortgage renewals could leave me paying into a portfolio I depend on to...

Buy-To-Let viability calculator: Buy, Hold, or Sell?

Author: Mark Alexander

1st November 2026, 1 week ago | 0

I have a new free tool to share with you, designed to help answer a question every landlord faces: “does this...

Section 24 tops the list again, the one tax change that would bring landlords back

Author: Dave Fuller

31st July 2026, 3 months ago | 7

Across two quarters, landlords have been asked what would tempt them to buy again. The answer has not budged. Ahead...

Same landlords, louder warning, two quarters of data the government won’t hear

Author: Dave Fuller

27th July 2026, 4 months ago | 11

For the first time, the Property118 Landlord Sentiment Survey has something it never had before: a like-for-like comparison. Two quarters...

Landlords selling now are getting better prices. Here’s why timing is everything

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

1st April 2026, 7 months ago | 0

Something is shifting in the property market and, luckily for us, it isn’t another drove of bad news. In fact,...

Section 24’s long shadow: what a decade of tax reform has really done to rental housing supply

Author: Mark Alexander

12th March 2026, 8 months ago | 2

April 2017 marked the beginning of one of the most consequential fiscal shifts in modern private renting. Section 24, the...

Section 24 timeline of how the debate unfolded

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2026, 8 months ago | 6

In 2015, months before Section 24 became law, Property118 founder Mark Alexander met officials at HM Treasury responsible for the...

Why are comparable housing markets moving in opposite directions on rental policy?

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd March 2026, 8 months ago | 6

Across Europe, governments facing similar housing pressures are making markedly different choices about how to regulate and tax private rental...

Labour’s housing policies will push more kids into poverty

Author: Mick Roberts

8th December 2025, 11 months ago | 1

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she’s lifting half a million children out of poverty. Hang on a minute, how’s she doing...

Left-wing think tank claims landlords should face same tax rates as tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th September 2025, 1 year ago | 15

Ahead of the Budget, a left-leaning think tank claims “landlords should face the same tax rates as tenants,” calling for...

Think Beyond Retirement: Why Every Landlord Needs a Legacy Plan

Author: Mark Alexander

21st August 2025, 1 year ago | 0

1. The Wake-Up Call of Section 24 When the Section 24 finance cost restrictions began to bite, many landlords were...

Why Landlord Incorporation Became Popular But Now Demands Extreme Caution

Author: Mark Alexander

16th August 2025, 1 year ago | 2

The Rise of Landlord Incorporation and Why It Became So Popular Landlord incorporation is not a new concept, but the...

Why P118 Consultations Begin with Calculating the Cost of Doing Nothing for Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

15th August 2025, 1 year ago | 0

When landlords first enquire about a P118 Consultation, one of the most common questions they ask is: “How much will...

Landlords face rising challenges amid new legislation claims NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th August 2025, 1 year ago | 9

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warns landlords are under mounting pressure to keep up with multiple pieces of legislation...

Former Tory MP warns of Renters’ Rights Bill consequences and media bias

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 2 years ago | 6

Former Tory MP blasts one-sided media for misrepresenting landlords and says the Conservatives’ Renters (Reform) Bill was a compromise to...

The Great British Landlord Witch Hunt: How PRS is Being Systematically Destroyed?

Author: Readers Question

21st March 2025, 2 years ago | 16

The following email was sent to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook a few weeks ago yet NO response. Dear Mr Pennycook,...

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

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th March 2025, 2 years ago | 8

We all know that the private rented sector across England, Wales and Scotland is under siege. Landlords, the backbone of...

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

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th February 2025, 2 years ago | 12

Let’s be honest, the Conservatives did landlords in the UK no favours, but Labour are delivering something that is making...

Rent Controls and the Olympic levels of ideologically inspired cognitive dissonance?

Author: Readers Question

6th February 2025, 2 years ago | 16

Jeremy Corbyn is now, thankfully, a complete irrelevance. I’ll never forget how happy I was when he lost the election,...

Nottingham City Council wants to strip landlords of licences, yet their own houses are shocking

Author: Mick Roberts

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 38

The story about Nottingham’s council social houses being a ‘house of horrors’, shows yet again Nottingham City Council’s failure with...

Eliminate Section 24 – The Landlord and Tenant Tax?

Author: Readers Question

16th January 2025, 2 years ago | 13

For too long now landlords owing to the government’s failure have had to take the beating and burning off the...