The accidental landlords exit

“Is the accidental landlord on his way to the exit?” asks David Lawrenson of private rent consultancy, www.LettingFocus.com. Recent research from Knight Frank, the consultancy and letting agency, suggests that the “accidental landlord” might be exiting from the private rented sector. According to a recent report from them, the number of new lettings at under £1,000 a week in London […]

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Private Letting Relief Will be Axed

For those that don’t know, here is how politics works…. Private Letting Relief Will be Axed The government puts out in a series of “half leaks” that it is looking at eliminating or cutting the amount of buy to let mortgage and other loan interest and fees that a landlord can offset against rent. This is what they are doing now – and […]

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Generation Rent, the Nation of Renters and Landlords Taxes

A recent survey and press release from the Halifax (the ones with those annoying but oddly impactful adverts of the two girls making a jingle and spilling their coffee) got a lot of column inches. “Suddenly we are becoming nation of private renters” says the Halifax. Those of you who have followed my work for a while will know that […]

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