When Chancellor Rachel Reeves was filmed crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday as Keir Starmer declined to guarantee she would remain in place until the election, the property world took notice. Whilst she raced afterwards to brush it off as “unrelated personal matters,” it indicated a visible crack in a government under immense financialContinue reading “Chancellor Rachel Reeves crying a warning for landlords: “she knows exactly what’s coming””
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Landlords in their 50’s cash in: “Selling now is the equivalent of 20 years of rent”
Let’s cut to the chase. You’ve been in property for the last decade, perhaps even longer. You’ve seen the news, we all have, and things just don’t look great for landlords. Last year, I took a good, hard look at my portfolio after finally making the decision it was time to downsize. Like many ofContinue reading “Landlords in their 50’s cash in: “Selling now is the equivalent of 20 years of rent””
“I’m richer now selling my houses than I was renting them” – Landlords rush to get out
It’s a story we’re hearing over and over again this month, and in the upcoming weeks, we expect no different. Enter the unexpected wealth boom transforming smart landlords’ fortunes and, you guessed it, the game is in getting out, not getting further in. For many landlords, including Nigel and Carol, who recently reached out toContinue reading ““I’m richer now selling my houses than I was renting them” – Landlords rush to get out”
New fund launch: “We can buy your HMOs and PBSAs within an hour”
NB. With the amount of enquiries flooding in, it won’t be open for long – ACT NOW. The fund is actively seeking HMOs and PBSA’s (up to 60 bed units) across the UK’s top university towns, with a focus on quickly deploying capital. They are prepared to make fast, competitive decisions, often within the hour,Continue reading “New fund launch: “We can buy your HMOs and PBSAs within an hour””
Labour’s Looming Tax Raid: “landlords are in trouble if they don’t sell now”
As the saying goes: one step forward, two steps back. Just as we thought we were getting out of the danger zone, this week’s shot to the jugular kicked off with the resurfacing of videos referencing Prime Minister Keir Starmer claiming that landlords “do not qualify as working people.” It was the scandal of lastContinue reading “Labour’s Looming Tax Raid: “landlords are in trouble if they don’t sell now””
Starmer’s Migrant Housing Scheme pushes landlords to jump on a profit-making opportunity
It’s hard not to laugh at the current governmental interference when it comes to landlords and our properties. First, they hit us with the Renters’ Rights Bill, an aggressive swipe that could see thousands of landlords destroyed, down and out, then this: Keir Starmer’s latest appeal to landlords to house Channel migrants. As the saying goes: Don’tContinue reading “Starmer’s Migrant Housing Scheme pushes landlords to jump on a profit-making opportunity”
Landlords: How To ‘Bullet Proof’ Your Portfolio Before The Renters’ Right Bill Is Passed Into Law
Landlords, with the proposed Renters’ Rights Bill potentially coming into effect this year and minimum proposed EPC C targets just around the corner; now is the time to safeguard your investments and protect your business from interest rate rises, taxes based on turnover not profits, litigation and compensation claims or council fines. For some landlordsContinue reading “Landlords: How To ‘Bullet Proof’ Your Portfolio Before The Renters’ Right Bill Is Passed Into Law”
The 4% of Landlords Expanding Their Portfolios Know Something You Don’t
While others panic-sell, savvy property investors are positioning themselves for a historic money-making opportunity. It’s an alarming truth, but it’s one we simply can’t ignore: 380,000 landlords have fled the market since 2016. The private rental sector is shrinking at a staggering rate, with news this week reporting an unbelievable 258,000 properties lost from theContinue reading “The 4% of Landlords Expanding Their Portfolios Know Something You Don’t”
Landlords encouraged to sell before July to avoid property price drop and double their portfolios by 2026
You’d think that landlords would have had enough of hearing about selling. With many of us recovering from incorporation and downsizing, it’s easy to understand why we might have taken our foot off the gas. Are we really in as much trouble as they say we are? Or do we have time to recoup andContinue reading “Landlords encouraged to sell before July to avoid property price drop and double their portfolios by 2026”
Landlords see profits soar from downsizing “loophole”
A landlord’s buy-to-let flats sold for £1.15 million in 4 weeks, another in just 2 weeks for 18% higher than market value, and property portfolios performing at the same level of profitability as when we started in the rental sector 15 years ago: these might sound like numbers from years back, but this is exactly whatContinue reading “Landlords see profits soar from downsizing “loophole””