Broken Housing Benefit System
7th November 2017
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We are seeing an increasing number of press reports about housing benefit where the landlord is cast as villain. Today BBC London reported on a
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Top Ten Tips For Success
29th October 2017
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Here are my latest top ten tips for running a successful property business which I presented recently at The Property Investor Show at Excel in
Too Many Levers
26th September 2017
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If you own four or more properties, brace yourself for the latest tranche of buy to let criteria being introduced by lenders as a result
Regulatory Update
7th August 2017
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The ironically named 2015 Deregulation Act brought us revisions to Section 8 and section 21 possession proceedings and deposit protection, plus measures to prevent retaliatory
The Return Of The Humans
9th July 2017
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Have you seen ‘The Week The Landlords Moved In’ on BBC1? Chris Norris, Sarah Davidson and I reviewed episode one on radio show and podcast Inside
The Manifestos
21st May 2017
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In this blog, I take a sideways look at the political parties’ private rented sector manifesto commitments – and then put forward my own manifesto
Airbnb Creep
18th May 2017
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I’m staying in New York this week, as ever the city offers some insights into trends that might be heading our way. I’ve just had
Upbeat or Downbeat?
18th May 2017
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I recently spent two days at the Property Investor Show, held twice a year at Excel in East London. Footfall was noticeably lighter that at
Another Election…
23rd April 2017
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Theresa May’s snap election has knocked housing well and truly off the news agenda for the time being and I am now fascinated by the
Top 10 Challenges Facing London Landlords
10th April 2017
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1. Regulation of Buy To Let Mortgages The rise in Buy To Let mortgages from 5% in 2009 to 16% of mortgage lending in 2016
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Interest Rate Gloom
8th November 2024
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The Bank of England lowered interest rates from 5% to 4.75% on 7 November. This was widely expected. Like many landlord colleagues, I am very
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