Landlords selling 2026

That sound like something from Mary Poppins.

he might be onto something, I was reading up about it the other day, there’s a school of thought that says these could be the next bitcoins, as in get in now they’ll explode in value.
I don’t hold any and don’t know how much they cost.

@Bass Reeves

“Because of this there will be a constant drip of LLs selling some rentals. There is an assumption that they will be replaced,…”

Another assumption is that any landlord who moved to Airbnb will re-enter the long term market. I know a couple of owners who only do short term lets now and they will never go back to long term rentals. The said the rules are too complicated and they have no control over their own property.

ok, what do you propose a landlord should do?

They own a property that is worth 300k, there are people in the property since 2014, the landlord kept the rent low, never increased it, even though he could have, to any anound, before the RPZ. The RPZ came in, his tenants were paying low rent, good tenants, he wanted to give them security, rent was always paid, he was doing ok, prices were low.

Fast forward to Covid, the tenants stopped paying rent, as the government told tenants they didn't have to, that the banks would 'freeze' mortgages for landlords, the thing is, mortgages still had to be paid as well as expenses. Government brings in an eviction ban, which was even valid for a while, with no rent paid. The tenants were receiving money from the government, the landlord had lost his income, as wasn't eligible for Covid payment.

Landlord had to get a solicitor to issue a letter of termination to the tenant, as they had paid no rent in months. the day after the letter was received, the tenant paid all the rent, including back rent.

The landlord increases the rent, but can only increase it by about 1.8% per year.

Fast forward to 2025, the council do an inspection, it's a private rental. They issue a list that they want done, totaling e16,000, the tenant says they don't want most of them, says that the landlord has been very fair and good to them, the council insist they are done.

Landlord goes back to the council.

The house had a new roof done, that was e12,000, had a new cooker e600, new shower e500, that was all in the previous 12 months, the landlord was making e5500 per year after tax, the cost of repairs and maintenance (insurance etc) have increased 100% on the last 8-10 years, now the landlord has to pay 3 years of profit for 'upgrades' and stay at 50% market rent?

Unfortunately, it's not a charity, the landlord has worked his a## off for years to get this house and keep it up to date. It's no longer feasible, they have an opportunity to get the tenants out and sell the property, or put in some major refurbish and get it up to market rate, where they can make some profit on their investment.

Do you see the price of houses right now? what is the rental yield?

The price of rent has gone up, but it has not gone up as much as the price of a house to buy or build.

So the assh**e landlord that was letting tenants live for well below cost, is not an assh**e anymore, now he's just a guy with a ball of money sitting in his account-Thank you for the treatment of them and spreading the bile that you put out there-you can continue to hate on landlords, and there are less and less of them every day, so keep at it.

I'm not a rental property provider.

It really is an awful situation for people who can't find accommodation, and my heart genuinely goes out to them.

But, anyone who thinks this is all because rental property providers just suddenly decided to issue Notices of Termination, because they want to be mean and throw people out on the street, is indeed monumentally stupid. There's no other way to see it.

I get that people are incredibly frustrated, but they should direct their frustrations to the correct source of the problems. It's really not that difficult to see where that is.

TBH I don’t see why landlords should pay a lower tax rate that any other taxpayer unless it was for a special type of long term lease, eg a fixed lease for 10/15/20 years that both parties were tied into.

The minister could have brought in an option for long leases eg, a discounted rent for the tenant with a fixed % for rent increases, a special tax rate for the landlord, and a break clause every 5 years. There’s lots of people who would like an arrangement like that, long security for the tenant, lower tax for the landlord, and an option for either to exit.

That lack of control over their own property is a huge concern for individual landlords. The minister is tying them into six year and never-ending contracts and then forcing them to sell their asset if they don’t want to be involved in the rental business any more. Does that happen to any other small business owner?

Imagine if a car dealer, a childcare provider, a hairdresser, a food manufacturer, a farmer, wanted to quit their business, and instead of just ceasing to trade, they were forced by the state to sell that business to another operator, or forced to nominate a close family member to gift their business to, or forced to spend x thousands to extend and renovate their premises and then re-enter that business?

It sounds crazy that where some private property is concerned, the state can force one group of citizens to act in a specific way yet every other citizen is free to do as they like with the property they own. I don’t get it.

Unless the govt motive is to exit small landlords from the market....then it all starts to make sense.

Any earnings over about 70k face a 40 + 4 + 8 = 52% marginal tax rate.

Wages or rent or profits of sole traders.

I can't see any rationale for applying a lower tax rate to one type of income.