Landlords selling 2026

You are naive if you think politicians, county council officials and builders do not meet and swop prefilled brown envelopes.

I haven't agreed with you on anything in this thread- but you've hit the nail on the head here. It's personal responsibility, the same people saying they can't do anything cos we live in a nanny state, look for the taxpayer/government to become a nanny state and bail them out when their decisions get them in hot water.

I agree with you but there doesnt seem to be any pressure on the govt to stop buying up private homes or to start building their own social homes at scale.

It's incredible really.

Like they just stuck their head in the sand and refused to believe the obvious outcome.

They keep asking the state to purchase these properties from the landlords getting out. How much money do they think the state can afford as these evictions keep increasing? And as the dogs in the street could tell you for years. This is now a snowball and hundreds wants out of renting out property for good, so are leaving as their tenants vacate. The state cant buy them all.

They've been in a panic for over a decade now. One fck up after another. Renter havent realized yet that all this regulation is actually the reason supply has decreased and rents have risen.

Sales have nothing to do with house prices recovering, the crash happened in 2008/9 ended in 2012, any accidental LL would have covered enough between rent and increase in value to have gotten out well before now. It's all new laws and general negativity plus fear of what's next.

I think LL's will thank the state for there incompetence and pushing them out of the market. I think the top of the market is very close

Friction, slow down the process and drag things out to try and act as a barrier to exit for landlords

It mostly is actually, and unfortunately.

The tail wags the dog, one day they'll find out

I think they get it witnessed because some LL's were "selling" but then re-rented it for more once the tenant was gone.

Honestly if I were you, I'd sell the last 3 unless you are keeping them for your kids. No call on easter Sunday or Christmas day saying something broke only to find it broke 2 weeks ago. You also have the risk of what happens when SF come to power or if there are 1000's of evections and the Government panic and bring in more laws or an eviction ban and your tenants stop paying.

Housing has been in crisis for 4 decades now - I remember queuing to rent grotty lats in Ranelagh in the 80s. When we started selling off council houses and didn't build any more. That was the government decision that started this whole mess.