But to let landlords panic on radio (Moneybox)

StevieJ

Cleaver wrote: »

ad44downey, is that you in disguise? I'm sure it is. I'd recognise your one line, simplistic, pointless, soundbite posts anywhere. How you been anyway?

How hve they been? he/she has been about a thousand characters since downey he/she/orwhatever has had more disguises than Lon Chaney.

92203

Greedy cow at the beginning, moaning that her BTL property was going to act as a second pension.


She should try being young, and not being able to afford a decent home to buy, and then facing the longer term uncertaintly of not having a decent pension when she retires.

I hope they get taxed to high heaven, I really do.

The-mouth-of-the-south

Cleaver wrote: »

ad44downey, is that you in disguise? I'm sure it is. I'd recognise your one line, simplistic, pointless, soundbite posts anywhere. How you been anyway?

The problem is you want to make things complicated to cause a smoke screen. House prices are up in fantasy land and cannot be sustained. The wheels are now in motion and we will see a lot of people who where greedy lose a lot.
:money:

chucky

Cleaver wrote: »

ad44downey, is that you in disguise? I'm sure it is. I'd recognise your one line, simplistic, pointless, soundbite posts anywhere. How you been anyway?

maybe but the new main Id is Doctor [STRIKE]Glum[/STRIKE] Gloom

The-mouth-of-the-south

chucky wrote: »

maybe but the new main Id is Doctor [STRIKE]Glum[/STRIKE] Gloom

Doctor Gloom - how about Doctor Reality, just call me DR for short :T:j:rotfl:;)

macaque_2

LydiaJ wrote: »

What surprised me was that the presenter referred to "some people think that BTL is to blame for the rise in house prices, which has been so damaging to FTBs"

Well dur! When you have hoards of BTL locusts with more equity than sense, its a racing certainty that house prices are going to float far above their rational level.

amcluesent

I've posted here previously that general intent of EU property taxation is to steal 100% of the value the house over an average lifetime. So property-owning becomes a zero-sum game. The lefties as especially keen on their annual local tax at 1%-2% of property value, hoping that limited-income property owner will have to sell up. Just part of the Fabian's long-term assault on private ownership.

LydiaJ

macaque wrote: »

Well dur! When you have hoards of BTL locusts with more equity than sense, its a racing certainty that house prices are going to float far above their rational level.

macaque - I wasn't disagreeing with the statement; I was finding it refreshingly novel to hear a radio producer taking that point of view.

Gorgeous_George

I like the proposals. They make the Tories unelectable.

GG

dealsearcher

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

I like the proposals. They make the Tories unelectable.

GG

For sure most buy to let owners would be Tory voters as that is the party that is supposed to support those that don't rely on the government but use their own capabilities to look after themselves. Those that rely on benefits and just want the government to look after them are much more likely to vote Labour. The Labour government did a fair amount of shooting itself in the foot. This is the first example of the new government doing the same.