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So how much, in your opinion, should a landlord take each month if they have no mortgage costs?
I am interested in what sort of amount you would consider as profiteering?
It would certainly shake up the market.
As for the comment on 4 day old legislation it's been in the making 4 years so a lot of landlords readied themselves in the last year and reading the figures for 2025 lots left the market then before this came in knowing what was coming.
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As above many left in 2025 as they knew this was coming
https://lakinandco.com/billions-wiped-from-the-uk-rental-market-as-landlords-exit-the-sector/
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They don't have to increase rents, just like tenants don't have to keep offering the same rent, they can voluntarily increase it whenever they get a promotion or have a partner move in who's also earning. Sound ridiculous? That's just as ridiculous as tying to the arbitrary amount the LL happened to borrow or when they happened to fix the mortgage rate.
Rents are determined by the market, and through competition it may reduce to a little over what AVERAGE rates are doing, but not the LL's individual mortgage fix.
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Could be, but the fact that rents are not increasing hardly at all ( according to Right Move), does not match with the 'landlord exodus' narrative.
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Indeed time will tell, as an example 1-2 bed flats now going from £900-1200 where as last just in Jan £800-£1000.
I do wonder who advertises with Rightmove for rentals, not as large a percentage as people might think it's not like property sales where you have to be with rightmove. So would be interesting to see where they draw their conclusions from the whole of the market.
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Multiple rents, small LTV across the portfolio, been in it for at least 25 years.
I would not say this bill is the reason to exit, more the final nail in the coffin.
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I disagree. The rent is set by the market at the time a new T moves in. Wholly unconnected to the individual LL's mortgage costs.
Rent changes are set by agreement (preferably) as the relationship between LL and T has to remain positive.
I am a LL and there is nothing I am required to do as a result of RRA that is materially different to what I was doing in any case. Just some minor admin stuff.
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Another survey, take from it what you will but it does resonate with us as LL's and what we see in our local market.
https://share.google/yMFGpPEJS3SlUZC49
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When writing our security training, one of the things we point out to users is to never click on a link where you can't see where it goes.3 -
i am a landlord and have rentals in south essex
just looked and i can see all the new ones that are currently advertised are more a month in may 2026 than they were in feb 2026
a 1 bed flat and has gone from £1000 to £1200 and a 3 bed bungalow £1700 to £ 2000
a standard 4 bed house from £2100 to £2500
normally rentals last less than a week with 20 viewings in a week so very high demand
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